What software do YOU use to play back 720/1080 movie files?

[sochet]

Hey all,

So yesterday I bought a lovely 1080p LED monitor (Benq 2420HDBL) and I want to watch some HD movies through it.

The files are all ripped to .mkv and I've noticed VLC is buggy as hell (Jerky playback, lots of artifacts etc.) I know my Mac is up to the task (New 'decoding: 10 Mac pro) so it can't be that.

I saw this article that says VLC is really bad for H264: http://www.chipmunkninja.com/1080p-MKV-playback-on-Mac-1r@@

I've done the steps labeled above, but with only very very minor success.

Are there any other players you could recommend? (Not M player 2 though, just tried that and I got HUGE burst of white noise through my high end audio monitors (luckily they have in-built limiters, if not I have no doubt I'd be deaf/looking at a very annoying repair).

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks.

 

[Intell]

I use QuickTime with Perian installed to handle .mkv files.

 

[Schtumple]

...Quicktime X? I've used it to watch coutless 720 and 1080 films and it's good to go.

 

[spinnerlys]

Movist

 

[brijazz]

+1 for Movist. I used to battle with VLC also, until I read a review of Movist. I've not looked back since I started using it.

 

[dirt farmer]

+1 for Movist. I used to battle with VLC also, until I read a review of Movist. I've not looked back since I started using it.

+2

 

[Salacion]

I use Vuze.

 

[sochet]

I use QuickTime with Perian installed to handle .mkv files.

I've tried Perian, and the thing I don't like about it is that it acts like it's "streaming" the file, rather than loading it all (So say if I just want to jump to the middle of the film I can't)

And quicktime x can't handle .mkv files natively, hence the use for Perian ^

 

[MisterMe]

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And quicktime x can't handle .mkv files natively, hence the use for Perian ^

What is the issue with people who believe that downloading the free Perian codec suite is a problem?

 

[xi mezmerize ix]

I use VLC and Quicktime+Perian and everything runs perfectly. Maybe it's the videos themselves that are messed up?

 

[sochet]

What is the issue with people who believe that downloading the free Perian codec suite is a problem?

Well nothing, except for the problems I mentioned.

 

[sochet]

I use VLC and Quicktime+Perian and everything runs perfectly. Maybe it's the videos themselves that are messed up?

I just downloaded movisat, and it works perfectly!


It seems VLC is a bit weird, I think there's more than one update stream

 

[richard.mac]

I use QuickTime with Perian installed to handle .mkv files.

i cant get an H264 mkv playing in QuickTime X with Perian installed. any ideas?

also why is an H264 mkv not made into an mpeg4 container? is mkv more open?

 

[timothevs]

MPlayerX or MPlayer OSX Extended - especially with multi-threaded FFMPEG. Both play MKV back flawlessly.

 

[charlesbronsen]

Movist and Plex.

 

[Hypex]

MPlayer OSX Extended or Plex, they both handle 1080p .mkv w/o any problems at all.