Mac OS X wmv, mpg etc player

b0bd0d · November 2006

Friend of mine just got a new mac. He's looking for a good program to view wmv mpg, etc. I really dont wanna install windows media player cuase you know...windows. I know for xp there's a freeware window media player classic out there. Is there an alternative for the mac?

mcdermott · November 2006

MPlayer OSX.

Done.

There's also VLC, and it can do some stuff that MPlayer can't. But for general purpose I stick with MPlayer. I'm pretty sure Media Player Classic is built around the Windows version of MPlayer...so it should be able to handle all the same stuff you're used to it handling.

Also there is the Flip4Mac plugin for Quicktime for playing WMV files, such as live video feeds, embedded in webpages.

EDIT: And tell him to go grab FFmpegX too, for video conversion.

denihilist · November 2006

Seconding Flip4Mac.

b0bd0d · November 2006

thanks...why is there only one button?

mcdermott · November 2006

denihilist wrote:

Seconding Flip4Mac.

Flip4Mac is great if you have QuickTime Pro, and thus can use it for fullscreen. Otherwise MPlayer OSX is a must-have.

b0bd0d wrote:

thanks...why is there only one button?

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Everywhereasign · November 2006

Flip4Mac, works great.

Even if you don't have PRO use this script and you can have full screen for free and without stealing, which is wrong.

Gafoto · November 2006

b0bd0d wrote:

thanks...why is there only one button?

because apple is silly

mcdermott · November 2006

Gafoto wrote:

b0bd0d wrote:

thanks...why is there only one button?

because apple is silly

ooooooh...he was talking about the mouse (I now assume). The purpose of having one button was, I believe, to keep interfaces as simple as possible and to encourage keyboard shortcuts over point-and-click (I know I use the keyboard more now than I ever did under Windows).

However, all you have to do is buy a standard 2-button (or three button) mouse, and it will have pretty much the same functionality as in Windows. Apple sells one now, too...it's pricey, though, so I went with a standard Logitech wireless mouse.

CailYoung · November 2006

If he just bought a new Mac from Apple; it came with the Mighty Mouse (unless it's a laptop) - if he goes to the System Preferences and then to Mouse/Keyboard, he can change the right-click to "secondary" and get full right-click functionality. Just make sure you lift the left finger - takes a while to get used to, but it works.

New laptops should let you right-click by placing two fingers on the trackpad and clicking.

Gotcha Force · November 2006

mcdermott wrote:

Gafoto wrote:

b0bd0d wrote:

thanks...why is there only one button?

because apple is silly

ooooooh...he was talking about the mouse (I now assume). The purpose of having one button was, I believe, to keep interfaces as simple as possible and to encourage keyboard shortcuts over point-and-click (I know I use the keyboard more now than I ever did under Windows).

However, all you have to do is buy a standard 2-button (or three button) mouse, and it will have pretty much the same functionality as in Windows. Apple sells one now, too...it's pricey, though, so I went with a standard Logitech wireless mouse.

i would recommend not buying the might mouse though, the right click is poorly planned (you have to basically shift your whole hand to the right to make it recognize it as a right click and not left click)

CailYoung · November 2006

Gotcha Force wrote:

(you have to basically shift your whole hand to the right to make it recognize it as a right click and not left click)

Or just lift your left finger... not hard after a few hours.

Nitsuj82 · November 2006

Flip4mac and MPlayer OSX. That's all you really need.

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