#Media player for mac os x for free#

As for getting Quicktime, to do full screen for free (legally):Ĭlick to expand.In your case, then, install VLC and the four Quicktime components. I would install this regardless of how much you use Quicktime or Frontrow simply because it's good to be able to play ogg audio in iTunes.īy the way, those components/compilations are all totally free. This will let you play FLAC, ogg, and other rogue formats that small niches of the Internets use. That one player will play absolutely anything and everything, something no other video player on OS X can claim to do, not even VLC. As for getting Quicktime to do full screen for free (legally): I would install this regardless of how much you use Quicktime or Frontrow simply because it's good to be able to play ogg audio in iTunes (actually I would install all the components so you don't run into trouble with Internet-embedded stuff).īy the way, those components/compilations are all totally free. Perian will do everything else barring MKV files (including DivX, XviD).Ī52 codec will handle audio in those very few files that use A52/AC3-encoded surround sound.

#Media player for mac os x windows#

For the love of God, UNINSTALL Windows Media Player when you install this they can conflict and cause the Internets to explode when you try to view a WMV-based video online.

If you want to improve Quicktime's functionality in particular, there are only four components you need to make your Quicktime do absolutely everything outside MKVs and subtitle files (which Perian is working on getting to function for their 1.0 release):įlip4Mac will do all your WMVs. That one player will play absolutely anything and everything, something no other video player on OS X can claim to do, not even VLC (granted VLC DOES do anything and everything except for proper MKVs, which are not popular yet if you know you won't be running into them, just use VLC: ).Īlso, forget DivX codec or any of that.