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View mpeg2 files without the QuickTime mpeg2 codec
Authored by: vanthal on Sep 10, '03 06:57:15AM

I meant to try Mplayer a while back; this has reminded me, and it seems very nice. I usually use VLC, having recently reinstalled OSX and not wishing to install a pile of Quicktime codecs (I don't like the fact that the official DivX codex only comes in installer from, for example). Both VLC and Mplayer are single .app packages with drag-drop install, which I like. They both allow fullscreen, which is big advantage over basic QuickTime. Mplayer seems to me to have a nicer (and more standard) interface, and it offers a useful Statistics window showing CPU usage and the like. In short, there's a good chance Mplayer will become my default player. VLC probably has a lot of plus points - maybe the streaming server side, though I haven't played with that - but for everyday playback, I'm impressed with Mplayer. Very impressed.



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