Codecs for OSX
October 20th, 2007 by robg
I know VLC plays all types of media on a mac just fine, but if you want to be able to work with the files using iLife you need quicktime codecs for the media you want to use.
You can look all over for individual codecs for each type of file you want to use, eg. XVid, DivX, etc. I just found Perian. It’s like the ninja monkey of mac codecs, or the “swiss army knife” if you go with the website, but I like ninja monkeys.
Seriously cool, one package which auto-updates for most codecs, though you will still need flip4mac for windows media stuff.
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October 23rd, 2007 at 11:40 am
Oh yeah…Flip4Mac is essential, but you’re right, Perian is quite useful, as well as VLC (sometimes), Flash (more often), and (I hardly ever use it) Real Player.