PACMan3000
VLC, Perian & Flip4Mac, for all your video needs
VLC, Perian and Flip4Mac is the answer to all your multi-media video needs on a Mac. VLC is an alternative to Quicktime and the native DVD player in OS X, while both Perian and Flip4Mac provide the necessary codecs to run just about all the video codecs available in the known universe. Stuff like DivX, H.264, Flash, AVI, MKV, and even the crappy Windows Media stuff that you can't escape from on the web.
A lessor known feature in VLC allows you to record video from your iSight camera. Of course, iChat already has this function, but it's good to know it's there.
There is a debate among Mac users as to whether Flip4Mac is even necessary if you have Perian installed, but I find its integration with web browsers important when playing embedded WMV files. Of course, Perian probably allows for Quicktime to play such content in the browser without help from Flip4Mac, but I've been too lazy to research it.
If you are lazy like me, just install all three and forget about it. And oh yes, all three downloads are free.
Related Links:
VLC
Perian
Flip4Mac
www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm
VLC, Perian & Flip4Mac, for all your video needs
VLC, Perian and Flip4Mac is the answer to all your multi-media video needs on a Mac. VLC is an alternative to Quicktime and the native DVD player in OS X, while both Perian and Flip4Mac provide the necessary codecs to run just about all the video codecs available in the known universe. Stuff like DivX, H.264, Flash, AVI, MKV, and even the crappy Windows Media stuff that you can't escape from on the web.
A lessor known feature in VLC allows you to record video from your iSight camera. Of course, iChat already has this function, but it's good to know it's there.
There is a debate among Mac users as to whether Flip4Mac is even necessary if you have Perian installed, but I find its integration with web browsers important when playing embedded WMV files. Of course, Perian probably allows for Quicktime to play such content in the browser without help from Flip4Mac, but I've been too lazy to research it.
If you are lazy like me, just install all three and forget about it. And oh yes, all three downloads are free.
Related Links:
VLC
Perian
Flip4Mac
www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm