Re:VLC desperately needs a Mac OS developer to help out
by m0th87 on Thursday December 17, 2009 @12:05AM
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That's a shame because VLC is by far the best media tool I've ever used on OS X in terms of playback compatibility.
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Re:VLC desperately needs a Mac OS developer to help out
by afshin on Thursday December 17, 2009 @12:12AM
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I think that largely used to be true ... but nowadays with tools like Perian and Mplayer OSX Extended it's definitely no longer the case. With Snow Leopard, VLC is actually the weakest of the media players in terms of stability and performance, in my opinion.
Re:VLC desperately needs a Mac OS developer to help out
by vimalg2 on Thursday December 17, 2009 @02:15AM
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Comment grandparent explains why.
Re:VLC desperately needs a Mac OS developer to help out
by riobard on Thursday December 17, 2009 @10:15AM
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Not the original commenter, but here is my take on it on Snow Leopard: I use QuickTime X a lot for its h.264 hardware acceleration. As of now, that's the only option you have if you want to play 1080p on Mac. Coupled with Perian, I think it solves the majority of playback issues with a rather simple user interface. Then I use MPlayer OS X Extended for its better support for MKV, subs, DTS, AC3, etc. And it has a very simple interface like the original QuickTime player (< X). So really, there's much less need for VLC on that platform...