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Re:Windows 11 New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges f... by VladVladikoff on Saturday June 20, 2026 @02:43PM (#48611769)
I don’t recall ever having a good time using a native Mac OS video player.
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Re:Windows 11 New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges f... by sgarland on Saturday June 20, 2026 @03:32PM (#48612232)
QuickTime is fine. It does the basics, is intuitive, and fast.
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Re:Windows 11 New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges f... by VladVladikoff on Saturday June 20, 2026 @05:34PM (#48613186)
It’s been a few years since I tried but I think the codec support was pretty bad last time I checked. Sure it can play MOV files, but every time I tried to throw some pirated video at it it would choke.
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