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[niknar]

VLC is still holding top spot for me.

[GeekyMacBoy1]

i use quicktime x...

for windows movie files i use WMV player

[GeekyMacBoy1]

link:
http://www.apple.com...nloads/macosx/v ... acosx.html

[vvsamiamvv]

I use Quicktime X with Perian and flip4mac.  Works like a champ but I do miss some of the features from quicktime 7 (like extracting audio / video tracks) and sometimes use that.  VLC is great too.

[daven]

VLC.

Unless you'd like a library, Songbird does that pretty good.

[arluckman]

VLC is the best. it can play nearly any video file i throw at it

[REBOOT]

I'm using QuickTime X with Perian.

[playn]

darkstar711 said:

I'm using QuickTime X with Perian.

+1
best combination

[Xpired]

I am personally a fan of QuickTime with Perian installed (www.perian.org).

[Hrachya]

I installed DviX (it's app + plug-in for QuickTime X PS don't use app it's too slow and it looks like app for Win 7)
I am using Perian (plug-in for QuickTime X)
sometimes Plex
and I never use VLC (but I have it) cause of its theme, buttons I am getting mad when I see then ;)

[Zaogao]

Somehow VLC is still the best for AVI
for the rest QT with Perian.

[ElorNocudee]

I use Mplayer OSX Extended, it does the job very well.

[hagehun]

Plex is a great app for MAC! I love it, it's so simple and clean and nice! Everithing is organized as I like! VLC plays everything else Plex don't support (is there any?). You only need a nice remote controller program, to make the default player Plex instead of Front Row (any suggestions?).

[Zorg]

To me, MPlayer OSX Extended is the best, but I use VLC on slower computers that can't handle MPlayer well.

I don't like using VLC because I can't go forward or backwards 5-10 seconds (not the same as fast forwarding/rewinding). It only does it on 1 minute intervals and I don't like that.

I don't use Quicktime at all because it has no such feature. On slower machines, I wouldn't be surprised if VLC ran better too, especially when it comes to moving around in different places in the video.

Movist I haven't heard of until this thread, but it's unusable for me because it messes up the subtitles for my videos.

I've never really had the situation with VLC and MPlayer where I encountered a file they could not play, but I'm sure I've encountered that with Quicktime, even with Perian equipped.

[EQU1N0X]

That would be VLC :D

[Rizy26]

at the moment I haven't had any problem with VLC haven't really looked into other ones

[Incer]

For video, it depends:
- XBMC if I'm connecting to a TV or projector, so I can use a wiimote to control it easily.
- Quicktime + codecs if it works
- VLC if Quicktime can't manage

For music:
- Quicktime if I'm in front of the computer
- VLC if I need to reproduce a playlist

VLC if very versatile, and it helps when you're watching a poorly ripped video, as you can easily adjust the delay for the subtitles and audio, but it has become unstable and buggy.
For music, the best for me has always been Amarok, (well, 1.4 was the best, the new version is still disappointing), and I've been trying to install it using Macports without success so far.

[wotplayer]

Quicktime 7 with perian is good enough for me.

[Zorg]

I retract my previous post. VLC is buggy and slow for me (especially with mkv's), Quicktime with Perian performs way better, though maybe it takes longer to load some videos.

However, my favorite player is now MPlayerX, which happens to be on the Mac App Store by the way. Faster than VLC and Quicktime, slick interface, and has the left&right arrow key fast scene skipping that I need. It performs even way better than OS X Extended.

[karannz1]

MPlayer OSX Extended!!!! My favourite!

[miltonmilton51]

VLC bro

[kb8]

MPlayer OSX Extended

[grofjardanhazy]

VLC for video files.
Ecoute for audio.

[HoodHood]

vlc def, for audio i guess there's no way round itunes... well, not yet (?)

[PommeGolden]

VLC for sure ;-)