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[blueman56]

Yep, another +1 for VLC, works great!!

[Riggs]

My favorite player is Movist.

[CobraKill]

MrMonster said:

I combine the two: VLC and QT with Perian & Flip4Mac.

Agreed ^^.

[purpleizza]

I prefer quicktime, because you can just use flip4mac for most of the files which are not compatible with it. And the new one looks cool :)

[Asuraku]

I use VLC for MKV file only because most of the the MKV's I watch have various subtitles, and QT doesn't process them very well. However, I use QT7 Pro and QT10 for everything else. I have 150+ codecs installed though, so there isn't much I can't play. Here's a bundle of the main ones if anyone wants them:
http://www.multiupload.com/S1AAIQI1TZ

[lineFlow]

I got issues once with perian, so I don´t install it again. ( Was on Tiger so I don´t know if they solved it...)
VLC handle almost anything I throw at it, but I start using Movist more often now.

Can´t belive people like QT X. It just looks nice in the beginning before u realize how downgraded it is vs. QT 7 Pro.
If Apple makes X upgradeable to Pro, I´m willing to give it a try again.

[kongchr]

Vlc because of no hassle

[Robochocobo]

VLC is the "best" for Mac right now, but god dang it what I wouldn't give for a better one.

[BoomBox]

I personally think vlc is awesome, especially when i want to play MKV files with subtitles and the whole thing is over 4gb. If i tried to do that on Quicktime (quicktime 7 pro or Quicktime X) with perian installed, even after the whole thing is loaded, it will take forever.

But i use Quicktime for 99% of my basic video editing, when i get a few smaller tv shows through torrents (they usually are avi's) and plenty of mp4's that friends encode.

So VLC with Quicktime X + Perian combo.

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On the note of players, for a media entertainment system, which would you think is better: Plex or XBMC?

I have my current custom-added mac mini sitting next to my tv using front row to play movies and stuff.

Ive decked it with a blu-ray player.

Im looking for something that can play ripped dvd's without opening another program (i usually rip them in a video_ts folder or make an iso out of it)

And i have avi's, mp4's, mkv's, music, etc all on the mac mini in so many differnet formats (its my whole movie library, would be coming close to 600 or so DVD rips (i buy the movie, rip the disc, and put it in a case holding 240 or so discs each, scan the cover art, and throw out or sell the empty cover)

Which one out of Pex or XBMC is better?

[yensteel]

Movist for me.

Having use Mplayer Extended before, I have to say it's a very good player as well.

[BSG85]

Adventurous of me, I know, but I've stuck with iTunes, QuickTime, and the Apple DVD player for my media needs since buying my MacBook a couple weeks back. On Windows, I used so many different players over the years that my head spun, and it's nice to have prepackaged software that actually meets most of my needs for once. :)

[lacerate]

I'd say I like VLC the most too, cause I got dvds from all over the world and its the only thing I can use to play them on my cpu....

[GeekyMacBoy1]

yes, quick time x.... DUH

[JMass]

- Movist for the videos here (i had problems with some subtitles when i used quicktime + perian) :

- Vox player to simply play audio files : http://www.voxapp.uni.cc/

- I would like to use Songbird to manage my audio library but the slow search bug is still present and it's annoying (and i don't want to use iTunes because of the lack of watch folders).

[Bert93]

PLEX!