KLite Codec Pack for Mac OS
Thursday, July 23, 2009
As I am spending almost 10-12 hours a day working on a Mac, I have decided to begin a new section on Mac Softwares, Tips and Tricks on Techtola.Today was the first time, I wanted to watch a Video of one of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S episodes on a Mac and the Quicktime player could not play it. My first attempt was to download VLC for Mac but unfortunately it was 29 MB in size and I wanted something smaller.
So I searched for K-Lite Codec Pack for Mac OS and looks like there isn't any like that. But I did find an equivalent of just 3 MB in size called Perian.
It adds support for a lot of formats in your default Quicktime Player. Just download the DMG, double click on Perian.prefpane to install it and enjoy :)
Click here to go to Perian Website.
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Thanks for sharing...
Thank you very much!!
Only one thing to add. For some movies, at first it did not display the image. I saw this complaint for some others as well. I went to iTunes->Settings(cmd + ,)->Playback and then i checked the "Play movies using standard definition version" checkbox. Now it works smoother then a pedophile in church. I wanted this codec to be able to play movies from front row. If for some reason, you need another player, i recommend instead of vlc to use "MPlayer OSX Extended" which is my player of choice in linux.
It stops screen saver, has subtitles, can remember last played movie and position(have to check it though) plus lots of other nifty settings you will like. It needs no external codecs say but their own additional pack for some less used movie formats.
http://mplayerosx.sttz.ch/#downloads
Thanks for the info, it works like a charm. :)