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- shadowmoses, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Pretty cool but I think i'll be sticking to VLC for the time being
- samuli, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Urh, don't need another player. Just the codec for QuickTime. Please.
- levi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Why not just release a codec that works with any player. Who the hell actually uses the divx player?
- ctishman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Yes, and I curse the NPR executives every day. Those morons think it's still 1997 or something.
Also, what's with the BBC? WMV or Real? Where's my Quicktime? - orlyyarly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10VLC does have a web browser plug-in for Mac.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Scroll down a bit and you'll see "PowerPC mozilla/safari plugin package". Right now, it's not very good (takes control of all video playback regardless of settings) - Machine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Err... I beg to differ... but I've had much better luck dealing with different codecs on my Mac than I ever did when I used a PC.
- cakefart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Heads up: The VLC browser plug-in has been been the culprit in a number of issues, including CPU hogging, discussed on boards like macintouch and macfixit.
- Machine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I don't think I've ever seen DivX movie clips on a website. Could you provide an example? A clean one as I'm at work...
- xistboi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7#1 - Only the CODEC's are UNIVERSAL. The Applications are not.
#2 - The browser plugin KILLS Safari, and every other web browser it touches.
#3 - Performance is really horrible
UN-INSTALLING! - gwalbridge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Nice of them to think of the Mac platform, but it's too little too late. VLC and MPlayer play DivX flawlessly, as well as almost any other format you can think of ('cept for Real, but who, honestly, actually likes Real?)
- ThisIsMyName, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Read the EULA before installing... Performance issues aside, this isn't a very nice license, and is VERY un-Mac like. Just a tip...
- bebopredux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4By having Little Snitch on your Mac you can alleviate any concerns you have about DivX "phoning home" or gathering any info.
ALL Mac users should have Little Snitch. It's the first app I tell Mac users to buy. Great product. - FlakPyro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I haven't used VLC in awhile. (Started using Mplayer on Linux) but as far as i can remember it did have a web browser plug in.
- Swift2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah, but if you have a Mac, the VLC plugin is not compatible with QT 7.1. At the moment, all you get in an embedded image, if you have VLC's plugin installed, is a black box with (no picture) written on it. I'm sure the VLC guys will fix that, eventually. And no, I'm not dropping Quicktime.
- alexvalentine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5When I had OSX machines, I always liked MPlayerOSX:
mplayerosx.sourceforge.net - pornel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think http://mplayerhq.hu has more up-to-date version.
- pornel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Does it support XVID? I'd like to watch these via FrontRow, but with current codecs I can't (AFAIK there is no XVID codec for OS X and XVID->DivX redirector doesn't work for me)
- Machine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5VLC supports subtitles... as long as the proper file accompanies the movie.
- stmiller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5For news! NPR content is Real.
- joephish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3VLC has worked for years
- CLIFFosakaJAPAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's been a while nuclearpenguins...where have you been? I miss your Mac bashing
- Wabin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I was particularly interested in the part of the license that says you can not use the software to transcode files. So no playing your DivX movies on your ipod if you were using Quicktime Pro to transcode. Guess you have to stick with ffmpeg or the like, which is faster anyway...
- joerod, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4why not just use vlc. that works for other formats as well.
- lukeydukey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Divx is crap. The inefficiency of the code is demonstrated through the video played. Ironically, Divx seems to be a reverse engineered DVD codec. The ironic part is, Xvid seems to be used more than DivX anyways.
- coolbru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2QuickTime has worked for years. Codecs are a separate issue - the only one you'll be stuffed with these days is Indeo which never made the jump to PPC.
- illt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1fingiecrookie: close!
here's the updated link with intel binaries for front row!
http://n.ethz.ch/student/naegelic/download/ - Wabin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5does vlc have a web browser plugin? If it does, I will be right with you.
- OwlBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1On my system, the player crashes instantly if you try to open a movie.
-Owl - The_Decryptor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Does it support XVID?"
The DivX component supports XviD (if i remove it, XviD video's stop playing in QuickTime)
XviD and DivX are both MPEG-4 (same as H.264). - fingiecrookie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe this helps? Not sure though, I'm not on a Mac.
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~naegelic/download/ - thedivxkid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the tutorials work fine for me
http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/tutorials/
do you have the web player installed? - The_Decryptor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Why not just release a codec that works with any player"
They have a DivX QuickTime component, which allows any QuickTime app (QuickTime is a set of API's, the app you watch video's with is called QuickTime Player) to playback DivX and XviD. - SilentSpyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1With some werid combinations of stuff I have been able to play avi's on the web. Sadly I forget which ones. I think I have Divx, 3ivx, VLC and maybe others.
- mpeters13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Perhaps.....just perhaps if they hadn't waited SO ***** long to develop... maybe people wouldn't have discovered VLC, which smacks this around too hard.
But for everything, divx, thank you... thank you for finally releasing a player. - coolbru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's already possible to do everything that you can do on a DVD entirely within QuickTime - interactive menus, stills, internet connectivity, multiple soundtracks, camera angles, multiple subtitles and much more (e.g. Flash, real-time audio & video effects, text input, games, player skins) all wrapped up in a single .mov file. Unfortunately there are no straightforward conversion tools to make it happen easily - the best it gets is LiveStage Pro http://www.totallyhip.com/ It's a pretty good tool, with great support from Totally Hip.
In theory, many of these things are possible in MPEG-4 too, but tools are very scarce. I have no idea why all these random, incompatible subtitle formats exist, nor why so many people seem to think they are actually good.
AVI is possibly the worst container format ever devised. - mynameiswerd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3"SOFTWARE INSTALLATION: Components bundled with our software may report to
Licensor and/or its affiliates the installation status of certain marketing
offers, such as toolbars, and also generalized installation information, such as
language preference and operating system version, to assist Licensor in its
product development. No personal information will be communicated to
DivX or its affiliates during this process. Licensor may in the future
offer additional components (such as a toolbar) through our version
checking/update system."
From versiontracker:
As one poster already mentioned, the EULAS (End User Licence Agreements) you accept by installing this software are not very nice.
You now only allow DivX.inc to install Toolbars or some add-stuff (Adware), they also could check some details of your system and the installed sofware.
I’m not sure, if this stuff is already integrated or if the EULA is simply copied from the Windows installer, but it prevented me from installing the DivX package on my machine and I won’t install it on any machine I maintain.
It’s really sad, that they try to bug you with such a licence as they have a really nice product now.
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Not willing to try it out - I'm fine with VLC. - mmcxiiad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OWCH - livestage is $450 (and not universal). that is a huge chink of change to add chapters, subtitles, multi audio and a menu system. i am sure this is a great solution if you need it. i am still looking for the perfect means to convert my dvd library into a system that will play in front row.
- Dinosaurus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Same here... actually if I just look at the icon funny it crashes too. Drag to trash... empty trash... back to VLC.
- birch25, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5vlc doesn't have a browser plugin, but how often do you watch divx videos in your browser? you can watch them in quicktime with an older divx codec. this isn't the first time you've been able to view divx on the mac, and the "new, official divx player" is not really that big of a deal.
- mmcxiiad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0other then this being universal, i don't see what the big deal is in the new version. there are some great features in the windows version (subtitles, chapter markers, alternate soundtrack and video menus) which were not in the previous version and are still not in this version.
ironically, if you are viewing the info about the mac converter (http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/player/) and then click on advanced features, it would appear that these features are included in the mac version now. as far as i can tell, they are still windows only features. furthermore, you can't even make a video with those features on a windows computer and then view them on a mac (all you see is the regular video without being about to use any of the advanced features).
the icing on this cake is the tutorial page isn't working yet (http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/tutorials/).
well, needless to say, i was not impressed, honestly i was hoping that i could utilize the advanced features as i am trying to build a mac-centric home media system and ripping everything to divx movies would be perfect - functionality and features of a dvd with a much smaller size. - mmcxiiad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yep, i have the web plugin installed - i saw the matrix knockoff on the forum. even on top of just the tutorials issue, you have to admit that they should have included those other features.
- metalica77, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1i can't wait till it comes out on demonoid. or torrentspy bull ***** am i paying $20
- rmiguens, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Because of subtitles - i've never gotten subtitles to work correctly with VLC or with mplayer
- slantyeyed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2it's about time . . . chipping away at Quicktime
- ScooterDMan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2can i play avi files on my mac finally?
- tuna1, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3Oh good, the Mac finally caught up.
- bitterCAMPARI, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1More then you could ever possibly imagine.
- nuclearpenguins, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2It's always nice to see Mac people thrown a bone every now and again.
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