-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 2008/12/18 Dan : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org
iEUEARECAAYFAklKXkUACgkQZGCrekxoMEWu9ACYpmsl9QYyhz+NPc/WwvA4hdzJ PwCfb9TfqI/GyoN6FszIZsH09BkRDE4= =enVw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > At 4:39 PM -0800 12/17/2008, Will S wrote: >>You could also just skip Perian and Quicktime all together. VLC easy >>to find with a Google search works great much better then Quicktime >>even with the Persian update. I've decided to do just that for my new >>10.5.5 OS on a new partition. I've not needed Quicktime with or >>without add ons for several years. So why not go with the best >>available software. > > VLC is a nice media player, for the specific small subset of codecs > it handles, but it can also be VERY crashy and is often much more CPU > intensive than QuickTime. I see none of these issues on my MacBook Core Duo 1.83GHz. VLC actually launches in 2 seconds or so, while QuickTime takes 10-15. > As for not needing QuickTime... Um... So you're saying that you NEVER > EVER view any graphics or video of any type in any application on > your Mac, except within VLC. Hint: It's all QuickTime. ALL. Well, then I suppose I can say that I never use QuickTime, considering my browsers all use VLC. I guess the only time I do is when I start iMovie. > I think you're saying you just prefer VLC over QuickTIme Player? > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > > > > -- -hackmiester --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
