Another +1 for vlc. It is very versatile and all it's codecs live inside it nicely self contained. An alternative is a plugin called perian which will allow you to play many more types of video inside QuickTime player. This may be an advantage if you want to convert videos to other formats or play all your files via iTunes or frontrow.
None of these programs will improve the quality of playback though, it pretty much plays or it doesn't. The only reason to install the official divx player is if you have protected purchased content that needs a licence to play back. Sent from a tiny predictive keyboard On 3 Mar 2011, at 07:57, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for VLC. It's a great piece of software and plays virtually anything. > > Rob > ----------------- > Rob Beattie > Freelance writer and book author > www.robbeattie.com > 07769 902820 > Twitter: @robbeattie > > > > On 2 March 2011 22:03, Philippe Chandless <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have been told by someone who is not always very reliable that I should >> install DivX as it will, apparently, improve the quality of videos I >> download. >> Is it really the way to go or am I being sold a pup? >> Thanks >> Philippe >> >> -- >> Sent with Sparrow >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
