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 Oct 10 2007, 10:53 AM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65  |
Ok, so I'm looking for a good video player for OS X. I'm basically using my laptop to stream video off of my computer upstairs off my wireless network (which I know is far from being a perfect setup to begin with).
My only problem is that I can't seem to find a media player that fits all my needs. I like how MPlayer X has separate applications so that I can have the controls on my computer and the playback on the TV, but playback is pretty choppy. VLC would be perfect except for the fact that whenever I go into fullscreen mode, the playback goes to my laptop screen instead of my TV. Quicktime would also be perfect, but it just doesn't support enough file formats. Any suggestions? -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Oct 10 2007, 04:38 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 16-July 06 Member No.: 240 |
I am not sure that I am completely following you but I used to connect my PowerBook to my TV via S-Video to watch movies and I used VLC. You can choose which device VLC plays to fullscreen under the video menu somewhere I believe. Also, I think I remember someone saying that whichever screen you have the VLC controller on is the one that will play fullscreen. Never tried that though. Hope that helps or I am even on the same page as you.
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Oct 10 2007, 05:01 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (ephraim909 @ Oct 10 2007, 05:38 PM) I am not sure that I am completely following you but I used to connect my PowerBook to my TV via S-Video to watch movies and I used VLC. You can choose which device VLC plays to fullscreen under the video menu somewhere I believe. Also, I think I remember someone saying that whichever screen you have the VLC controller on is the one that will play fullscreen. Never tried that though. Hope that helps or I am even on the same page as you. Hmmm... didn't look under the video menu. I did find perian though which seems to work pretty well to get quicktime to play more movie formats. Miro is also a pretty good media player (too lazy to find the link). But I'll test out VLC and see if I'm missing something. Thanks for the help. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Oct 10 2007, 05:20 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 16-July 06 Member No.: 240 |
Yeah I use Perian but I guess it is just one of those things I forget about after I have it installed. I know there is a way to do it in VLC though.
Of course there is always the option of going into the Displays Preference in the System Preferences and dragging the menu bar to the other screen. That will make Quicktime play full screen on that window too. Not necessarily a fluid or pretty solution though. |
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Oct 10 2007, 06:21 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
Well there's a preference in quicktime to choose which screen to make it full screen on (I actually prefer it that way).
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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