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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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pebkac OS X video player Oct 10 2007, 10:53 AM
ephraim909 Yeah I use Perian but I guess it is just one of th... Oct 10 2007, 05:20 PM
pebkac Well there's a preference in quicktime to choo... Oct 10 2007, 06:21 PM |
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