A media player is an app that plays back video files, audio files, or both.
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What is the best media player for the mac (besides .mov - e.g., .mp3, .wmv, .avi, .mpg, etc)
I've recently switched from PC to Mac, so I'm slowly building a library of useful utilities. So, any recommendations for the best generic media player?
On the PC - I've found the VLC player to be ...
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Media player that plays .m4v files?
If I wanted to play some .m4v files (non-DRM Apple TV as they're produced through Handbrake), what would be the best HD Media Player to play back the files?
Would this one work?
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What software can play FLAC files and has basic playlist support?
What are options to play FLAC files and have playlists on OSX? I've not seen a way to make iTunes play them natively, songbird looks terrible with retina display and same goes for clementine.
I just ...
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Is there a reliable, automatic subtitle downloader for Mac OS X?
On Ubuntu I use SMPlayer or SubDownloader, which both reliably retrieve subtitles from opensubtitles.org. SMplayer even does this automatically for the file you are currently viewing.
So far I've ...
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Is there an audio player with waveform seekbar?
I'm looking for a player with seekbar that displays the waveform of the playing song, like http://foobar2000.org + http://foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_wave_seekbar
Specifically, a seekBar is an ...
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What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?
What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?
Also where does it take those instruments from? A VST? Is it possible to use these sounds ...
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Can I use my iPad as a Virtual CD Deck
Is there is an app for iPad that will emulate basic CD deck functionality using iTunes tracks? All the DJ software I've seen (or bought) seems to include mixer/deck/additional features I don't require ...
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How do I take screen shots on DVD movies and protected content?
I saw this awesome movie that I watched on DVD and wanted to take a screen shot of it, but when I did, it was transparent. I could only see my desktop taken but not the movie. Is there a specific ...
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GOM player not running video
I am trying to run movie on GOM player for Mac, when I open the movie, GOM player name appears on top of menu bar, but no player appears.
The same .avi file opened well in VLC player. I found out ...
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An inexpensive AA or AAA battery mp3 player with SD* card 32GB support [closed]
First I would like to apologize for posting this question on Apple-related stackexchange site. I looked at all stackexchange sites and it seems that this one is the closest to the topic of my ...
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Control program other than iTunes with bluetooth headphones
I am using bluetooth headphones with OS X Lion. The headphones (like most bluetooth headsets) have built-in play/pause and back/forward controls. Using the play button will always launch iTunes, ...
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Audio Player with Gapless Playback
I'm looking for an (preferably free) audio player on OS X that supports gapless playback. It doesn't need to be fancy, I don't need any bells and whistles. I just want gapless playback. ...
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simple MP3 player with folders
I've been using SoundJam MP since it came out and many years ago I found a beta version that worked on OS X and that's the reason I can still use it.
Unfortunately, with OS X Lion, PPC support is ...
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Improve VLC quality on WMV, AVI etc?
OKay I've noticed that when I play an WMV on my Mac using VLC player the quality is terrible in comparison when i play it on Windows
I have tried "unchecking skip frames" on VLC, but no change at all
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How to sync audio files with Logitech media server in OS X? [closed]
I want to customize the Logitech Media Server (web interface on localhost) so that N different audio files will start to play at the same time on N WiFi receivers, with each file on a different ...
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“Play on” UPNP/DLNA device from OSX
I have a TV and an AV-receiver which are DLNA-capable and which are attached to my home network together with a Windows 7 desktop and a MBP running OSX Lion. I can access audio from both computers ...
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Suppressing iPhone's native video player when playing HTML5 video
on iPhone, when you have an HTML5 video tag on a web site and you click play it will open the iPhone's native video player and play the video there (unlike on the iPad where it will play the video in ...
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Expanding recently added songs
In my iPhone is there a way to get more "recently added" songs?
I have about 100 songs and I have added recently 5, now in my "recently added" I've got only those 5.
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movies sometime lag on my 15" MacBook Pro (2011)
ive been having this problem for a long while and ive been looking around for a solution. and I found a very similar question explaining my very same issue. I edited it so i can give you all more ...
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Audio player that plays current buffer while downloading?
Looking for a Mac OSX audio player that'll start playing as it buffers, much like progressive download Flash/Javascript players do on Websites.
I have very large concert mp3s on my file server ...
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Key differences between Plex and XBMC
As I understood it Plex was forked from XBMC as some people was unhappy with the slow development off the Mac integration.
Now when both applications are available on OS X what are the main ...
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Where do Adobe AIR applications cache video files?
I have various players that play videos from websites, I want to know where those videos are cached.
Because it's AIR, I suppose it's caching in a particular place, but I can't find it.
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hd video player for mac
I just saw that VLC doesn't support 10-bit yet (i checked the link here and i don't see a 1.2 build) http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=94686
Is there any other good player that ...
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Can I transfer and view xvid (avi) videos on an iPad?
What type of video files can I watch on my iPad?
I usually only have .avi files; is there an app that will allow me to play them?
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how do I get a Quicktime video window to play on an external monitor, simultaneously using the laptop for something else?
Using Macbook using OS-X 10.5.8, how do I get a Quicktime video window to play on an external monitor, simultaneously using the laptop for something else?
I have a Macbook circa 2008 which has OS-x ...
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How should I encode my music for preserving the sound quality and be able to play it on iTunes and iOS?
I have several CDs and other FLAC collections (classical music but not only). I want to add them to my iTunes library but I am looking for some recommendations regarding how I should encode them in ...
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How to configure OS X 10.5 to always open .WAV files with QuickTime?
I use iTunes to listen to my music, all of which is in .mp3 and .aac files. I periodically want to listen to .wav files, however these are never music. Most often, they're voicemails sent to my by our ...
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Quick Look won't play sound of .avi files
When I want to use Quick Look to quickly check if an .avi file is corrupt, or if the quality is alright, it does not play the sound anymore.
Is there a way to enhance Quick Look with "proper" divx ...
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How to ditch iTunes and find a suitable audio player?
With the recent features added to iTunes player I find it to be pretty heavy and resources consuming, just to do just what I would like it to do, which is play music. It is almost becoming a full OS ...
