Ok, what does it show as what app is playing it (in the get info window) – Buscar웃 Apr 28 '15 at 1:39. Here is what the get info window shows: img #, date and time (Not sure what type of media files you are trying to open) So here is what I did: Right click or ctrl+click on the media file Open with > VLC.
Rosetta is the name of the invisible emulation layer in OS X for Intel that allows you to run PPC programs. PPC programs running on Intel Macs (through the invisible 'Rosetta' emulation layer) are much slower than Intel-native programs, and much slower than if they were run on comparable PPC hardware. In addition to poorer general performance, PPC apps running under Rosetta also use a lot more RAM and take 2-3 times as long to load. There's probably more information in that PDF you found. It didn't show up for no reason at all.
As others have said, Windows Media Player is dead. There is not, and never will be an Intel-native version for OS X. Even Microsoft promotes Flip4Mac's WMV Player now. You can use it if you want, but as mentioned by others you might be better off with Flip4Mac. WMP for the Mac isn't going to be developed any further so unless you have to use it for a particular reason, there's no need for it.
Flip4Mac uses QuickTime as the player and actually embeds much nicely on websites that use Windows Media Audio and Video than WMP for the Mac does. Also, since it's running through Rosetta (basically a PowerPC-code-to-Intel-code translator that is transparent to the user, allowing the Intel Mac user to run applications that are native to the PowerPC Mac), it's going to be slower than a native Intel Flip4Mac install and you might notice some slowdowns or other anomalies in playback (I'm speaking in theory since I've not tested the Intel version). And Urbansory, are you sure you downloaded the Intel native version on your Mac Pro and that you're not running the PowerPC native version (this would cause problems)? Actually, I have the same issue Urbansensory mentioned on my PPC Mac. WMV Player does take a while to load movies, I guess because it performs some kind of read-ahead to do.something.
Popwire's WMV9 Component didn't have this problem; it displayed files immediately and showed the 'loading' time bar similar to what you get with progressive streams or large VBR mp3s. But it seems like Popwire is no more, and their page just points people to Flip4Mac. Were they bought?.shrug.
But I still prefer Flip4Mac's WMV Player to WMP because it's much faster (even on my PPC Mac that runs WMP natively!), QuickTime Player has tons of cool features like variable-speed playback, and it integrated better with browsers. (I don't think WMP could possibly work with browsers on Intel Macs, since you can't mix PPC plugins with Intel applications.). Okay - enough already you have me converted - another sale - kerching!!! I think it was nixgeek's comment bout 'no further development' that did it for me.
Guess I did not pick up on that point if it was mentioned before. I was merely picking up on the point that some were making that WMP does not run on Intel Mac - once again it runs fine on my machine and if anything loads faster that QT. However The assurance that there wont be any further development of WMP means also that in all likelyhood Micro$oft are gonna continue to develop bizarre codecs which most likely will not be available on the Mac and will give rise to yet another round of third parties looking for even more $'s for yet another media player Yawn!!!! So what difference is it gonna make if I have WMP or FlipMac installed? Wish to Christ they would just standardize things - For the Past 2 Years DivX has been way ahead of the rest in terms of compression and quality yet you still see the same tired.wmv/.rm/.mov rubbish littering the net.
Granted the quality has improved a little bit in the past 10 years but if you look at what DivX has accomplished in just 2. What's more I believe DivX is no truly Cross Platform and with no bullshit involved - anyone can have it and the latest codecs. Or if you're like me see it is a product well worth supporting and buy a licence. None of this b/s: It's my player and only people using my os can use it (as was the case with Bill not sharing his toys for so many years). Well let MF's like him go stick his head and the rest of his anotomy in the sandbox for all I care. Stuff him, Stuff his Company, Stuff Hasta La Vista and Stuff Zuna too - maybe it would be more appropriate to take 15 years of gripes and put it all in.sitx format! For those who missed it - Stuffit!!!!
Stuff the whole darned lot! The sheer pleasure of one weeks living in an OS without having to spend any time in the registry, running frequent anti- Virus scans, browsing the web for.dll's, messing with firewalls. Actually feels like I'm on vacation As Homer would say.Hmmmmm iMac, Tigers - doh!!!!
The multimedia player with the new eye-candy fashion. Play almost any format of file or stream. Multi-touch. Control the player with your fingers. Intelligently detecting the encoding of the subtitles. No need for encoding conversion. Direct pass through.
Connect, play, enjoy your home theater. Multi-monitor support.
Wanna work while watching your collection? Just drag and F.
Apple Remote support. Watch your favorites in sofa, more comfortable. Automatically find the next episode. Enjoy the whole afternoon, with just one click.
Forget where you stopped playing last time? MPlayerX won't. New: chapter support for mkv. New: audio channels remapping. New: track name support. New: edl support. New: command line options accept.
New: German translation. Pref: disable media keys(F7,F8,F9). Pref: disable Autoresizing control bar(hidden setting).
Pref: disable bookmark completely (hidden setting). Hidden settings are at. Fix: font list is not complete. Fix: can’t move window across menubar, if secondary screen is above the main screen. Fix: cache mechanism optimization. Fix: misbehave when loading subtitle in pausing.
Fix: some files could not be found automatically. Fix: rendering performance optimization. Fix: accessibility support. Lion fix: Lion-style traffic lights. Lion fix: mouse scrolling direction.
Lion fix: passing through over SPDIF. 1.0.7 Jun 17, 2011. ● New: Next/Previous buttons ● New: in full screen, alt + dragging to move the frame ● New: in full screen, pinch / alt + scroll / alt + = - to change frame size ● New: Mirror / Flip ● New: Tap with 3 fingers to Play/Pause ● New: CMD + 3 to zoom window ● Pref: subtitle alignment ● Fix: Arabic subtitle support (pls read: ● Fix mplayer sometimes may not be multi-thread at all, which cause lagging. ● Localication: French localization (thank you Soner). 1.0.2 Mar 4, 2011.
GunnyFreedom, Best media player for Mac OS hands down I have been Mac people since 1986. I remember all the struggles to get certain kinds of media to play in a Mac, and it was a real headache.
Even today, some media players make you buy the most popular codecs before they will work properly. MPlayerX is an expression of why Macs are Macs - it just works. I'd give this app more than 5 stars if I could. No more REALPlayer, no more WindowsMedia, no more DIVX, and indeed, no more Quicktime Player either. I run ALL my A/V media through MPlayerX because it just works. No fuss, no muss, no headaches, no programming scripting or tweaking.
No arcane and arbitraty codecs to install or disable or whatever. Install, play media, enjoy. If you are frustrated with your A/V experience in MacOS, then get MPlayerX and kiss your A/V frustration goodbye! GunnyFreedom, Best media player for Mac OS hands down I have been Mac people since 1986. I remember all the struggles to get certain kinds of media to play in a Mac, and it was a real headache.
Even today, some media players make you buy the most popular codecs before they will work properly. MPlayerX is an expression of why Macs are Macs - it just works. I'd give this app more than 5 stars if I could. No more REALPlayer, no more WindowsMedia, no more DIVX, and indeed, no more Quicktime Player either. I run ALL my A/V media through MPlayerX because it just works. No fuss, no muss, no headaches, no programming scripting or tweaking.
No arcane and arbitraty codecs to install or disable or whatever. Install, play media, enjoy. If you are frustrated with your A/V experience in MacOS, then get MPlayerX and kiss your A/V frustration goodbye! GoldenBruceLeeroy, Nice, But A System Crasher I really, really want to love MPlayerX but too often the application would crash my entire system. I thought I’d found a workaround by first opening the app then using the File Open command to open the movie file.
Just double-clicking on any.AVI,.MKV or any other video file would almost immediatley cause my entire system to just lock up. The only thing that worked was my cursor. Everything else just stopped.
I prefer MPlayer X because of the QuickTime like disappearing of the title bar and play controls compared to VLC. I also like being able to hit the arrow keys to go back and forward rather than having to always scroll. I had no choice but to uninstall the application. Hopefully a future update will solve this ‘cause I really like this application.
GoldenBruceLeeroy, Nice, But A System Crasher I really, really want to love MPlayerX but too often the application would crash my entire system. I thought I’d found a workaround by first opening the app then using the File Open command to open the movie file. Just double-clicking on any.AVI,.MKV or any other video file would almost immediatley cause my entire system to just lock up. The only thing that worked was my cursor.
Everything else just stopped. I prefer MPlayer X because of the QuickTime like disappearing of the title bar and play controls compared to VLC.
I also like being able to hit the arrow keys to go back and forward rather than having to always scroll. I had no choice but to uninstall the application. Hopefully a future update will solve this ‘cause I really like this application. Mikefilmguy, totally rocks I tried to play an AVI file on my MacBook Pro running 10.7.3 - nothing! Preview would play it, but not quicktime - it always asked for a codec update - Divx player is worthless, and did nothing for my codec update n Quicktime. MPEG Streamclip pro did not even recognize it, VLC was the best - it at least recognized it and played it but the audio cut out after 15 seconds. Online it was suggested to install Flip4MAc and Perian, two products with which I have had only limited success - and then in a corner of a thread it was suggested to try this app - Free?
Great - DL'ed from app store and bingo the AVI plays without a hiccup. Not sure why it is not more well known, but It's now a standard part of my toolbox! Mikefilmguy, totally rocks I tried to play an AVI file on my MacBook Pro running 10.7.3 - nothing!
Preview would play it, but not quicktime - it always asked for a codec update - Divx player is worthless, and did nothing for my codec update n Quicktime. MPEG Streamclip pro did not even recognize it, VLC was the best - it at least recognized it and played it but the audio cut out after 15 seconds. Online it was suggested to install Flip4MAc and Perian, two products with which I have had only limited success - and then in a corner of a thread it was suggested to try this app - Free? Great - DL'ed from app store and bingo the AVI plays without a hiccup. Not sure why it is not more well known, but It's now a standard part of my toolbox!