Codec pack for QuickTime like Windows?

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Codec pack for QuickTime like Windows?

Hello,

I'm wondering why there is no any codec pack for QuickTime in Mountain Lion like windows? or why Apple just can't support .mkv files?

QuickTime really has a great quality than other players and I hope Apple or some developer make something good like windows Codec pack.. they have got always codec pack for windows but for mac never or so hard to find.

I hope apple consider this..!!!

Developer please make something like that and sure all will buy it from appstore you guys would be rich.. come on.. if it would cost 1$ you would be rich but you can make it more like 5 to 10 or more $ 🙂 😀

Best regards,

Alex

MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Aug 10, 2012 11:05 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 10, 2012 12:31 PM in response to XGB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska

Too many variables for a company like Apple.

If the file opens and you have trouble viewing or hearing it, the Movie Inspector window of QuickTime Player should show the formats. A Web search for the codecs + Mac should offer a solution.

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Answer 2

Aug 12, 2012 10:59 AM in response to XGB

Perian should work, though that will be not supported in the near future. Use VLC instead.

http://videolan.org.

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Answer 3

Aug 12, 2012 1:54 PM in response to XGB

Apple's position is that H.264 is a modern highly efficient codec that is suitable for all uses (which is true enough). However a lot of files already exist in other formats. Sometimes it seems some people wilfully choose the most esoteric codec possible just to make life difficult.

The nearest you can get to a codec pack on the Mac is Perian. This adds support to QuickTime for many formats including MKV files.

You can get Perian here http://perian.org/

It might also be worth installing Flip4Mac which adds support for playing WMV files, you can get it here http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/overview.htm

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