Video Programs
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 DivX |
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| Description: This codec (for QuickTime) handles the DivX video format (which is an MPEG-4 based format). | |||||
 DivX Converter |
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 D-Vision |
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| Description: This is a GUI front-end to the open-source, command-line mencoder tool for ripping DVDs and encoding video files. D-Vision's GUI is a nice way to select all the commands needed to make mencoder work. One very nice feature is the auto-cropping tool! Also, I think you can convert the audio tracks of a DVD to a user-friendly format like MP3, saving the 2-step approach of using MacTheRipper and mAC3dec! | |||||
 DVDibbler |
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| Description: This is another GUI front-end to the open-source, command-line mencoder tool for ripping and converting DVDs. I prefer D-Vision over this ripper/converter. Under Panther, I had lots of problems with this app, and under Tiger it just doesn't work (for me). | |||||
 ffmpegX |
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| Description: This is yet another GUI front-end to the open-source, command-line mencoder tool for ripping and converting DVDs. For DVDs, D-Vision and Handbrake are easier to use, but ffmpegX offers a lot more options and can easily convert exists files from one format to another. | |||||
 Handbrake |
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| Description: Handbrake is a nice, all-in-one DVD ripper and converter with some very nice cropping features. It was even able to rip stuff that D-Vision couldn't. In general, D-Vision and DVDibbler provide more features than Handbrake, but if you just want simple ripping and converting, try Handbrake. On my Mac, though, Handbrake is 2-3 times slower than D-Vision. | |||||
 Forty-Two |
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| Description: Forty-Two is another free DVD ripper and converter. It supports some formats that some of the other rippers/converters, but I couldn't get all of them to work. Try Handbrake, D-Vision, or DVDibbler instead. | |||||
 MacTheRipper |
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| Description:
A great DVD ripper. It doesn't have all the features of some Windows rippers (like
DVD Decrypter or
DVD Shrink), but it does the job.
MacTheRipper also has the wonderful capability of extracting the audio tracks from a DVD.
These will usually be in the AC3 format, so use mAC3dec to convert to a user-friendly format.
Looks like the official MacTheRipper website has been taken down. |
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 Mplayer OS X |
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| Description: Mac port of the legendary mplayer. | |||||
 Perian |
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| Description: Advertised as the "the swiss-army knife for QuickTime", Perian's QuickTime plugin is supposed to play just about every video format, obsoleting the stand-alone codecs for DivX, XviD, etc. | |||||
 QuickTime |
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| Description: An absolutely essential tool for the Mac! | |||||
 RealPlayer |
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| Description: An essential tool. Plays RealAudio and RealVideo files and streams. | |||||
 SimpleImage |
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| Description: A good image/movie viewer and slideshow tool. | |||||
 vlc |
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| Description: Plays a variety of video and audio formats, including streaming files and ripped DVDs. | |||||
 Windows Media Player |
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| Description: Plays a variety of video and audio formats. | |||||
 XviD Codec |
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| Description: One guy has compiled a version of the XviD codec for Mac OS X, but try Perian first. | |||||
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XviD Delegate |
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| Description:
This QuickTime component doesn't actually play XviD
files, but it delegates XivD files to the DivX codec, which can handle them
(apparently because they're similar, MPEG-4 formats). Try Perian first, though.
If you're playing DivX/XviD video, you might also need to decode AC3 audio; the same guy (Adrian Bourke) who made this XviD Delegate also make a very handy AC3 component for QuickTime. |
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