Viewing video on a Mac

[kiddpete]

I've got video that I want to view on a Mac. Can a Mac, without special software, view an mpeg2 file on its harddrive.

Can it view the contents of a VCD? (mpeg1 packaged on a VCD by Nero)

 

[jmgalvin]

You should be able to view them with Quicktime. Right Click or Control click on the icon for the file and select QT from the popup Open With menu.

Using OSX 10.3.8 on a G4

 

[jimoblak]

MPEG2 requires a $20 QT plugin for Quicktime to use. See:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/

For free viewing of most any video format on most any platform, consider

http://www.videolan.org/

- - I hope this helps - -
_{(Complain to someone else if it doesn't)}

 

[ObviousTroll]

Define "special software".

there are versions of mplayer for mac; if quick time won't do it, that probably will.