VLC 1.0.0 out

[johnridley]

and it includes a Firefox plugin that works for QuickTime. I don't allow Apple's QuickTime on my machines, it's screwed up every Windows install I've ever put it on, sometimes after several years of trouble-free operation.

I figured if it had to be in QuickTime, I didn't really need to see it that badly. Still, VLC works well for it and it's nice to have it available.

I'll try the new version when I get home; my current install won't display video on XviD files (most of my files) until it hits a key frame, which is irritating if you're seeking around on a video at random. Hopefully they've cleaned that up.

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[madtechie2718.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'll download that too!

I used to use quicktimealternative with streamclip to convert/edit files from the couple of digicams I have that only output mov. That combination produced only so-so results.

More recently, I use quickmediaconverter:

http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/

free and works very well - plenty of formats, even supports HD.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Since VLC handles MOV internally (it uses no external codecs, I think) I don't even bother to convert away from MOV anymore.

One thing that I think is odd; Canon has historically used AVI files for their movies, but on the SLRs they're using MOV. I don't know why. The MOV is wrapping h.264, maybe there's a problem wrapping that with AVI.