Mac newbie needs help to find media player for watching anime fansubs

[karas]

hi, just like the title says - what players are out there that i can watch anime fansubs on a mac, realising that there is so much more variety on windows to watch subtitled anime on windows need much needed help
thanx in advance

oh i have vlc player and debian codec installed havent tested it yet due to still figuring whats the best bittorrent client

[redwudz]

You shouldn't need any additional codecs as VLC uses it's own. And it should work well for most any video.

Here's a link to a review of some Mac bittorent clients: http://torrentfreak.com/mac-bt-clients/

Azureus may be the easiest to set up, but not the fastest in use.

And welcome to our forums.

[karas]

thanx for the info will give it a look

[terryj]

also don't forget Merkonk's excellent MoKgVm2DVD program,
that converts mkv's to xvid avi files for editing, and you can
also install Perian 1.0 for native Quicktime playback of mkvs.

[jman98]

Debian codec?!? Debian is a Linux distribution. I don't think a codec by that name exists. VLC should easily do what you want.

Yes, this is what sucks on Macs - there are a million tools to do something on Windoze and maybe 1 or 2 on Mac and if those tools don't work for you, you are out of luck.

[karas]

sorry not debian it was called perian, my bad

[terryj]

Make sure your Perian Codec is version 1.0.
the 1.0 version added support for .mkv, .ogm, and
.flv files to play natively in Quicktime Player.

{edited by terryj}

[jpschuck]

hi, just like the title says - what players are out there that i can watch anime fansubs on a mac, realising that there is so much more variety on windows to watch subtitled anime on windows need much needed help
thanx in advance

oh i have vlc player and debian codec installed havent tested it yet due to still figuring whats the best bittorrent client

In my opinion, Transmission is by far the best BitTorrent client available for the Mac. Well, at least, it is by far the most "Mac-friendly" client, as Azureus may be the most powerful.