[vlc] Re: Installing VLC on mac OS X

[mhf at labyrinth.net.au]

Greetings from Oz

My guess would be that the download did not complete properly. I was able to 
download and install the file satisfactorily.

BTW, I'd like to express my thanks for VLC and provide some feedback. It 
enables me to play DVD's under OSX on my 700Mhz iBook (the one with just the 
internal CD), by means of an external Firewire combo drive. The nasty OSX 
installer will not give me Apple DVD Player v3.x - it has decided I don't 
need or deserve it. Strangely, OS9.2.2 gives me DVD Player v2.7, which does 
work, but only to the LCD screen.

With VLC I'm happy. There are occasionally tiny artifacts, so I guess I'm 
near the minimum MHz necessary. I didn't notice these using DVD Player v2.7 
under OS9. there may be some technical reason I'm not aware of why this is 
the case.

Another advantage in running under OSX is that I can now use my Apple TV 
adapter, which will not work under OS9.

As a joke I loaded VLC on my G3 Desktop 266, and the result is like a 
powerpoint presentation or a series of slides! but it doesn't crash, so it's 
robust code. The audio is fine though. I wonder how it would go with a Sonnet 
G4 upgrade ... ?

I am unlikely to ever make use of streaming as I rely on a 56K modem 
connection.

Keep up the good work, as there is no commercial equivalent under OSX that I 
know off, and it opens up possibilities for people like me with external 
equipment. I'd pay money for a commercial release, for sure.

cheers

Martin Foot

Adam Valdez <adam at mountaineerfilms.com> said:

> 
> Bonjour,
> 
> I have just recently downloaded the file: "vlc-0.5.1a.dmg" for Mac osX.
> 
> I read the online user guide about installation, but my computer thinks this
> is a text file, not an application. When I double-click on the file,
> Microsoft Explorer wants to open it as text.
> 
> Can you tell me what I have to do to run the program? Or has something gone
> wrong in the download?
> 
> Cheers,
> Adam Valdez
>  
> 
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