Mac OS X v.s. Windows For Watching anime?

[blubart]

is there a decent splitter for macosx (haalai was windows only last time i checked) to play all those ordered chapters animus?

[iindigo]

is there a decent splitter for macosx (haalai was windows only last time i checked) to play all those ordered chapters animus?

There isn't really a splitter for OS X (or Linux, for that matter), but I've never understood the need for one. As for chapters, any QT-based player supports them if you have perian installed.

[blubart]

is there a decent splitter for macosx (haalai was windows only last time i checked) to play all those ordered chapters animus?

There isn't really a splitter for OS X (or Linux, for that matter), but I've never understood the need for one. As for chapters, any QT-based player supports them if you have perian installed.

ordered chapters and 'just' chapters are something different. quite a few HD releases use ordered chapters to load external ops/eds into the episode as if they would be included in it.

[iindigo]

is there a decent splitter for macosx (haalai was windows only last time i checked) to play all those ordered chapters animus?

There isn't really a splitter for OS X (or Linux, for that matter), but I've never understood the need for one. As for chapters, any QT-based player supports them if you have perian installed.

ordered chapters and 'just' chapters are something different. quite a few HD releases use ordered chapters to load external ops/eds into the episode as if they would be included in it.

Oh, so you mean external file references. I think QT+Perian does that, too, but I don't know. My machine is old and while it can handle some 720p releases (Lunar's Sola release, for example) it absolutely choked on 1080p and thus I don't have any HD releases to test that on.

[dankles]

Save yourself the trouble, install a GNU Linux Operating System. You'll thank me for it.

[mgz]

Save yourself the trouble, install a GNU Linux Operating System. You'll thank me for it.

linux and apple both are more difficult then windows for dealing with anime

[iindigo]

Save yourself the trouble, install a GNU Linux Operating System. You'll thank me for it.

linux and apple both are more difficult then windows for dealing with anime

Really, the difference negligible though, unless you really can't muster up the strength required for a right-click.

As for Linux, I too would recommend it over Windows, but it actually has less media playback options in its arsenal than OS X does. Every video player on Linux ranging from Xine to Mplayer to VLC and all the various UIs for them are based on FFMPEG, meaning if you have playback problems on one player, there's a very good chance that all the other players will experience the same problems. The only exception to this rule is VLC, since it progressively plays files instead of opening the entire file and then playing it (handy for viewing corrupted or incomplete videos).

[mgz]

what it comes down to is windows is the most versatile of the 3 choices but has your standard windows quirks. Linux is free but its linux it can be very easy or very difficult to use depending on what you wish to do with it.
Mac is mac its going to cost you more money plain and simple.
You dont get much more functionality or usefulness just the rouge that comes along with drinking the mac koolaid.

Will you get a bunch of free software with your mac ? yea sure.

Could you spend 30 seconds on demonoid or piratebay or torrentspy or any other torrent site and find a equivalent or superior product yes.

[dankles]

Honestly I was just being a fanboy smart ass about the linux thing.... ^^
Though I do really think that anyone can get use to it.

[flaresignal]

Oh, so you mean external file references. I think QT+Perian does that, too, but I don't know.

MKV external file references haven't worked for me at all with Perian, sadly.

[fohfoh]

THANKS EVERYONE!!! But seriously... how did people answer Whats' Anime? on the Polls? then why are they on this website if they dont know anime? THANKS AGAIN THO!!

Sarcasm?

Nope.. i dont do sarcasm over the internet

I meant that those who put "what's anime" on the polls are being sarcastic.



Honestly speaking, I have no run into a file that I could not open with linux so I can't understand the "Mac is better than linux for media". I would personally rank them exactly the same. (neither are superior) sure, you might have to dl a codec, but it does it right away at the interface like an update. So it's not much of an issue.

If you want to nickpick though... ogg work fine.

[geoffreak]

Oh, so you mean external file references. I think QT+Perian does that, too, but I don't know.

MKV external file references haven't worked for me at all with Perian, sadly.

They work fine for me in MPlayer OSX

[brgiant]

I just use VLC (although I do have Perian installed) on my 24" iMac. It even works with the Apple Remote that came with the computer (it's great being able to sit across the room and fast-forward/rewind if I have to).

I have yet to run into an anime I couldn't play on this thing.

[Liquifier]

Oh, so you mean external file references. I think QT+Perian does that, too, but I don't know.

MKV external file references haven't worked for me at all with Perian, sadly.

They work fine for me in MPlayer OSX

Which binary are you using? I'm using rev11 of MPlayer Extended and external reference files don't work for me (PSNR's Planetes, the ED won't load))

[Nanonanol]

I would avoid Windows Vista like the plague ... Windows 7 RC seems a bit better, but I'd stick with XP if you are comfortable switching over to Linux. (As a matter of fact, I would also avoid Macs as well, simply because I find them to be incredibly overpriced compared to PCs - remember not to get off topic and start a Mac vs. PC war guys

But as far as the Linux goes, depending on what distro you use, setting up a media player to watch anime can be a pain in the ass, or easy as hell. If you take something like Linux Mint, you can just throw your video file at Totem, or Mplayer right after the installation.

I'd also recommend looking into XBMC for Windows, Linux, or Mac - it kicks total ass when you have a collection of video files.

[fohfoh]

Many of the media players in linux can't play shit until you dl a codec. This goes for even mp3s and basic avi files in my experience. Of course it only takes 2 seconds to grab the codec though, and once you do you can play a lot of files.

[Nanonanol]

fohfoh - it is true that a lot of linux distros don't come with certain codecs preinstalled, however that is why I specifically mentioned Linux Mint - so far it has played every media I have thrown at it, without the need to install additional codecs.

[fohfoh]

fohfoh - it is true that a lot of linux distros don't come with certain codecs preinstalled, however that is why I specifically mentioned Linux Mint - so far it has played every media I have thrown at it, without the need to install additional codecs.

Agreed. But for me, totem, mplayer etc required a "2 second fix". But once done, all is well and you play all the shit you want to your hearts content. This "fix" is easy, not hard.

[crossed]

fohfoh - it is true that a lot of linux distros don't come with certain codecs preinstalled, however that is why I specifically mentioned Linux Mint - so far it has played every media I have thrown at it, without the need to install additional codecs.

Agreed. But for me, totem, mplayer etc required a "2 second fix". But once done, all is well and you play all the shit you want to your hearts content. This "fix" is easy, not hard.

Ditto. I don't even bother with Windows for watching things. I throw it on a flash drive and use Totem on my laptop. Installing the video codecs needed in Windows messes up my audio codecs which I need more.

Macs are...well, overpriced, glorified peces of feces for snobbish hipsters. There's no excuse either, since the OS is a ripoff of Linux which is FREE. iPods are the cancer that is killing music.

My advice: get an economical PC and put Linux on it (personally, I like Ubuntu). Customize to your hearts' content.

[bloody000]

What? Did I just read someone likes Totem?