Key features: 5K player can connects DVDs and interactive radio with highly evolutionary design. Supported media formats: videos in MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV, MTS/M2TS, H.265/264, VP8/9, WebM. Cisdem VideoPlayer for Mac. This is a 100% free video player that is best suited for Mac platform.
Try it with Quicktime Player 7. Mac OS X 10.6 includes QuickTime versions 10.0 and 7.6.3. The QuickTime 7 player will only be present if a QuickTime Pro key was present at the time of installation, or if specified as part of a custom install, or individually downloaded. 5 MKV Video Players for Mac OS X. MKV files are usually high quality videos compressed within a Mastroska container format. Typically you’ll encounter these with Bluray rips or video exported from an HD stream, and you might have discovered they won’t open in a standard movie player app. Not to worry though, MKV files can be played on a Mac. No, MAC OS does not support avi video format. It is always not possible to play AVI file with QuickTime player. To watch avi video on Mac computer such as iMac, MacBook Pro, Macbook air, Mac Pro, Mac mini, Macbook, you will have to convert Avi video to Mac OS supported formats, such as mp4, mov. How to Play AVI and DivX Codec Video on Mac OS X for Free In any of these cases the best solution is to get the AVI to play on your Mac is to just download a free app called VLC. VLC supports a huge array of codecs and can play nearly any AVI file with accompanying crazy AVI Codec directly on a Mac.
Apple apps such as QuickTime Player, Photos, and Keynote work with many kinds of audio and video formats. Some apps prefer specific formats, but QuickTime movie files (.mov), most MPEG files (.mp4, .m4v, .m4a, .mp3, .mpg), some AVI and WAV files, and many other formats usually work in most apps without additional software.
Older or specialized media formats might not work in your app, because the format requires software designed to support it. If that happens, your app won't open the file or won't play back its audio or video.
How to search for an app that works with your file
You might already have an app that supports the format of your file. If you don't know which of your installed apps to try, your Mac might be able to suggest one:
- Control-click (or right-click) the file in the Finder.
- From the shortcut menu that opens, choose Open With. You should see a submenu listing all of the other installed apps that your Mac thinks might be able to open the file.
If none of your installed apps can open the file, search the Internet or Mac App Store for apps that can play or convert the file:
- Include the name of the media format in your search. To find the format, select the file and press Command-I to open an Info window. The format might appear after the label Kind, such as ”Kind: Matroska Video File.”
- Include the filename extension in your search. The extension is the letters shown at the end of the file's name, such as .avi,.wmv, or .mkv.
Learn more
- QuickTime Player (version 10.0 and later) in OS X Mavericks through macOS Mojave converts legacy media files that use certain older or third-party compression formats.
- Learn about incompatible media in Final Cut Pro and iMovie.
Try it with Quicktime Player 7.
Mac OS X 10.6 includes QuickTime versions 10.0 and 7.6.3. The QuickTime 7 player will only be present if a QuickTime Pro key was present at the time of installation, or if specified as part of a custom install, or individually downloaded:
Macbook Avi Player
Snow Leopard update 10.6.4 included an update to 7.6.6 (if installed). You can install it from the above link even though it says for 10.6.3. It's the same version of QuickTime Player 7.6.6.
Mac Avi Player Quicktime
(Only QuickTime Player 7.6.3 or 7.6.6 can be updated to 'Pro'.)
Mar 10, 2012 3:14 PM