MPlayer and OS X - getting the best out of subtitltes    OS X
gives you a pretty wide choice of video players and enconders,
most of which are base on the ffmpeg project. Quicktime sucks.
The last version improved a lot in terms of usability, exporting
videos and other features, but it's all Apple centric. You can't
play 90% of the video formats unless you install external
plugins that integrate the ffmpeg library into it.  Now, let's
focus on the real video players, those that support a LOT of
formats. The most popular is by far VLC. It's easy to use, it
has many features integrated and it's basically ubiquitous,
though it's not the best one. The best choice is undoubtedly
MPlayer. I won't even spend my time debating on how MPlayer is
better, it' just better.  Here's what you need to do: download
either MPlayer OSX or compile it yourself (SVN or MacPorts) and
install it. Suppose you have downloaded the precompiled OSX
version you have now a nice MPlayer icon that opens up a GUI,
but also a binary file that y