QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component for Mac OS X

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Doesn't work for 10.8+

    • Written by from Sydney

    don't waste.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Doesnt work with Mountain Lion

    • Written by from Sydney

    Please note this version can't be installed on iMac (21.5" late 2009) running Mountain Lion (OS 10.8.1) so I'm unable to find out if MPEG Steamclip is as wonderful as everyone says it is. Hopefully there will be an update/fix soon (10/9/2012)

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    The MPEG2 Streaming Component is a "helper file" not an application!

    • Written by from MILTON KEYNES

    What the MPEG-2 Playback Component does is to enable 3rd Party apps like Squared5's excellent MPEG Streamclip to work with Quicktime apps on Mac OS where video and audio file conversion is required. That's why it's referred to as a "helper file", for heaven's sake!

    For the record, I transcode and reversion video files for a living, and despite the fact that I have some very expensive Mac and Windows-based tools in my armoury, MPEG Streamclip is one of the most useful and reliable of them all. I really can't do without it. But to get the most out of it you really do need this Quicktime MPEG-2 Playback Component - so buy it now. Note also that although Lion (and, presumably, Mountain Lion) supposedly doesn't require the component, they actually do in order to make Streamclip to work properly. Again - read the notes on Squared5's web page!

    So, those who are knocking the component and saying that it doesn't do what it's supposed to do - just read the release notes will you? Jeez.....

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    No Good

    • Written by from sydney

    This is my first mac, Up until now i have loved it, I'm not impressed i need this to start with for simple things that can be done on a PC, It annoyed me off even more that my OS X is to new for this to work. Please look at the specs of your system before you waste $30 like me.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    is rubbish

    • Written by from miami

    I bought it and it does not work with my Mac OS X vercion 10.7.3 I lost my money and time

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    Know your specs before you buy

    • Written by from AUSTIN

    The component works fine. It does EXACTLY what the information says it will do and nothing else. I see a lot of complaints about this product. Most of them folks who are not reading the requirements of the component and are unfamiliar with their own computer set up. Be an informed buyer, Apple does not guide your hand for everything.

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    MAC WHAT HAPPENED

    • Written by from Staten island

    Program works fine

    i love my mac but still Mac computers should have come with this app, i payed good money, kinda dissapointed to know windows had this

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Dissapointed. I paid for unusefull Component

    • Written by from México

    I wanted to edit material that was on DVDs, and tried various methods without success. MPEG Streamclip told me I needed this software, so came to this thread to get the scoop from others.

    It is for a previous versión = does not work for you (Spanish message: No se puede instalar QuickTimeMPEG2 en este disco. Este software ha sido diseñado para usarse con una versión anterior de Mac OS X.)

    I paid $20 USD and the policies don´t allow me ask my money back.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Apple going down the hill.

    • Written by from Rogers

    I purchased the new iMac with 8G Ram i5 in order to speed up my workflow, instead I am slowing down due to limitation to codecs such this! This is insane that they charge for some thing that should have been included in order to use the Computer. iMac crashes quite often than my PC. I have returned to my PC during this time to solve most of my problems were Mac just stops responding and constantly freezing.
    Apple, I dont know how much you are trying to control the world, but you will be loosing your consumers soon.
    So far you are NOT the BEST, and so your newly redesigned Final Cut Pro.

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Cured my problem

    • Written by from Niagara on the Lake

    I wanted to edit material that was on DVDs, and tried various methods without success. MPEG Streamclip told me I needed this software, so came to this thread to get the scoop from others. With all the negative comments I was not sure it was going to work for me, but using the MPEG Streamclip installer it worked like a charm, I am now doing my edits.

    I'm not amused that it cost me $30 ($20 in the US - why so much more in Canada when the $ is at parity?), especially given the price for the WHOLE of Lion, but at least I am able to do what I wanted in the first place.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    using MPEG files on a Mac

    • Written by from Kitchener

    It is totally unexpected and disappointing to have to figure out how to view standard video formats, namely MPEG files on a Mac. I should simply be able to import mpeg videos from my camera without having to worry, or wonder what's the technical stuff about formats, and certainly I should not have to buy anything. Macs are supposed to focus on a simplified user experience and this is too technical for me. Is the file from my Sony Handycam MPEG-2, or 4 or what? Isn't MPEG a video standard, i.e. something compatible between all vendors who follow the standard? How should I know, and why should I care about this? I hope this is going to change. For now I am stuck... Thanks for helping with a free and simple solution...

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Sony Handicam Vs Mac ?????

    • Written by from Jaktim

    I saw all review, since i use Sony handycam also, i but this software, and down load mpeg stream clip...... STIILL NO SOUND !! ,

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Don't waste your money

    • Written by from Richmond

    This did the conversion but the quality is awful and completely unusable. The images are feathered out. Not worth a penny, much less $20 bucks. I am VERY disappointed in Apple at this point since this isn't some crazy download I got off of an internet search.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Other reviews are bad

    • Written by from Wilmington

    Other reviewers are poorly informed. The MPEG-2 component is necessary not because of Apple, but because the MPEG group required Apple to license it in years past. Since they had to pay this cost is rolled along to you. MPEG is also not technically designed to be edited so if you're bringing MPEG to into Final Cut you're doing it wrong to begin with. About the Lion comments, the functionality is built into Lion so you no longer need this product, Apple no longer charges you for MPEG functionality, I don't know why people are dinging them for it. If you need to install QuickTime 7 on Lion and need the Component, you can use the installed from Squared5 to install this.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    I don't know why this exists

    • Written by from Oklahoma City

    I'm running Mac OS X and downloaded this thinking that it would somehow playback an MPEG-2 Video, Linear PCM, Timecode file, but all it did was cost $20. The files still won't play and I am going to have to buy a pro video converter to do the job.

    I think you should pull this out of the store, it obviously has no purpose.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Wasted $20

    • Written by from San Diego

    It would be nice if they had a safer more visible warning that the codec doesn't install on OS Lion. Fast $20 flushed down the toilet.

    By the way, I cannot play MPEG-2 multiplexed content ".mpg" files in quicktime, iMovie or Final Cut. HUH??? MPG is like the most common compression method used on the planet!

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    No Audio

    • Written by from Stoke-on-Trent

    Video will now play, but no audio.
    Video with audio plays fine using alternative player VLC media player (free).
    Looks like this Codec needs some more work, sadly in my case £15 wasted.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    The playback component will not load on my new macbook pro

    • Written by from brick

    I spent hours trying to figure out how to get this to install, it keeps telling me I need a different version of the OS. I have read all the details & it says it should work. "very confused & disappointed"

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    rubbish

    • Written by from Birmingham

    having been told to download this by apple support I find it does not work with Lion!! waste of time and money

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Think twice

    • Written by from Perth

    I brought a new macbook pro last week. It can't play any of my MPEG2 files. I thought not unreasonably that buying this may help. Whats another $30 on top of my $2,400 already spent. Anyway it is not needed if you have Lion so it is money wasted. Quicktime still won't play any of my videos. Headwreaking

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