Reviews for QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component for Mac OS X

The video worked great from after buying this codec but then there's no sound, very dissapointing.

You need to use a separate program to get the sound to work. After you get the MPEG-2 Playback Component you need to download a program called MPEG Streamclip (available from Apple for free).

Open your videos in there. Go to File -> Export To Quicktime. Problem solved.

I just bought a JVC Enverio (GZ-MG330) Hard Disk Drive camcorder and was a little leery, because it was not one of the cameras listed on the Apple website, that was supported by iMovie. The steps I had to go through, to get movies into iMovie were:
1) Download the FREE MPEG Streamclip software (Google it).
2) Purchase the $20 MPEG-2 Playback software (which is used by the MPEG Streamclip software).
3) Plug in the USB cable and turn on the camcorder. The camcorder will show up on your desktop.
4) Copy all files from your camcorder into another desktop folder. I have a bunch of files with the .MOD and .MOI extension.
5) "Open Files" in MPEG Streamclip one at a time (just the ones with the .MOD extension. You will have to watch all the files in their entirety.
6) "Export to Quicktime" all files after watching. This will save your new .MOV file in the same folder.
7) Drag and Drop the .MOV file into iMovie.
Worked well, but Apple should make this easier. Maybe put some iPod resources to work in the area of Video.

With the MPEG-2 playback and the MPEG Streamclip (free) applications, I was able to export the MPEG-2 video files from my Sony HDD camcorder (SR-42) into Quick Time files to be viewed with Quick Time and used in iMovie on my Mac. When converting MPEG-2 files to Quick Time or another format with the MPEG Streamclip application, I recommend batch processing to save time. Without converting video files to Quick Time format with MPEG Streamclip, there is no audio when MPEG-2 files from a camcorder are played on Quick Time, even with the MPEG-2 Playback application. If the MPEG-2 Playback application provided audio playback on MPEG-2 files straight from my video camera, I would have given the product 4 stars, and 5 stars if such a product was included (free) as part of Quick Time 7 in Mac's OS X. It was too much hassle to figure out how to solve this issue and I think it should be taken care of by Apple in the future.

I downloaded MPEG Streamclip first and tried to convert and Streamclip pointed me directly to this MPEG-2 Playback Component Site. I bought it, downloaded it, restarted my computer and it worked beautifully. Just need to download and install and the rest takes care of itself. No problems with audio at all. Operating Snow Leopard and using MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3.b2.

This product did not allow me to play the audio from VOB audio files, eg those created by iDVD. Look up MPEG Streamclip, which is free, and reads VOB and exports to a variety of formats, including DV. The Apple QuickTime site confusingly says:
"The QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component provides QuickTime users with the ability to import and play back MPEG-2 content, including both multiplexed (also known as muxed, where the audio and video tracks are interleaved together into one track) and non-multiplexed (also known as elementary) streams..." and "There are a number of MPEG-2 file types that the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component can play back, including .mpg, .mpeg, .vob, .vro, .m2v, .m2a, and .m2s files"
But then it says "Note that the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component will not demux audio and video, nor will it enable audio transcoding."

So Apple says the MPEG-2 will play muxed audio and video (which it didn't from the iDVD VOB), but it won't demux audio and video. I'm out of my depth. Perhaps Apple could make the capabilities clearer.

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

Software will not install on OS X Lion

This software works EXACTLY as advertised.

This software is a VIDEO decoder.

This has NOTHING to do with audio. When you by this component you are granted the right to use the license required to view MPEG-2 files.

Many have written that this software is a waste of money. They think this out of pure ignorance.

Combine this component with MPEG Streamclip (freeware) and you can rip DVDs to your heart's content.

I've used this component for several years and found it to work satisfactorily. Although the component will not play back PCM or AC3 audio streams in QT Player, they can be played using a free, third-party player. I would strongly recommend getting a copy of MPEG Streamclip for anyone that works with MPEG data on a Macintosh.