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Big-Mac-XXL

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Mac user since 1994 on System 7.1. Never owned a Windows PC. Still happy on the Mac!

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VLC Media Player

Big-Mac-XXL commented on 05 May 2012

I got fed up with those constant crashes after watching videos. So I downloaded today VLC 2.0.2 and all major bugs (that were known to me) are gone. Certainly this is not yet an official release, but it works here well (64 Bit, Intel). If you like to try use this link:

http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/macosx-intel/vlc-2.0.0-x86_64-20120505-0316.zip

[Version 2.0.1]

VLC Media Player

Big-Mac-XXL commented on 10 Apr 2012

The two most annoying bugs in 2.0.1: VLC crashes nearly every time at quitting. At video playback every few minutes it has hiccups and doesn't play video and sound for a quarter of a second.

[Version 2.0.1]

Wiki Tab

Big-Mac-XXL commented on 26 Mar 2012

Looks like a good idea for quick research if you don't use a MacBook with an already overcrowded menu bar. But since I'm a "rebel" who is still refusing the AppStore I'll have to open Wikipedia now and in the future in a browser window. Poor me. ;)

[Version 1.0]

VLC Media Player

Big-Mac-XXL reviewed on 19 Mar 2012

2.0.1 is a bad joke. It's even worse than 2.0. Unusable! Why?

I double-click a video in a Finder window. VLC starts and plays it nicely. OK!

Now I close the VLC video window (CMD-W). I double-click the next video in the Finder window. What happens? I only hear the sound.

OK, maybe the video window is hidden behind the Finder window like in the broken VLC 2.0. But no! No Video window! Just the sound.

Now I click on the VLC icon in the Dock. Suddely the video window appears.

Sorry, but they killed VLC. :-(

VLC Version 1 runs smoothly...

[Version 2.0.1]

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Big-Mac-XXL replied on 19 Mar 2012

Forgot to mention that I deleted all VLC preferenches, VLC caches etc. Nothing helps. VLC 2.0.1 is broken.

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Big-Mac-XXL replied on 19 Mar 2012

I see. It's a feature. Sorry, but removing basic video player functionality is no good idea. And playing videos by double-clicking is THE most basic functionality of a video player.

I want to view small movies from the web fast and without putting them in a playlist. And I want to close the window after watching. And a video player must open a new window, when I double-click a video. Sorry, I don't need a "video iTunes", just a player.

I'll stay with the fantastic VLC 1, and if this version will stop working someday, there are good alternatives now like MPlayerX, MPlayerOSX Extended or Movist.

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Big-Mac-XXL replied on 20 Mar 2012

Well, thank you, I tried VLC 2.0.1 again and did what you recommended. It works now. Thank you. :)

EasyFind

Big-Mac-XXL reviewed on 17 Mar 2012

Best search program on the Mac. I gave it in the past an enthusiastic review. But now I'm a little disappointed, because this program is immensely dangerous!

I use it regularly for searching and deleting files. Program files, bits and parts of software hidden in the deepest corners of my Mac.

Problem: While EasyFind is searching, it's already displaying search results. Do not click on the results, if you want to delete these files. If you do so, the files get selected. But: in the process of finding more results, the results get rearranged in the window, but the blue selection bars get not. They stay where they were and now select random results. VERY dangerous if you do not check and double check!

This major bug should be fixed immediately!

In the HELP menu of EasyFind is a CONTACT menu. Selecting it does nothing. And I'm too tired to register in yet another "forum" just to shoot a lil bug report. Sorry. Maybe the developer reads here.

The GUI of EasyFind is very OS9 like. It works but should be just visually a little more modernized to reflect OSX. Also it would be time saving when clicking in the search bar would automatically select the complete entry (for overwriting).

It is still my best search tool. Nothing comes close. Barebones, clean. Remove the bugs and polish the GUI. Then it is a winner.

[Version 4.8.2]

Movist

Big-Mac-XXL reviewed on 17 Mar 2012

Overall very nice app. Older versions seemed to me just being a different UI for the crappy QuickTime. This here seems to be a totally different program.

There is a crasher bug in Movist though: Watch a movie in Full Screen mode, press CMD-O and select another video to watch, do it again and again, and after several times Movist crashes. Console says anything about a "broken button" or something.

[Version 1.1.3]

Stellarium

Big-Mac-XXL commented on 17 Mar 2012

Don't download the old stuff (0.11.1) here. The actual version is 0.11.2 and can be grabbed at:

https://launchpad.net/stellarium

[Version 0.11.1]

MediaInfo

Big-Mac-XXL commented on 16 Mar 2012

Went back to MediaInfo Mac 0.7.36.0. The new version MediaInfo 0.7.54 is ugly as hell, has a terrible Java like GUI, the icon is ugly and full of broken pixels. The whole thing reminds me now of some kind of Java program from the past. Its an esthetically pain to use this software. The older version, though no beauty, is at least Mac like, nice and friendly. This was an failed upgrade attempt which ended in a downgrade. I JUST found out: my older and much nicer version is now commercially sold in the AppStore under the name Media Inspector. Indeed, a much nicer program.

[Version 0.7.54]