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You can use VLC on OSX as well. It works great!

• deleted 11y ago
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• kapuetri 11y ago
  When watching h.264 VLC consumes lots of CPU when QuickTime doesn't. I don't know why.
  • astrosi 11y ago
    I assume that it is because QuickTime is using your GPU to decode the h.264 but VLC isn't. There is support for hardware accelerated h.264 decoding in VLC; you just need to enable it. I think the option is in Input and Codecs tab in the preferences.
  • guard-of-terra 11y ago
    Maybe QuickTime knows how to leverage hardware decoding?
  • cooper12 11y ago
    You might have hardware acceleration in the Input/Codecs menu disabled.
  • jbk 11y ago
    Try VLC 3.0.0 nightly builds using VideoToolbox or activate GPU decoding.