TWTK: How the hell to use Quick Time

[Twigs]

Hello PSB, Done a serchy thingo on "quick time player" and nothing specific came up so I'm going to ask for some help. I have a Mac Book Pro with verison 10.6.8 on it.
Quick time doesn't work for anything and I am currently downloading a Telestream (free trial) thingo as the Apple help site says.
Is their anything else I can do that is more permanent than trials that don't let me download the full thing that doesn't mean I have to download 4 different types of software for all the extra money?
This has been ticking me off for ages since I got my Mac and nothing video damn well works!
Please help!
Mac Illiterate (aka. twigs)

(feel free to post your hate for Macs- I know it's going to happen....)

[Roger Explosion]

Just use VLC. Its free and will play anything.

[Roger Explosion]

VideoLAN - Official download of VLC media player for Mac OS X

[Twigs]

VLC. Ok- thanks Will try it out now. Telestream has done sweet FA. Getting cranky cause I need it for school. :/

[padfoot]

What are you trying to play through it?

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components

[Twigs]

Just some Windows Media WMV stuff.... but Anything I'm sent like a funny video through an Email or whatever- I can never view it and it pisses me off at no end.
Downloading VLC at the moment so fingers crossed it works- if not I'll try out Perian- thanks Padfoot

[padfoot]

VLC will play anything.

Perian for if you still want to use Quicktime (I've never been VLC's biggest fan for some reason, but I always have it installed as a backup since I know it will pretty much always work.)

Windows Media Components for QuickTime - Microsoft Windows
I also have this installed for any WMV files... Although Perian may take care of them nowadays? Its been a while since I did a clean system restore.

[Twigs]

VLC seems to be working fine- thanks everyone!
I'll keep perian in mind if I need it in the future and the other stuff you've suggested padfoot

[V4moose]

VLC rocks because u can set the volume to 400% so you can actually hear it out of the mac book's piss weak speakers

[Cam]

VLC rocks.. the perian pack can suck fat dicks. Doesn't do half what it should.

[mekon]

Just use VLC. Its free and will play anything.

What he said, and don't ever display the prowess of streaming video out of mac over hdmi. It invokes "Murphy's Law" when done in front of a crowd.

[Roger Explosion]

What he said, and don't ever display the prowess of streaming video out of mac over hdmi. It invokes "Murphy's Law" when done in front of a crowd.

Don't forget about it also parks a bunch of uninvited folders on your flash drive too!