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This article introduces a better solution to Play MPEG-2 in QuickTime Players other than Installing QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component
Mac users like me have problems of playing mpeg-2 (.mpg) video files on Mac and will likely be advised to buy QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component with $19.99.
Installing QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component is a way apple advised to play MPEG-2 in QuickTime but it is not a better choice in many regards.
The QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component is only compatible with QuickTime 6 and 7. It won't work with lower version of QuickTime. And since it is only a playback component, One can not perform editing functions of MPEG-2 videos even QuickTime Pro is running; One can not import the MPEG-2 videos to iTunes; One can not export MPEG-2 to videos for iPod, iPad, iPhone, etc.; One can not import MPEG-2 to iMovie for edit; t is impossible to export audio portion of a muxed MPEG-2 audio/video stream.
I then just had thrown myself in there and learn. I was lucky to find a better solution to play MPEG-2 in QuickTime, that is to convert my MPEG-2 movie files to MOV, or MP4 which can then be playable by QuickTime player, possible to import to iTunes playlists and export MPEG-2 videos for my Apple devices and import MPEG-2 to iMovie for animation.
The tool I use is Bigasoft QuickTime Converter for Mac, which also costs the same as the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component but go beyond than it. If you use a PC, you can use the windows version of Bigasoft QuickTime Converter. Bigasoft QuickTime Converter is quite professional in MPEG-2 to MOV, MP4, and WMV conversion and in any video other formats video to MOV and MP4 conversion with crop, trim and effects features. It also exports video profiles for iPod, iPhone and iPad.
About Bigasoft QuickTime Converter
Bigasoft QuickTime Converter is a powerful QuickTime movie conversion tool to help you easily convert QuickTime movies (MOV, QT, Apple ProRes MOV) to other popular video formats like AVI, DivX, Xvid, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, ASF, VOB, MKV, 3GP, FLV for best enjoying on your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, cell phones and many other popular portable players with excellent video and audio quality.
If you need to learn everything of Bigasoft QuickTime Converter or download free trial version, you may go to:
PC version: http://www.bigasoft.com/quicktime-converter.html
Mac version: http://www.bigasoft.com/quicktime-converter-mac.html
