A good video player

I have the OSX quicktime, VLC player and Windows Media player and none of them can play several of my AVI files. Are there any other video players out there for Apple or must I install Virtual PC? Thanks

Do those files work on a Windows machine? In the last few years I've used it, VLC has played almost every imaginable file I've tried. It maybe be that those files are corrupt.

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    '''https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337'''
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  • How can i make RealPlayer the default video player?

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