Codec pack for QuickTime like Windows?

Hello,
I'm wondering why there is no any codec pack for QuickTime in Mountain Lion like windows? or why Apple just can't support .mkv files?
QuickTime really has a great quality than other players and I hope Apple or some developer make something good like windows Codec pack.. they have got always codec pack for windows but for mac never or so hard to find.
I hope apple consider this..!!!
Developer please make something like that and sure all will buy it from appstore you guys would be rich.. come on.. if it would cost 1$ you would be rich but you can make it more like 5 to 10 or more $
Best regards,
Alex

Apple's position is that H.264 is a modern highly efficient codec that is suitable for all uses (which is true enough). However a lot of files already exist in other formats. Sometimes it seems some people wilfully choose the most esoteric codec possible just to make life difficult.
The nearest you can get to a codec pack on the Mac is Perian. This adds support to QuickTime for many formats including MKV files.
You can get Perian here http://perian.org/
It might also be worth installing Flip4Mac which adds support for playing WMV files, you can get it here http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/overview.htm

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