New to Macs, Question about media players

Hi
im new to macs we have a macbook air, whats the most popular media player everyone uses for avi,mkv and mp4 files?
also im looking to use this to watch shows and movies at times and i was looking for a remote control hardware or app that will let me control it
but a few things one the remote has to work with whatever media application im using,if its app it has to be android which might be hard for you guys to reccomend me, and whether its hardware or app i want to be able to see my file list from the remote application or physical remote
any help would be greatly appreciated
thank you

I dare say I dont know a single Mac user that doesnt have VLC installed...... Its free and wonderful.
It digests almost everything out there (media wise)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Congrats on the new macbook AIr

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