What's a good codec pack for Mac?

My friend recommended K-Lite Codec Pack, but it only works on PC and I have a Mac. Is there a good codec pack for Mac?

mattdwm wrote:
I keep running into video files that I have to figure out how to convert to something After Effects can work with. Such as .3gp from an Android phone.
That's not a "codec pack" issue, you just need a good all purpose conversion tool or two. Apple Compressor works well as do all of the other products mentioned here. Another good tool is a cheap PC with free Microsoft Encoder (or whatever they're calling it these days). You can pull in all kinds of aggressively non-Mac friendly files and output to any of several lowest common denominators.
Bringing in weird and highly compressed consumer movie files isn't as simple as converting to an editing codec (which raises the question, why are you bringing these clips into AE and not Premiere?) you also need to figure out how to do frame rate conversions, scale adjustments, and color space tweaks.
bogiesan

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Thanks Hunt,
You seem to reply to most of these posts, so thank you very much for giving up your time to help others, much appreciated.
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We have to work with DivX a bit for clients to create conference openers etc and if they specify footage from the web etc its generally the only format we can get it in on short notice. Horrible but the way of the world it seems.
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Considering that there are no "true" viruses for OS X, the best answer I'd offer is NONE AT ALL.
Other than a test I did for McAfee in 2004, after which I immediately removed their product, I've NEVER used antivirus in more than ten years and eight different Macs.
I've never seen any malware in that time either.

/ / / What's a GOOD Virus Scanner for Macs? / / /

hello.
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Codec pack for Mac?

Hello,
My mom just got a brand new Imac. She lives about 300 miles from me, so my help to her is limited. I was there when she ordered it and to help her set it up. But now I'm home again.
I downloaded and installed codecs from Apple's Quicktime site. That fixed a few things.
I've been exposed to PCs for quite some time and have found it much easier to dload a codec pack that includes everything a typical user would ever require for playback of video in Media Player. I haven't seen anything like that for Mac. Do they exist? Where could I find them?
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My bank seems to think that my Mac has a virus...
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