Codecs for Mac?

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I’ve had this same question before but for PC (and maybe even for the same movie?) but I’m sure things aren’t quite the same now?

I’m trying to watch a rip of The Life Aquatic, here’s how it has went:

A white screen comes up in Quicktime and the option to go to the Quicktime site for more codecs comes up, I click it.

I download the DivX for Mac codec.  Done.

Nothing changes for the Movie.

I go to WinMediaPlayer and get that Flip4Mac thing.  Install it and the codecs.  Now I have a moving picture in Quicktime, but still no sound.

I get Real Player for Mac, install that.  Nothing changes with the sound.

What might I be missing?  How come thing movie doesn’t have a sound and how come this movie was such a bother for both Mac and Windows to get playing to its max?

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Use VLC (Mac, Windows, Linux) – it’s the best bet to play anything.

videolan.org/vlc/

Also, is the quicktime codec you downloaded this one?

divx.com/divx/mac/codec/

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Yeah, that was the Quicktime codec I got.  Correct, no?

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Thanks Mig!

The movie still doesn’t play with sound in Quicktime but it’s a Go for VLC.

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I disagree mplayer with w32codecs pack great on both linux and windows I find it better than vlc

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How is mplayers support for subtitles?

I personally hate hard-encoding them if I am to download a foreign film.  VLC’s little subtitle
option is pretty sweet.  And sometimes it’s nice to change the aspect ratio (especially on
releases that are way too cropped).