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So I have been dealing with this nagging issue of getting HRHD files working with quicktime on the OSX. I recently purchased a mac mini to hook up to my HDTV and I have been enjoying xvid files on said mac mini/hdtv - commercial free content in hd is so awesome. The mac mini runs at 720p on the hdtv, so things are slightly fuzzy when I download a normal hddtv xvid file.

So, down to the nuts and bolts. It seems the ac3 codec that comes in the frontrow codec pack (I found it on a BT website) doesn’t like these xvid files. I removed the ac3 codec from /Library/Quicktime and instead installed the A52 Codec - this actually gets put in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components (there is a small ac3 import component that gets dropped in /Library/Quicktime also). Once I rebooted, I was off to the races (or actually watching much nicer quality shows :).

Now if I could just figure out those pesky new Matroska mkv 720p files for the mac!

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