Videos and Another Disappointment

Next stage is to check out whether the videos can be streamed from the main home PC. I knew from reading forum posts that there are no decent codec pack for the mac like there is for the PC. I use Klite Codec Pack, which can be downloaded from here http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm.

I also use VLC on the PC, but only as a 2nd choice. I prefer to use either Cyberlink PowerDVD or Windows Media Player with Klite Codec Pack. The main thing with these 2 media players is that you can fast forward and still have intelligible dialogue, up to 2x speed. You can't do that with VLC although I've read in some forum posts that the VLC team is working on it.

But it looks like I have no choice on the MacBook Pro other than to use VLC, which is still fine because my wife does not watch videos in fast forward like I do.

Now, to my next disappointment, the headphone and mic jack, my headset jack would not fit into it! I tried a Sony earphone and it also would not. I also tried my wife's headset and it also would not. Finally, I tried the iPod white earphone which came with my iPod, it fits very nicely. This is not good. This means I can only use Apple earphones and Apple does not make headsets, at least I am not aware of it. Major disappointment.