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Muxed mpeg-1/mpeg-2 file mpg converter with Mac OSX

How to playback MPEG-1 /MPEG-2 Muxed file on Mac OSX?

What is Muxed MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 file?

A muxed MPEG-1 file, or mpeg2 file are files that has the video and audio tracks mixed together. Many video editing and playback programs do not like "muxed" MPEG files, where the video and audio tracks are interleaved. For example, the MPG video clips captured by Sony still handycam are in muxed MPEG-1 format. If they are played back by Quicktime player or imported into iMovie, the audio is completely lost.


How to playback MPEG-1 /MPEG-2 Muxed file on Mac OSX Or Playback muxed mpeg file in .mpg format with QuickTime on Snow Leopard?

You can use either VLC player or Mplayer OSX (freeware); they can both get video and audio. In Quicktime, however, the video plays fine but no audio at all. Someone installed the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component from Apple, but it is not free and it is not as popular as the former two players.

You can also download AVCHD converter for Mac, a free player on Mac OSX, the program can play not only mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 muxed file that in .mpg format, but also can play all the key formats without need to install any codecs. The advantage is that it can capture views when you enjoy the video and save as .JPG, BMP or PNG format.

How to convert muxed mpeg-1, mpeg-2 file on Mac OSX with hassle-free? What's the best program to convert muxed mpeg/mpg file to MPEG-4, MOV, DV, AC3, AAC, or AIFF on Mac?

The worries that most converters (freeware or shareware) on the internet could be too complicated to use, or the loss of quality in the process of conversion or without getting enough customer service support could be the reason make people feel hard to choose the best program from. Mpg converter for Mac is a user-friendly, simple yet powerful program allows Mac users to play various video(include muxed mpeg-1, mpeg-2, file, MKV, avi, WMV, mpeg-4, mp4, HD video, AVCHD file, mts, m2ts, ts, tp, mod, tod, HD DV, Youtube (. flv), 3GP video, RMVB and .RM) and audio file( include AC3, AAC, or AIFF ,mp3, m4a and mka) on Mac for free. And all of the video/audio files it supports can be converted between on Mac smoothly without quality loss.