The article introduces Elmedia as a preferable alternative to MacOS's QuickTime for video playback, particularly due to its superior color display. The author shares their personal experience of forgetting to set Elmedia as the default player, causing inconvenience. They then provide a detailed guide on how to set Elmedia as the global default video player on Mac, highlighting two methods: using the graphical user interface (GUI) and the terminal with a utility called duti. The process involves retrieving the app's ID and executing commands for a seamless video playback experience.
To set Elmedia as the default video player on MacOS, you need to use the GUI or the terminal with the help of command line utility duti.
I finally set Elmedia as my global default player, recognizing the need to explain how to do this since it's not very intuitive.
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