Ask TUAW video edition: Playing video formats

I have a question. I want to make a stack of many applications in my dock for quick access without making my dock too cluttered. However, when I drag the applications from their "applications" window (the one with an "A" icon made from rulers), they get removed from there. Is there a way I can make a stack of applications while still keeping my application section full of EVERY application on my computer, so nothing gets lost? Thanks.

MPlayer or MPlayer Extended are too old already
nobody have heard of MPlayerX??
http://code.google.com/p/mplayerx/

support every format + nice interface

MPlayer OSX Extended, is at the moment the best player for every type of file. It plays MKV (softcoded subtitles) well and it has GPU acceleration. The dev team is always keeping it updated, what more you want?

The best media "player" I've found has been the Mac version of Boxee.

It doesn't artifact mkv files (VLC is guilty of this) during playback and it's played every format I've thrown at it that is file/downloadable (wmv/avi/mkv).

Yes, it's not a window app but if you want to play video files, give Boxee a try.

I installed flip4 mac for playing a .wmv web video...the video isnt playing either in safari or chrome browser..

need help...

Too bad somebody can't distribute a program that will then download and install all those together. You know, something easy for mom to do.

Also, are any or all of those 3rd party apps available in the Mac app store, or only from their websites? (again, looking for a mom-friendly solution...)

Why is VLC not mentioned?

I'd love to know how I can play Windows 7 Mediacenter WTV format files. They're supposed to be some kind of H264, but nothing will play with them (I tried VLC, Quicktime, Perian etc...)