How to Play MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2) on Mac?

Overview

'I can not play MPG on my Mac computer', 'I have got three MPG files stored on my computer, but none of them can be played on my Mac, any solution?', ' What plug-in do I need to play MPG file on my Mac?'. If you search the Mac and MPG forums, you will find that many users are reporting the MPG playback failure on Mac and also asking about a solution. Now read on to find the best solution about how to successfully play any MPG on any Mac computer.

As many users think that MPG is usually MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. MPG is easily available on many storage media and platforms. However, MPG is not well accepted by many popular platforms and media players. One of the typical cases is that MPG is not playable on Mac. When talking about not being played on Mac, it really means that the MPG is not playable by Mac default player - QuickTime. Here we do not conduct an in-depth study about what reason caused the MPG playback problem on Mac, lack of codec, plug-in, etc, but try to find a solution to make MPG successful playback on Mac.

MPG to Mac converter - iDealshare VideoGo

Among all solutions, the highly recommended one is to use an MPG to Mac converter to convert the unsupported MPG to Mac QuickTime best supported MOV. iDealshare VideoGo is just the powerful MPG to Mac converter that users will need. With iDealshare VideoGo, users can easily get the following work done:
• Easily convert any MPG file, including any MPEG-1, MPEG-2, etc to any Mac computer best supported MOV file for the MPG compatible playback on Mac.
• Easily convert any other unsupported video format, like MKV, WMV, FLV, AVI, AVCHD, etc to any Mac computer best supported MOV.
• Easily convert any MPG to other popular media players best supported video formats, like converting MPG to Windows Media Player best supported WMV, iPhone, iPad or iPod best supported MOV, Samsung TV, Toshiba TV, LG TV or other smart TVs best supported MP4 H.264, Android TV or mobiles best supported MP4 H.264, etc.
• Not only convert MPG file to Mac supported video formats, but also convert any other unsupported video format to Mac, Windows, any media player, any device supported video formats and the supported video formats include MP4, AVI, WTV, F4V, MKV, MOV, AVCHD, FLV, and many others.
• Easily convert any video format to MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2) for successfully playing any video format on any MPG-supported program.
• Easily convert between any two video formats.

Guide on Converting MPG to Mac Best Supported Video Formats

Follow the guide below to easily convert the MPG to any Mac computer best supported video format, such as MOV.

Make Preparation: Free download MPG to Mac Converter

Free download the best MPG to Mac Converter - iDealshare VideoGo(for Mac, for Windows), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Add MPG Files

Click the "Add file" button to easily get the MPG file imported to this MPG to Mac converter. You can also import more than one MPG file into this MPG to Mac converter if you want to batch convert them at once. Or users can choose to drag and drop the MPG file to this MPG to Mac converter.

Tips: iDealshare VideoGo can directly play MPG without conversion on Mac and Windows computer.

Step 2 Set Mac supported video format

Directly select Mac more supported QuickTime MOV or MP4 as your output format by clicking "Profile" button >"General Video" category.

Step 3 Convert MPG to Mac video format

The MPG file can be easily converted to Mac computer best supported MOV MPEG-4 after the Convert button is clicked.