What is MPG file? Well, the MPG format is one that has video files embedded with the MPEG video data compression specifications, and data encoding algorithms. Specifically, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formatting standards are usually incorporated into MPG files, and they are basically digital video data compression specifications and algorithms. MPG files end with a .mpg file extension. Those are the basic things you need to know about MPG, and now the important question is how to play MPG files? We will explore how you can play MPG files on Mac computers, and we will also present some FAQs about MPG files in this guide.

If your player has failed to playback the files, don't worry. In this short article, we've wrote down how you'll be able to play MPG on Mac with the best quality with three different solutions.

Part 1: Play MPG on mac with Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac

As we all know that QuickTime can't play MPG on mac, how about changing a player to make it work? Here is the third-party video player as a great option: Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac.

Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac offers comprehensive solutions for you to play all kinds of media files on Mac computer, be it iMac or MacBook, with high quality. With this player, you don't have to worry about any MPG files opening problems! Not only free of charge, it is also region-free.

Step 1: Just simply free download and install it on Mac.

Step 2: Now there are two open buttons on the interface: "Open File". If you want to play MPG files, you can click on "Open File". Then select the MPG files to start playing. Once you insert a blank disc into the disc recorder drive, you could see a disc loading icon next to the "Open File" to load disc directly from disc drive.

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Step 3: Wait for a sec, and the MPG file will be played for you directly. You can make some adjustments on the main menu, or you can directly choose "Play" and enjoy your movie time.

Furthermore, this free Blu-ray player for Mac can play video files and audio files. Other media formats supported here: MOV, AVI, FLV, WMV, MP4, RMVB, MKV, MP3, WMA, AAC, AC3, etc.
Powered by advanced video and audio enhancing technology, Leawo Blu-ray Player for Mac offers extraordinary and excellent cinema-like movie enjoyment for free.

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Other Outstanding Features:

  • ● Fast Start-up and Instant Play
  • ● Aspect Ratio is Changeable
  • ● Multi-language Support for Users
  • ● Share-to-Win Feature Embedded

Part 2: Use Perian Plugin to Play MPG with QuickTime

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Perian is one of the most popularly used free QuickTime components to provide native support to a wide variety of file formats such as MPG. What you should note is that Perian can be only used on Mac OS Snow Leopard. Moreover the latest version of Perian, 1.2.3 requires installation of QuickTime 7 which is not available for other Mac OS apart from Snow Leopard such as Mountain Lion. Perian doesn't work on Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan and there is no upgrade news now. If you are running on Mac OS X Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, you'd better skip this way.

With Perian, the Swiss Army Knife for QuickTime, any OS X application that uses QuickTime can now use these additional media types:

  • ● AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats
  • ● MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivX, H.264, FLV1, FSV1, VP6, H263I, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), MPEG Layer II Audio
  • ● AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
  • ● Subtitle support for SSA and SRT

Part 3: Convert MPG with Leawo Video Converter for Mac

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For those who don't wanna spend time looking for third-party QuickTime components, or third-party video player to play MPG on Mac, here is the best suggestion: download and install Leawo Video Converter for Mac

When it comes to the time to convert MPG into those formats played by Mac, normally we can choose MP4, iMovie and MOV as output formats. MP4 is one of the most common formats that we can use by multiple platform. Hereby, here are the steps on how to convert MPG into MP4 on Mac as an example.

Step 1. Import source MPEG videos

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Under the "Convert" module, click the "Add Video" button or directory drag source MPEG video files that you've stored on your Mac into this MPEG to MP4 converter for Mac. You could get all information on the left processing list, import multiple MPEG video files for batch MPEG to MP4 conversion, edit loaded MPEG video files, add 3D effect, etc.

Step 2: Set MP4 as output format

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After importing source MPEG files, click the drop-down box right before the big green "Convert" button and then select "Change" option on the drop-down panel to enter the Profile window for output format setting. Open "Format > Common Video" group to select MP4 as output format.

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Optional: If you're not satisfied with the video and audio parameters of preset MP4 format like video codec, bitrate, aspect ratio, quality, frame rate, audio codec, audio quality, audio bit rate, sample rate and channel, you could reset them. After setting output format, re-open the drop-down box and then select "Edit" option to enter the Profile Settings panel. On the Profile Setting panel, you could freely set the parameters.

Step 3: Set output directory

When all the format settings are finished, save the settings and return to the main interface. Click the big green "Convert" button on the main interface to set output directory on the popup sidebar. You could open "Save to" box to browse desired folder as output directory.

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Step 4: Convert MPEG to MP4 Mac

Finally, click the bottom "Convert" button of the sidebar to start converting MPEG to MP4 on Mac.

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Bonus: FAQs about MPG file

Here are more FAQs about MPG files:

  • Who developed MPG files?

    • MPG files have been under development by the Moving Picture Experts Group.

  • What are some of the applications that can open MPG files?

    • VLC Media Player, Winamp Media Player, Leawo Blu-ray Player, and Final Media Player. Windows Media Player and QuickTime cannot open MPG without plugins or codecs.

  • Can I open MPG files on my Android or iOS mobile device?

    • Yes you can, but you will need to download and install a third-party media player, such as VLC Mobile, MX Player, GOM Player etc. Media players bundled with Android and iOS cannot support MPG files.

  • Do MPG files use compression?

    • Yes, MPG files make use of compression. The digital video data compression specifications and algorithms are developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group.

  • What is incorporated in MPG files?

    • MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio and video compression is usually incorporated in MPG files.

  • Can MPG files be converted?

    • Just like any other video and audio format, MPG files can be converted to another format.