I’ll share how I installed VLC because there seems to be a bug causing QuickTime to freeze on macOS 14 Sonoma, which was preventing me from playing videos.

Background: QuickTime Freezes on macOS 14 Sonoma

I experienced the same issue as described in QuickTime Freezes While Watching - Apple Community.

Workaround: Install and Use VLC Media Player

brew install --cask vlc

Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN

That’s all from the Gemba, where I was troubled by QuickTime suddenly dying due to a bug in macOS 14 Sonoma.