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joeyjojoe
Sep 27, 2003, 01:18 PM
i'm looking for an xvid codec or player for osx. anyone know where to find one?

i found the 3ivx software on versiontracker and i think that may work out for me.

one more question, if i want to uninstall a codec, do i just delete the folder or what? (as you can see i'm totally clueless on this os)


airmac
Sep 27, 2003, 02:00 PM
Originally posted by joeyjojoe
i'm looking for an xvid codec or player for osx. anyone know where to find one?

i found the 3ivx software on versiontracker and i think that may work out for me.

one more question, if i want to uninstall a codec, do i just delete the folder or what? (as you can see i'm totally clueless on this os)

VLC..it's free and best player to date...:D

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
mmmdreg
Sep 28, 2003, 04:43 AM
nah nah nah. mplayer is definitely the best. Go get it :D I seem to recall there's more than one version of the frontend to the unix program or whatever it is. Just get the one witht the higher version number off versiontracker :P
Nermal
Sep 28, 2003, 05:00 AM
Yes, the 3ivx codec works well for playing Xvid files. Once it's installed, it'll let you play Xvid files in QuickTime (and probably some other apps too).

It's a single file, and is removed simply by deleting that file :)
airmac
Sep 28, 2003, 08:41 AM
Originally posted by Nermal
Yes, the 3ivx codec works well for playing Xvid files. Once it's installed, it'll let you play Xvid files in QuickTime (and probably some other apps too).

It's a single file, and is removed simply by deleting that file :)

but you can play only a small portion of Xvid files....and how can you even compare Mplayer with VLC?!

welll joeyjojoe... be your own judge..:D
Nermal
Sep 29, 2003, 01:00 AM
Originally posted by airmac
but you can play only a small portion of Xvid files....and how can you even compare Mplayer with VLC?!

welll joeyjojoe... be your own judge..:D

Really? I haven't come across a single Xvid that won't play. Mind you, I don't have too many of them.
airmac
Sep 29, 2003, 06:31 AM
Originally posted by Nermal
Really? I haven't come across a single Xvid that won't play. Mind you, I don't have too many of them.

man, they play all right, but the sound issues on some files are really annoying...
Makosuke
Sep 29, 2003, 07:13 AM
I've had very good luck using VLC on xvid files as well, but with the 3ivx and newest Divx (finally got the sound issue worked around) codecs installed I haven't had any problems with most files in QuickTime, either.

I've actually had pretty good luck authoring them with ffmpeg, too, but that's a different story.