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jigglyjon
Nov 11, 2003, 06:31 PM
I am having problems playing movies on my iBook. Is there any video codec packs and audio codec packs that anyone recomends. I just downloaded divx but that wasnt enough.


MisterMe
Nov 11, 2003, 07:17 PM
Originally posted by jigglyjon
I am having problems playing movies on my iBook. Is there any video codec packs and audio codec packs that anyone recomends. I just downloaded divx but that wasnt enough. You know it would nice if you told us which video formats are giving you trouble. Just a thought.
Makosuke
Nov 11, 2003, 07:34 PM
In general, I highly recommend installing both the latest version of the 3ivx codec and the DivX codec; with the DivX codec handling soundtracks and the 3ivx codec doing video (all of which happens automatically), most modern avi movie files will play just fine.

Get yourself a copy of VLC as well; anything that Quicktime with the two above codecs can't handle, VLC almost certainly will.
manitoubalck
Nov 12, 2003, 12:04 AM
go to www.ati.com and get the latest driver for your chip, tell us what format you are trying to watch, and then we may be able to help.
jigglyjon
Nov 12, 2003, 03:20 PM
I was able to fix the problem with the 3ivx. Thanks for the help. I guess the avi file was encoded in xvid so thats why i couldnt play it. Thanks for the help :)
Makosuke
Nov 12, 2003, 05:09 PM
Originally posted by jigglyjon
I was able to fix the problem with the 3ivx. Thanks for the help. I guess the avi file was encoded in xvid so thats why i couldnt play it. Thanks for the help :) Yep, the DivX plugin won't handle XviD, but 3ivx will. I rather like XviD, too--I've been using it for some cross-platform encodes, since it looks much better than DivX and is open source.