3ivx and QuickTime?

[MacAztec]

I have a few DivX movies, and I downloaded the 3ivx D4 PR1 Decoder for OS X, and 3ivx Doctor II. I read the instructions for installation in OS X for the 3ivx D4 PR1 Decoder, in which it says for OS X, you must put the decoder in the QuickTime folder, which is in the Library folder, at the root of your system.

So, I tried to do so, but I get an error telling me that the QuickTime folder cannot be modified.

Now, I am the first and only user on this computer, so what is the problem?
Has anyone encountered this before?

[arn]

It's probably a permissions problem for some reason...

type this in Terminal

ls -l /Library/

and copy and paste the Quicktime folder line here...

here's mine

drwxr-xr-x 11 arn staff 330 Apr 13 23:36 QuickTime

arn

[MacAztec]

What do you mean by copy and paste the QuickTime folder line here? What is the quicktime folder line? Could you guide me through this real quick?

[MacAztec]

This is what my line says...

drwxr-xr-x 7 root admin 264 Apr 20 12:34 QuickTime

[arn]

Try this...

sudo chown <yourusername> /Library/QuickTime

in that directory

that changes the owner of the directory.

arn

[MacAztec]

So, when I open up Terminal, I type....

sudo chown jcarian /Library/QuickTime

Is that right?

Or is it...

sudo chown <jcarian> /Library/QuickTime

Do I do this without doing anything else? I dont type that ls -l /Library/ stuff?

[MacAztec]

I got it! I have no friggin clue what I did. I THINK I typed in ls -l /Library/ and then type the sudo crap. Thanks alot arn!

[arn]

:)

For some reason, the "owner" of your Quicktime folder was set to "root".

I just had you switch it to yourself...

arn

[MacAztec]

Thanks again man!

[MacAztec]

I grabbed my .avi (Lord of the Rings) and dropped it into the DivX Doctor II program. I have installed the 3ivx Delta 4 PR1 program.

When I select my .avi, and select "start," it converts it all the way to the end, but it stops and says "waiting for Quicktime to flatten (avi name)"

It wont do the flattening! What do I do?

[arn]

Originally posted by MacAztec
I grabbed my .avi (Lord of the Rings) and dropped it into the DivX Doctor II program. I have installed the 3ivx Delta 4 PR1 program.

When I select my .avi, and select "start," it converts it all the way to the end, but it stops and says "waiting for Quicktime to flatten (avi name)"

It wont do the flattening! What do I do?

it takes a while... just wait...

if it really hangs, then I'm not sure what to do.

arn

[mac15]

you could have put it in user/library/prefspanels
thats where mine is

[MacAztec]

I see now. I must be pacient, young gwasshopper.

Thanks again arn!

[AmbitiousLemon]

although i think i still prefer the divx doctor qt approach there is a new divx player with no converting and no placing files in the system folder. its a osx port of the linux Mplayer.

http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xpridal/mplayerosx/

works well

[arn]

divx.com's also supposed to be releasing their newest version "any day now"

arn