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Apple!Fre@k

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jun 25, 2006
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It seems to be causing a ton of problems and I get CONSTANT crash reports of applications like Quicktime and iPhoto that are apparently crashing because I have it in installed. The crash logs say it's in Application Support folder, but I looked there and didn't find it. Did a spotlight search and nothing. Does anyone know where it's hiding and how I can get rid of it?
 

MacTech68

macrumors 68020
Mar 16, 2008
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Australia, Perth
The 3ivx v4.5.1 un-installer performs the following:

but that's a pretty old version.

Quicktime codecs are usually in:

/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Library/QuickTime/

or

/Library/QuickTime/

ONLY delete the 3ivx files... others may be installed and required by iLife

#!/bin/sh

#uninstalls 3ivx

rm -f "/Library/QuickTime/3ivx D4 4.5.1 for OSX"
rm -f "/Library/QuickTime/3ivx D4 4.5.1 Plus for OSX"
rm -f "/Library/QuickTime/3ivx D4 4.5.1 Pro for OSX"
rm -f "/Library/QuickTime/3ivx D4 4.5.1 Decoder OSX"

#rm -f "/Applications/3ivx/History.txt"
rm -f "/Applications/3ivx/How To Play AVI Files"
rm -f "/Applications/3ivx/ReadMe.pdf"
rm -f "/Applications/3ivx/forums.3ivx.com"
rm -f "/Applications/3ivx/www.3ivx.com"
rm -f "/Applications/3ivx/.DS_Store"
rm -rf "/Applications/3ivx/Uninstall 3ivx.app"
rmdir "/Applications/3ivx"

rm -f "/Library/Receipts/com.3ivx.3ivx-codec/.DS_Store"
rm -f "/Library/Receipts/com.3ivx.3ivx-codec/uninstall"
rmdir "/Library/Receipts/com.3ivx.3ivx-codec"

The 3ivx v5.0.4 installer installs these:

/Applications/3ivx/
~/Library/Receipts/com.3ivx.3ivx-codec
~/Library/QuickTime/3ivxMediaExporter.component
~/Library/QuickTime/libtmux.dylib
~/Library/QuickTime/openquicktime.framework

~/Library/QuickTime/3ivxPrefPane.prefPane
~/Library/QuickTime/3ivxVideoCodec.component
~/Library/QuickTime/lib3ivxEnc.dylib
~/Library/QuickTime/trial.pbm

BUT... there should be an un-installer named "Uninstall 3ivx" located in:

/Applications/3ivx/

If you've lost the un-installer, re-install version 5.0.4, and then use the un-installer:

http://www.3ivx.com/download/macos.html

The v4.5.1 installer can still be grabbed here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050316190609/http://mirror2.3ivx.com/3ivx_d4_451_osx.dmg
 
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Rebeccaevans05

macrumors newbie
Apr 21, 2012
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3IVX Watermark Across My Videos

I have a problem with the same program, just a little different. Apparently, at some point, 3ivx trial was downloaded to our Mac. It is now expired and a hideous 3IVX Trial watermark is stretched across my videos for the duration of the playback. As far as I can tell, the program has been removed from the computer, but I feel as though I'm missing something for the watermarks to still be present. There is nothing in the library or any applications or downloads, and the search brings up nothing. I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm on a Mac OS X version 10.6.8 and I think we're working off of snow leopard here. I'm still learning how to navigate the Mac after growing up with a pc.
Thanks for any help in advance!
 

GGJstudios

macrumors Westmere
May 16, 2008
44,545
943
I have a problem with the same program, just a little different. Apparently, at some point, 3ivx trial was downloaded to our Mac. It is now expired and a hideous 3IVX Trial watermark is stretched across my videos for the duration of the playback. As far as I can tell, the program has been removed from the computer, but I feel as though I'm missing something for the watermarks to still be present.
Follow the instructions in the 2nd post of this thread.
 
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