Quicktime 7 wont play AVI

Cloudgazer · Jun 9, 2005

I got an CD with an avi file.
Quicktime 7 wont play the file, neither will Win Media Player, but it does work with M Player.

Am I missing something?

buryyourbrideau · Jun 9, 2005

download divx player

dredmorbius · Jun 9, 2005

Definitely sounds like you're missing the divx codec.

mac15 · Jun 9, 2005

Download 3ivx, its a really great plugin for quicktime and unlike Divx its free.

Veldek · Jun 9, 2005

mac15 said:
Download 3ivx, its a really great plugin for quicktime and unlike Divx its free.

DivX is free, too!
http://www.divx.com/divx/download/

Eidorian · Jun 9, 2005

I installed the 10.4.1 update and now I can't play AVI files in Quicktime. Yes, I already had DivX installed. I'm using VLC right now though.

Nuc · Jun 9, 2005

not tiger compatible

Veldek said:
DivX is free, too!
http://www.divx.com/divx/download/

The divx doesn't seem to be compatible on 10.4 yet...

Nuc

blackpeter · Jun 9, 2005

Some DiVx files play. Some don't. DiVx playback through QT is imperfect in Tiger. I keep VLC around for this reason.

Apple · Jun 9, 2005

I second that for VLC. Very good program and plays almost anything.

mileslong · Jun 9, 2005

you need to go back and download the older version of divx. 5.1.1 and that should correct the problem until they get the bugs worked out in 5.2.1. solved the problem for me anyway...

Cloudgazer · Jun 10, 2005

Thank you all for prompt replies.
I downloaded divx - the avi file now plays but with NO SOUND.

DeSnousa · Jun 10, 2005

I also highly recommend VLC, you can throw so many video formats at it. Plus great UI.

Quartz Extreme · Jun 10, 2005

Cloudgazer said:
Thank you all for prompt replies.
I downloaded divx - the avi file now plays but with NO SOUND.

Download 3ivx and DiVX Doctor from http://www.3ivx.com

You should be able to play it now!

Cloudgazer · Jun 10, 2005

Quartz Extreme said:
Download 3ivx and DiVX Doctor from http://www.3ivx.com

You should be able to play it now!

I tried divx doctor, draggedthe file into the app. It started well enough, but then I got an error message. (2048 or something)

also, download VLC, which works fine.
but it irritates me that qt 7 wont play it.
I was thinking of buying QT 7 Pro - is it worth, will I still have these problems?

Soulstorm · Jun 10, 2005

Cloudgazer said:
I tried divx doctor, draggedthe file into the app. It started well enough, but then I got an error message. (2048 or something)

also, download VLC, which works fine.
but it irritates me that qt 7 wont play it.
I was thinking of buying QT 7 Pro - is it worth, will I still have these problems?

Yes, you will still have these problems. The only thing you get by buying QTpro is to get the ability to edit movies and export them into any quicktime format. But if a format plugin is broken for QT, then I'm sorry but things won't change when upgrading to QTPro.

Use VLC now that it is updated to work for Tiger. It simply is perfect

7on · Jun 10, 2005

no sound? Try looking for a AC3 Codec.component somewhere on the interweb. that seems to fix that.

Cloudgazer · Jun 10, 2005

Thanks again everybody!

Now that i think about it, its not so necessary for me to use quicktime to play this file.
I downloaded VLC, it works great.

I appreciate the helps with aall the codecs and stuff.

(I'm a switcher, by the way)

Adios

Robert111 · Jun 26, 2007

Quicktime 7 and Avi files

Hi,

I can play .avi files on OS X 10.4 but no sound .......

any ideas ?

cheers

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