Maybe somebody could help me with this. I got an AVI file from a buddy but when I open it with Quicktime it says I'm missing some kind of software and it only plays the audio. Another time it said that the required compressor could not be found. Can anybody help me out?
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mplayerOSX and VideoLAN are both quality players.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayerosx
http://www.videolan.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayerosx
http://www.videolan.org
VLC was nice, but MPlayer sold me and I have never looked back. BTW - In some cases you can add CODECs to QT to read AVIs. Still, download MPlayer. It's the greatest.
Dan
Dan
I agree with you guys...Mplayer and video lan is great BUT sometimes neither works...Wonder if its encoded incorrectly and just won't play at all...Any ideas....?
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I also received an AVI movie of my Grandson (baby - 1st) - - - I was unable to 'save it' - how do we 'SAVE' the movies? And where do we save to?? I received the same message as above something about 'missing' something, in Quicktime.
Also - this mplayer is this something 'extra' we have to buy or a 'free download' - how do I find if I have a 'copy' of it on my G4? (I looked in 'finder'). Be patient with me guys - I just 'switched' and I am still 'learning' how to use my Mac!
Thanks!
Jeanne
I also received an AVI movie of my Grandson (baby - 1st) - - - I was unable to 'save it' - how do we 'SAVE' the movies? And where do we save to?? I received the same message as above something about 'missing' something, in Quicktime.
Also - this mplayer is this something 'extra' we have to buy or a 'free download' - how do I find if I have a 'copy' of it on my G4? (I looked in 'finder'). Be patient with me guys - I just 'switched' and I am still 'learning' how to use my Mac!
Thanks!
Jeanne
MPlayer isn't on your Mac by default, you have to download it and install it yourself (it's really simple though)
You can download it here and just double click on it and then double click on the .pkg file that's in the disk image, follow the instructions, and you now have a working MPlayer.
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To save the AVI file (I'm assuming that you got it in an e-mail), just right or control-click on it and save it to wherever you want. Then open MPlayer (you may have to force it to quit first by right or control-clicking on it and selecting quit, then restart it) and drag the video into the MPlayer window and press play.
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You can download it here and just double click on it and then double click on the .pkg file that's in the disk image, follow the instructions, and you now have a working MPlayer.
To save the AVI file (I'm assuming that you got it in an e-mail), just right or control-click on it and save it to wherever you want. Then open MPlayer (you may have to force it to quit first by right or control-clicking on it and selecting quit, then restart it) and drag the video into the MPlayer window and press play.
disk images can be kind of confusing at first. you should have downloaded a file that was named something like "mplayer09b.dmg". depending on your browser, it may have automatically opened (if not, you just have to double click it). this will load a virtual disk on your computer and you can open it up in the finder just like a normal hard disk and install mplayer. if you restart, the mounted disk image will disapear, but the actual .dmg file will still be on your computer until you delete it. you can also eject the disk image once you're done installing by dragging it's icon to the trash or control-clicking it and selecting "eject". it can be tough to explain how they work, but if you deal with them enough, it makes sense.
i just got the file mplayer0.90pre9b5.dmg, but is that only the gui or something? so now i'm getting the file lastbinary.sit. is that the one that i put in /usr/local/bin/mplayer?
could someone please explain this to me, i want to get it right this time.
could someone please explain this to me, i want to get it right this time.
mplayer dmg
Right finally got rid of the 'extra' icon from the mplayer - but how do you WORK the Mplayer? Or is it just supposed to 'open' up when I get a movie to play? Would it just open up like the player used to do in MS (PC)? Also I am trying to 'learn' my Mac - and I found an application called "Art Directors Toolkit" and I printed out 15 pages of how to 'use it' but I cannot get the program to 'open' - this is a refurbished G4 (NEW) Mac - and being that "I'm" new at this I don't know if it needs to be looked at or why the application won't 'open'??? (Hope I'm making sense here?) Thanks!
Jeanne
Being a 'newbie' Mac user - guess I'll always have a million and one questions - sorry!
Right finally got rid of the 'extra' icon from the mplayer - but how do you WORK the Mplayer? Or is it just supposed to 'open' up when I get a movie to play? Would it just open up like the player used to do in MS (PC)? Also I am trying to 'learn' my Mac - and I found an application called "Art Directors Toolkit" and I printed out 15 pages of how to 'use it' but I cannot get the program to 'open' - this is a refurbished G4 (NEW) Mac - and being that "I'm" new at this I don't know if it needs to be looked at or why the application won't 'open'??? (Hope I'm making sense here?) Thanks!
Jeanne
Being a 'newbie' Mac user - guess I'll always have a million and one questions - sorry!It's not a DiVX encode is it? That could be your problem, it might need to be validated. Do that, then you can go right ahead and play it in QT player.