divx not really smooth

[Muzukun]

Hey,

I've been trying to play some divx vids off my mac, either from the ipod or the mac itself. So far both times the videos seem to be a bit choppy, or not playing very smoothly, on my PC it does this fine, just wondering is there anything I can do to make playback smoother? Thanks!

Charles

 

[Macaddicttt]

What program are you using?

 

[Muzukun]

quicktime. I tried windows media 9 yet it says the .avi files aren't compatible. I loaded on the latest divx codecs too, should I try loading other ones?

 

[bellychris]

try VLC

VLC is a great program and its free, it plays almost anything I throw at it

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738

 

[Mav451]

Use VLC dude. Quicktime, while its nice for its native file format is nowhere near as forgiving as VLC is. VLC is great on both the PC and the Mac, though the interace on the Mac is alot nicer.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

 

[Muzukun]

hey this works great! thanks you two!

 

[Santaduck]

Yes, I also recommend VLC, although audio can be buggy some times.

I highly recommend *against* Divx (e.g. 5.21), it is chock full of bugs, and will also result in a mouse pointer in the middle of your screen during game play (read more here).

3ivx is a good alternative, as is the VLC player.

 

[killuminati]

wow, I also had some divx videos that didn't play smoothly. I just figured my computer wasn't fast enough or my hard drive was too full. I just tried uising VLC instead of quicktime and its so much better!

Thanks guys!!

 

[Lacero]

Some divx movies have both 5.1 and 2.0 audio streams, which will crash VLC on the Mac. Sometimes no audio gets through. Go to VLC preferences, select Modules, select audio output, select CoreAudio, and type in 1 for the audio device. This will set VLC to always play 2.0 audio and is compatible for macs.