Help! Video torrent file opens as text

[schreiber16]

Hey all,

first let me put it out there that I am new to Mac (as in 2 days), so please bear with me!

Ok I'm trying to download a video torrent from a site that I've used before - other users have left feedback saying that the file is good quality so it must be a legit file.
When the torrent finishes downloading (I'm using Vuze at the moment) I try to open it but instead of a video file opening, TextEdit opens and displays all this text jargon.
So I'm a bit confused: do I have to do something in TextEdit to make the file play? Or is the file just corrupt? Because I've tried opening the file with Quicktime but I get an error message saying that the file is not video format...
Not too sure what to do now...

Any help/suggestions greatly appreciated!

Edit: the file type is listed as being "plain text"

 

[Tallest Skil]

Are you opening the .torrent file or the file that the torrent becomes?

Try sticking .avi or .mpg after it.

 

[schreiber16]

Thanks for quick reply.

I'm trying to open the file that the torrent becomes.
Tried putting .avi (realised that it had .wmv, didn't occur that it wouldn't work!) but now it just wont open. The only program that I have that plays videos is Quicktime, should I download a different program that plays video files?
Still says it's not a video file when I try to open it??

 

[ZballZ]

Go for Flip4Mac, it integrates a bunch of codecs - including WMV - into your quicktime player...

 

[schreiber16]

Go for Flip4Mac, it integrates a bunch of codecs - including WMV - into your quicktime player...

I downloaded Flip4Mac before I read your post and it's solved the problem.
Thanks anyway.