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How to watch Xvid files on a Mac?

So what is the exact relationship between Divx and Xvid? Do they both decode each other's files, or are they similar but incompatible or what?
 
Skip all the individual codecs and just install the Perian plugin. It'll play almost everything except WMV.

I believe Xvid is an open source implementation of DivX. Could be wrong on that though.
 
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hi someone can help me, i download a movie and i have it in my vuze program, my problems is that i just can see a folder and i open the folder and i see just blank little sheets.
what can i do?
 
jbarreraz said:
hi someone can help me, i download a movie and i have it in my vuze program, my problems is that i just can see a folder and i open the folder and i see just blank little sheets.
what can i do?
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They are probably RAR files. Go to macupdate or versiontracker for an app to expand them.
 
heelp!!

I'm trying to watch videos on vidXden! It won't let me watch them because I need to download a codec, excep I can't download the codec because it says its not compatible with mac! I have downloaded divx player and perian already and it's still not working!!
I went to the divx website and tried to download a web player thing but it just opens up in a text document :S http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/web-player

HELP!!!
 
hello, i am trying to watch a video online and it says that i need xvid and i can't find it anywhere. i have downloaded persian and the VLC players but i don't know what to do after that. can anyone help me?
 
greenelajr said:
hello, i am trying to watch a video online and it says that i need xvid and i can't find it anywhere. i have downloaded persian and the VLC players but i don't know what to do after that. can anyone help me?
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People watch Xvid video on their Macs all the time. Without a link to your problematic video, there is no way to diagnose your problem.
 
MisterMe said:
People watch Xvid video on their Macs all the time. Without a link to your problematic video, there is no way to diagnose your problem.
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I guess the video i was trying to watch ended up being weird. it said it was a movie but when i clicked on it to play it seemed like an ad. i'll send the link anyways though
http://veehd.com/video/2196436_Anita-1973
 
greenelajr said:
I guess the video i was trying to watch ended up being weird. it said it was a movie but when i clicked on it to play it seemed like an ad. i'll send the link anyways though
http://veehd.com/video/2196436_Anita-1973
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You should pay attention to what you are clicking on. I backed-up to the VeeHD.com home page. The videos there play without issue on my Mac. However, I gather that you want the thing in the lower right-hand corner entitled Movies in green. The word advertisement appears clearly beneath. Clicking on it takes you to a page that tries to foist a Windows Setup.exe file on you. The DOWNLOAD and PLAY NOW buttons do the same thing.
 
MisterMe said:
You should pay attention to what you are clicking on. I backed-up to the VeeHD.com home page. The videos there play without issue on my Mac. However, I gather that you want the thing in the lower right-hand corner entitled Movies in green. The word advertisement appears clearly beneath. Clicking on it takes you to a page that tries to foist a Windows Setup.exe file on you. The DOWNLOAD and PLAY NOW buttons do the same thing.
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yeah i really didn't know what was going on because i was at a movie website and i saw this movie and the link sent me to it. i think it was a bad link. but thanks for your help.
 
yea i'm an employer and one application was on resume-post.net i have a macbook pro and it says that i need XVID codec. i downloaded vlc but don't know how to use it. any help would be appreciated. i also downloaded the divx for mac and it still says it.
 
jbrooks467 said:
yea i'm an employer and one application was on resume-post.net i have a macbook pro and it says that i need XVID codec. i downloaded vlc but don't know how to use it. any help would be appreciated. i also downloaded the divx for mac and it still says it.
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Did you try installing perian?

And what is it you don't understand about VLC? Install the application (which I believe is drag and drop). Then right click the file you want to play, choose "open with" and then choose VLC. If it doesn't show that options, choose "Other..." and the find VLC.

VLC should open and play. Else hit the space bar.
 
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