Problem With Playing Simple AVI Videos On Mac

[Afro1989]

I used to watch my home-made videos from my digital camera all the time on my Mac Mini, but suddenly I only am getting the audio and no video when I attempt to play them. Here is what my screen looks like when I attempt to watch any of them:

I need help. (-_-)

 

[imacintel]

Sorry, can't help you there but how do you get OS X to look like that?

 

[Afro1989]

I don't know. Years of customizing and fine tuning I guess. =)

Now, can anyone help me? =)

 

[Eidorian]

Any clue what kind of video codec it is? .avi is just an encapsulation so don't say that.

 

[mac4evan]

Quick (more like temporary) fix is to download BOTH MPlayer and VLC. I could not live without either.

Yeah, do command-i so we can learn more about the file

Unfortunately the answer can be VERY complicated. But maybe not. Like one of the others users said it truely has taken me a long time to finally get every video (except asf) to play on my Mac.

 

[Yuvi]

Perian (http://perian.org) is your best bet to get them working in QuickTime without knowing more about what codecs your camera uses. (Command-I in QuickTime, Information->Advanced Information->Streams in VLC)

 

[Afro1989]

Command + I in Quicktime doesn't do anything. How exactly do I install this? Thanks. I'm new to this.

 

[Eidorian]

Command + I in Quicktime doesn't do anything. How exactly do I install this? Thanks. I'm new to this.

Install what? Perian is dirt simple. Just open the disk image and drag the component to the alias. Failing that there's a read me on it too. 😕

 

[Afro1989]

Sorry, I said I am new to this.

 

[mac4evan]

Command + I in Quicktime doesn't do anything. How exactly do I install this? Thanks. I'm new to this.

Yes it does.

You have to have the file open though.