Video or video that is the question....

[dombe]

Hi, had problems recently with playing video on my mac. Quicktime was displaying a question mark in the middle of the Q rather than playing the video, someone kindly advised me to download Flash 9 again which i did and all is great on the Quicktime front as regards to audio but still no picture.

Avi files dont play and when trying to use VLC i get a message stating

main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc ` ms'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

any ideas to my video nightmare?

Thanks in advance.

Dominic

 

[superspiffy]

Hi, had problems recently with playing video on my mac. Quicktime was displaying a question mark in the middle of the Q rather than playing the video, someone kindly advised me to download Flash 9 again which i did and all is great on the Quicktime front as regards to audio but still no picture.

Avi files dont play and when trying to use VLC i get a message stating

main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc ` ms'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

any ideas to my video nightmare?

Thanks in advance.

Dominic

Coming from the world of Windows, I would've said that the program's corrupted and to reinstall it. If that doesn't work, I would've said to boot up in Safe Mode and then try it. If that doesn't work, I would've said to boot up in your Last Known Good Config and then try it. If that doesn't work, I would've said to put your Windows install disk in and repair the installation. And if that doesn't work, I would've said to hit the Windows nuke button and reformat. But again, that's just what I would've said if I was still in the world of Windows...

 

[motulist]

What format are these videos in? Were you able to play these exact videos on your Mac in the past and something has changed? Where are these video files from?