Video Wont Run in FrontRow...?

[ljump12]

I have a 350MB episode of a television show, encoded as an AVI, with i believe Divx.... I am using a new Macbook (1.87) Stock

I tried to open it first; and Quicktime told me that it needed something else to run it, so i went to divx.com and downloaded the codec... Now it seems to run fine in Quicktime, but when it up in frontrow; it just hangs on a blank black screen... I can get back out by hitting menu, but it never plays... please help!

Thanks you very much!

 

[G99]

I think Front Row doesn't like formats such as AVI, so, they could cause problems. I suggest converting the file to a format like MOV, and see if that works.

 

[ljump12]

itd be a pain to convert 25 episodes of the show... would there be an easier workaround?

 

[G99]

itd be a pain to convert 25 episodes of the show... would there be an easier workaround?

Not really - with iSquint, you can drag and drop all the episodes, and they will all convert one by one. It may take a while though!

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[ljump12]

Not really - with iSquint, you can drag and drop all the episodes, and they will all convert one by one. It may take a while though!

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Will there be a noticible loss in quality, or increase in file size?

 

[treblah]

Every Divx or Xvid encoded video I have plays in FrontRow with no problems and I'm also using Divx 6.5 on Intel.

Have you tried a restart?

 

[khisayruou]

Give this a try:
Get Front Row to Play XviD, DivX, 3ivX Videos

 

[ljump12]

Every Divx or Xvid encoded video I have plays in FrontRow with no problems and I'm also using Divx 6.5 on Intel.

Have you tried a restart?

Thanks everyone; a restart seemed to ave done it; i dont know why i diddnt try it in the first place; but thank you very much!!!

 

[treblah]

Thanks everyone; a restart seemed to ave done it; i dont know why i diddnt try it in the first place; but thank you very much!!!

It is funny how much a restart will fix. It's my answer to everything.

 

[rockstarjoe]

It is funny how much a restart will fix. It's my answer to everything.

I had this same problem last night... spent like an hour trying everything under the sun. Then I rebooted... fixed it! D'oh.