why can't quicktime play avi files???

[AmbitiousLemon]

divx files play perfectly on my g3 333mhz 66mhz bus computer.

the reason your pc friends can play them is they went out and downloaded what they needed to play the files.

if you do the same on your mac you shoudlnt have any problems.

just give it a shot, its not so hard

 

[britboy]

Re: sucky

Originally posted by emagdnimy
maybe...but sub 1k imacs suck. just as cheap pc's do. except you might be able to upgrade a pc, so that it doesn't suck as bad.

The difference between a cheap pc and the crt iMac is that with the iMac you're getting good quality parts. It's not a crap computer by any means. Ok, it's not all that upgradeable, but it's cheap n cheerful, and will play those divx's perfectly.

I'd feel much more secure getting a cheap mac than i would getting a cheap wintel.

 

[emagdnimy]

ummmm

i'm not watching them on my hard drive...i'm watching them over the network.
try that on your 333 and see what happens.

 

[emagdnimy]

the imac

the imac isn't that horrible. at home i have a 266 blueberry and it still seriously gets the job done. i don't think i could say the same for any 266 pc. or 500 for that matter. but if i'm going to buy a new machine i wouldn't buy an imac again, at least not a crt one. nor would i buy a cheap pc. as you said they seriously turn to crap. i think i'll save the money and buy a fatty tower or something......

 

[britboy]

Perhaps that's why your having problem then. Have you tried saving them to your hard drive, and then watching them? Is your friend with the powermac watching them from the network drive? Anyway, you have to doctor the file with avi2mov of divxDoctor for them to play with correct sound, so how are you planning to do that over the network?

If it had a 333, i'd try it. Unfortunately i don't. I have a 500, and watching media over the network is no problem at all. It's slightly slower than if the files were on my hard drive, but it still works.