how to i play .avi file?

protodada

hello!



when i try to play this .avi file, quicktime flashes, "you may bexperience problems playing a video track in "love.avi" because the required compressor could not be found. would you like to close the movie or continue?" and it just plays grey screen. how can i play this file? helP! thank you for any suggestions. have a great day!

bnoyhtuawb

Quote:

Originally posted by ProtoDAda

hello!



when i try to play this .avi file, quicktime flashes, "you may bexperience problems playing a video track in "love.avi" because the required compressor could not be found. would you like to close the movie or continue?" and it just plays grey screen. how can i play this file? helP! thank you for any suggestions. have a great day!

Install DivX Qt plugin from:

http://www.3ivx.com/download/macos.html



And "doctor" the AVI using:

http://doctor.3ivx.com/

curiousuburb

or use VLC

dmband0026

Quote:

love.avi

Are we just helping you watch Pr0n? Cause I'm sure there is plenty of quality .mov Pr0n out there. You just gotta look around for it.

bnoyhtuawb

Quote:

Originally posted by curiousuburb

or use VLC

Does VLC have its own "on board" DivX decoder?

ghost_user_name

Quote:

Originally posted by BNOYHTUAWB

Does VLC have its own "on board" DivX decoder?

VLC has all the decoders built-in.



http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

aslan^

and dont forget mplayer !



MPlayer for OS X



cheers

gabid

Also try the DivX codec.

paul

http://lordofthecows.com/avi_qt.php

good bunch of links to QT codecs...

protodada

thank you very much for all your help. thanks to your help, now i can watch my "educational film." god bless this forum... :-)