I'm just downloaded the World of Warcraft video compilation, and all of the videos are in the AVI format. I installed an AVI plugin, but although the video plays, I don't get any sound.
(BTW, is there a way to get VLC to have an interface that's less like DVD Player and more like QT Player? It's kinda clunky, and you can't have multiple movies open simultaneously)
(BTW, is there a way to get VLC to have an interface that's less like DVD Player and more like QT Player? It's kinda clunky, and you can't have multiple movies open simultaneously)
And there is the rare file even VLC won't play, but MPlayer will.
I don't see why Apple doesn't bundles 3ivx in the default install of QuickTime. And also VLC with OS X, since it can do things with video discs and other formats like FLAC and DiVX that QT can't even with 3ivx. I think that'd be a good idea at least on pro machines like PowerBooks and PowerMacs, to start with, then spread it to iStuff if it proves successful.
Forget the DivX plugin and download the 3ivX plugin. VLC and 3ivX should cover all y our bases.
Download and install both the DivX and the 3ivx codecs. Unless you convert some AVIs with DivX Doctor II, the 3ivx codec can't play the audio. The DivX codec can the audio without DivX Doctor II. No choice is necessary. DivX, 3ivx, and the VLC and MPlayer players all live happily together on my Mac.
Is there any way to convert .avi files to Quicktime, so that I could then import them into Final Cut?
The desired end result would be to eventually make DVDs, so that I could play the movie on a (non-computer) DVD player.
The new version of Toast claims to able able to do this, but it doesn't work with the sort of .avi files you find on BitTorrent.
The tools bundled with the DivX and 3ivx codecs will convert to .mov for you. But the movies should be importable to FCP if you can play them in QuickTime Player, i.e. after you have installed the codecs. The AC3 codec could also be of some use. :-)
...Yeah, I can open any file now. Some of them don't have sound in QT, but if I open them in VLC, I can get sound.
Thanks a lot, everybody.
Sorry i am late, but one tip at least
create an Alias of VLC onto your desktop, therefore you can drag ANY video file onto that Alias. This is smart.
OR
drag VLC onto the upper part of one Finder window. The VLC Icon will stay (until you remove) in your finder window permanantly. Drag any videofile onto that icon and voilÃ*...
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(BTW, is there a way to get VLC to have an interface that's less like DVD Player and more like QT Player? It's kinda clunky, and you can't have multiple movies open simultaneously)
Originally posted by Placebo
(BTW, is there a way to get VLC to have an interface that's less like DVD Player and more like QT Player? It's kinda clunky, and you can't have multiple movies open simultaneously)
Nope. Just be glad it's better than Mplayer.
I don't see why Apple doesn't bundles 3ivx in the default install of QuickTime. And also VLC with OS X, since it can do things with video discs and other formats like FLAC and DiVX that QT can't even with 3ivx. I think that'd be a good idea at least on pro machines like PowerBooks and PowerMacs, to start with, then spread it to iStuff if it proves successful.
Originally posted by Eugene
Forget the DivX plugin and download the 3ivX plugin. VLC and 3ivX should cover all y our bases.
Download and install both the DivX and the 3ivx codecs. Unless you convert some AVIs with DivX Doctor II, the 3ivx codec can't play the audio. The DivX codec can the audio without DivX Doctor II. No choice is necessary. DivX, 3ivx, and the VLC and MPlayer players all live happily together on my Mac.
Originally posted by Aquatic
And also VLC with OS X, since it can do things with video discs and other formats like FLAC and DiVX that QT can't even with 3ivx.
Because it would be admitting that there are some things that Quicktime Player can't do.
Eugene: Yeah, I can open any file now. Some of them don't have sound in QT, but if I open them in VLC, I can get sound.
Thanks a lot, everybody.
Is there any way to convert .avi files to Quicktime, so that I could then import them into Final Cut?
The desired end result would be to eventually make DVDs, so that I could play the movie on a (non-computer) DVD player.
The new version of Toast claims to able able to do this, but it doesn't work with the sort of .avi files you find on BitTorrent.
Originally posted by wilco
Along the same lines...
Is there any way to convert .avi files to Quicktime, so that I could then import them into Final Cut?
The desired end result would be to eventually make DVDs, so that I could play the movie on a (non-computer) DVD player.
The new version of Toast claims to able able to do this, but it doesn't work with the sort of .avi files you find on BitTorrent.
The tools bundled with the DivX and 3ivx codecs will convert to .mov for you. But the movies should be importable to FCP if you can play them in QuickTime Player, i.e. after you have installed the codecs. The AC3 codec could also be of some use. :-)
Originally posted by Placebo
...Yeah, I can open any file now. Some of them don't have sound in QT, but if I open them in VLC, I can get sound.
Thanks a lot, everybody.
Sorry i am late, but one tip at least
create an Alias of VLC onto your desktop, therefore you can drag ANY video file onto that Alias. This is smart.
OR
drag VLC onto the upper part of one Finder window. The VLC Icon will stay (until you remove
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