i got a avi movie. and i cant view it dont got the right compression for osx quick time. how do i view it. what files do i need to down load. i know theres a thing cuase i used to hve it. let me know asap.
These avi files must be of those 'business sort' (ahem!) and are of utmost importance! I reccomend you get a dedicated por- ... er... sorry, I meant a dedicated PC Box to view the really 'freaky stuff' which comes in via AVI. Curious is how rapidly they are diminishing in light of better mpgs. Thoughts anyone else? Unless the video is 'too much a must have' I generally trash um and replace with better MPEGS. Remember, business before pleasure.
i dont know about you guys but almost all of my break dance videos are in avi format. i can get picture off of some, but now sound. i have part of a competition that just kind of spazzes out. it would be nice to get it all working. some of the kewlest tricks are just watching how they recat to the music.
"An" AVI decoder? Which AVI decoder? That's part of the problem. There are several. And I think each one has its own legal issues.
I've never really understood why Macs can't view AVI files. but I really think the problem is more legal than technical.<hr></blockquote>
You know, I don't get it either. At work, I have some Indeo-encoded AVIs, which work well with QT in OS9, but not in OSX. I find that so annoying.
I end up exporting the AVIs under QT in Classic, and then reading them in again under OSX.
VLC (<a href="http://videolan.org"; target="_blank">www.videolan.org</a>) seems to read the other AVIs well, but I haven't tried exporting from there. I don't even know if it's possible. I use it mainly to watch SVCDs.
Yeah, about SVCDs and the Mac... okay, that's another topic.
<strong>i got a avi movie. and i cant view it dont got the right compression for osx quick time. how do i view it. what files do i need to down load. i know theres a thing cuase i used to hve it. let me know asap.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Can we ask just exactly what it is that you have in AVI format that you need to see ASAP? Inquiring minds need to know!
<strong>avi & exe - there the ONLY things i cant run on my mac - apart from that .. nowt.</strong><hr></blockquote>Wrong. AVI files play fine on Macs.
<img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> Sheesh, I'm surprised this discussion has gone on so long without a correct answer to this predicament.
An AVI file is a movie container, similar to a QuickTime movie. QuickTime can play AVI files just fine.
However, like QuickTime, AVI files have their own sets of codecs. There are video codecs and audio codecs. While Apple has several of these included with QuickTime, it certainly does not have all of them. That would require the people who first wrote the codec for the PC to come and code a version for the Mac. That just isn't going to happen. Intel, for example, has several codecs that many AVIs use called Indeo. Indeo versions 2 and 3 were ported to work in Mac OS 8-9, but Intel decided it wasn't worth the resources to port it to Mac OS X.
So, you are stuck with a few options. Either get AVI content that uses a codec that's built into QuickTime, use Virtual PC to play said AVI, or get a cheap PC for your porn playback. Oops, I meant "multimedia" playback.
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1. get the original divx codec ( <a href="http://divx.com"; target="_blank">divx.com</a> )
2. use divx doctor 2 to convert it to a 3ivx movie <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=14266&db=mac"; target="_blank">vt link</a>
3. try videolan client ( <a href="http://www.videolan.org"; target="_blank">vlc</a>
vlc always worked well for me
hope this helps
<strong>hrm, there are quite a few options:
1. get the original divx codec ( <a href="http://divx.com"; target="_blank">divx.com</a> )
2. use divx doctor 2 to convert it to a 3ivx movie <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=14266&db=mac"; target="_blank">vt link</a>
3. try videolan client ( <a href="http://www.videolan.org"; target="_blank">vlc</a>
vlc always worked well for me
hope this helps</strong><hr></blockquote>
got the first one but i cant view any avi files it sux. any thing i can do. i know theres some other file out there but i forgot the name.
I've never really understood why Macs can't view AVI files. but I really think the problem is more legal than technical.
"An" AVI decoder? Which AVI decoder? That's part of the problem. There are several. And I think each one has its own legal issues.
I've never really understood why Macs can't view AVI files. but I really think the problem is more legal than technical.<hr></blockquote>
You know, I don't get it either. At work, I have some Indeo-encoded AVIs, which work well with QT in OS9, but not in OSX. I find that so annoying.
I end up exporting the AVIs under QT in Classic, and then reading them in again under OSX.
VLC (<a href="http://videolan.org"; target="_blank">www.videolan.org</a>) seems to read the other AVIs well, but I haven't tried exporting from there. I don't even know if it's possible. I use it mainly to watch SVCDs.
Yeah, about SVCDs and the Mac... okay, that's another topic.
<strong>vlc has worked quite well for me.. but for some reason it requires Thousands of colors. odd.</strong><hr></blockquote>
you sure you got the latest version ?
i had that problem too, but 0.4.4 fixed it.
VLC
program rocks, just make sure you have the latest build.
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you sure you got the latest version ?
i had that problem too, but 0.4.4 fixed it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
i downloaded that lan gard thinggy but once i opean it do i just insttall the cone thinggy picture. i did that as well opeaned a avi didnt work.
<strong>i got a avi movie. and i cant view it dont got the right compression for osx quick time. how do i view it. what files do i need to down load. i know theres a thing cuase i used to hve it. let me know asap.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Can we ask just exactly what it is that you have in AVI format that you need to see ASAP? Inquiring minds need to know!
<strong>avi & exe - there the ONLY things i cant run on my mac - apart from that .. nowt.</strong><hr></blockquote>Wrong. AVI files play fine on Macs.
<img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> Sheesh, I'm surprised this discussion has gone on so long without a correct answer to this predicament.
An AVI file is a movie container, similar to a QuickTime movie. QuickTime can play AVI files just fine.
However, like QuickTime, AVI files have their own sets of codecs. There are video codecs and audio codecs. While Apple has several of these included with QuickTime, it certainly does not have all of them. That would require the people who first wrote the codec for the PC to come and code a version for the Mac. That just isn't going to happen. Intel, for example, has several codecs that many AVIs use called Indeo. Indeo versions 2 and 3 were ported to work in Mac OS 8-9, but Intel decided it wasn't worth the resources to port it to Mac OS X.
So, you are stuck with a few options. Either get AVI content that uses a codec that's built into QuickTime, use Virtual PC to play said AVI, or get a cheap PC for your porn playback. Oops, I meant "multimedia" playback.
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