[scaught]

ibook. 300mhz. 192 megs ram.

i cant get avi files to play. sometimes theres sound. sometimes not. never any video at all. i was using QT4, just downloaded QT5beta, no good with either. can anyone help in this oh so not desperate situation?

[Cipher13]

Problem is, avi's are often different.
AVI isn't really a format, its a wrapper file, and within that, there is audio and video, compressed with certain codecs.
You need those codecs to view an AVI.
Say the AVI is compressed with... mp3 for sound, and divx for movie - you need codecs for those two formats to view that avi.
But, that won't mean you can watch an avi that has different codecs used...
Know what I mean?
First of all, download all of the Indeo codecs from Apple.
Go to http://asu.info.apple.com and search for "Indeo" or "intel".
Install those for starters... see if that works.
I also recommend you use Mac DivX player for avi's - http://mac.divx.st.
That requires Windows Media Player 6.3 for Mac to work...
HTH...

Cipher13

[This message has been edited by Cipher13 (edited 02-20-2001).]

[PMG4DP]

I downloaded the Indeo 5 codec from apple and it play's AVI's fine. So give it a shot. I found it off of http://asu.info.apple.com do a search for indeo like cipher said.

Cheers.

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"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler


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[PMG4DP]

I downloaded the Indeo 5 codec from apple and it play's AVI's fine. So give it a shot. I found it off of http://asu.info.apple.com do a search for indeo like cipher said.

Cheers.

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"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler

Translation..."One people, one empire, one leader"