 |
 |
avi file on Q4 (latest)
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mexico
Status:
Offline
|
|
Does someone knows how can I play an avi file on a mac. I have the latest Q4, 9.0.4...
And I also have the indeo 5 video codec...
If I try to view the movie´s info, it does not shows the codec version or type.
Any suggestions would be useful, Thanks.
|
|
K peks acuamants
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 1999
Status:
Offline
|
|
i suggest you search this QT forum and if you are bold, you can try emailing 'Feathers', an erstwhile member of these fora with formidable info
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Chicago
Status:
Offline
|
|
First, you need QuickTime Pro to use the Indeo codecs.
Second, the Indeo 5 codec does not replace the Indeo 3 and Indeo 4 codecs. You should have all three on your computer.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Palatine, IL
Status:
Offline
|
|
Crud, AVI's play just fine with QT Player, or any other QT thing (browser plugin, AppleWorks...). You don't need anything besides QT. Even QT3 played AVI's, maybe earlier versions did too.
|
<a href="http://www.macronyms.com" target="_blank">  </a>
kelsevinal: i am impervious to your "nerd" attacks
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mexico
Status:
Offline
|
|
Thanks for the help...
But it all worked when I downloaded the divx player!!!
I tried everything, how the hell was I going to know that the avi file had the mpeg4 and mp3 layer format!!
I´ve never seen that before
Best REgards
|
|
K peks acuamants
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: South Pole
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by MacOS761:
Crud, AVI's play just fine with QT Player, or any other QT thing (browser plugin, AppleWorks...). You don't need anything besides QT. Even QT3 played AVI's, maybe earlier versions did too.
Ditto, I've never understood this "...how do you..." question. QT does and The Intel Raw Video and Indeo extensions come as part of "Internet Access B1.2 or later(and maybe earlier)"
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: South Pole
Status:
Offline
|
|
P.S. Anybody know what erstwhile means? 
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 1999
Status:
Offline
|
|
'twas meant as a dig of sorts... meaning that you seemed to have split the scene here at MacNN
but as usual i was wrong!
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Palatine, IL
Status:
Offline
|
|
Umm.. I was thinking, isn't AVI kind of a "wrapper"? Can you maybe put different types of stuff "into" it, which would need other types of extensions, etc. to play? Maybe I'm making this up, but it would explain...
|
<a href="http://www.macronyms.com" target="_blank"> </a>
kelsevinal: i am impervious to your "nerd" attacks
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: South Pole
Status:
Offline
|
|
Yes, AVI is a wrapper that tends to contain a video track compressed with a codec from a narrower selection of codecs than available though QT. Most frequently one of the Indeo's (3,4,5) or Cinepak or the old h261 or MPEG4 or the plain video or none codecs!!!
The most common cause of the failure to play .avi's is the Indeo codecs missing or the Intel Raw Video extension missing. But of course, if people searched the archives this info is SO readily available, they shouldn't need to post at all. On the other hand, "...search the archives..." replies all the time would get a bit tedious if not totally impolite.
A quick trip to www.codeccentral.com/ or www.terran.com/ will sort out most people and a lot more besides.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
