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    .avi files on OSX

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by xprohx, May 26, 2006.

  1. xprohx

    xprohx Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm a first time osx user and just realized the most of my movies are in .avi files and quicktime will not play this. I did a quick google search and did not find a definitive answer for what player or codec I have to install.

    What is everyone using to play .avi files on their mac? What are other windows video files I should worry about on the mac?

    thx
     
    xprohx, May 26, 2006
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  2. xprohx

    xprohx Notebook Evangelist

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    Found it, divx player for os x on the divx website.
     
    xprohx, May 26, 2006
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    biiscit Notebook Consultant

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    VLC Player will run everything without codecs.
     
    biiscit, May 26, 2006
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    xprohx Notebook Evangelist

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    OK, thx.

    New question, I downloaded and installed azureus but when I try to run it, the image shows up on the dock for a few seconds and disappears. The program doesn't run at all.

    *edit*

    You have to download the universal binary version. Found here...

    http://azureus.aelitis.com/wiki/index.php/Intel_Macs
     
    xprohx, May 26, 2006
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    I would highly recommend MPlayer (or MPlayer OSX as the Mac OS X version is called).
     
    Starlight, May 29, 2006
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