VLC is a great player but giving codec support to QuickTime gives all
the QT dependent apps access as well. So Safari should be able to play
an embedded video and such. It can be kinda handy to not have to depend
on VLC.
CB
On 2/28/12 8:13 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi
I've never seen an AVI with a modern proprietary codec. DivX sure, but DivX can
be played by just about anything these days. If you want to be able to play
just about any unencrypted audio or video format out there, grab vlc from
http://www.videolan.org/vlc
It's always been accessible on the Mac and the new interface with version 2.0
is even more so.
hth
On Feb 28, 2012, at 7:21 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
As far as the AVIs go, it depends. AVI is a container like Quicktime which can
contain any number of tracks encoded in any number of formats. So some AVIs you
can play with QuickTime and some might have proprietary codecs you'll never be
able to play. One add-on I use called Perian allows Quicktime to handle a raft
of other codecs like Xiph Vorbis, Divx and Indeo:
http://perian.org/
I would start with that. While you're at it you should probably get Flip4Mac
which allows QT to play Windows Media if it isn't DRMed:
http://www.telestream.net/update-check/wmv/wmv-update-player.htm
look for the Free Download Link.
CB
On 2/28/12 3:56 AM, Jamil Zuleta wrote:
hey all. i have two more questions about the mac mini. 1. how do i
play avi videos on my mac? 2. i have lion so when i download a file
such a db book when i go to the download folder it will say the title
of the folder and it will say image. but when i go to finder and go to
users and my name and then go to download the folder or file is their
but with no image. is their a way that i can just go to my downloads
folder without having to go to finder user and my name? sorry if this
is confusing. thanks for all the help in advanced. Jamil
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