On Feb 24, 2004, at 9:29 AM, lovek wrote:I've had no problem playing AVI's. I think you have to download additional support for it though. When you're connected to the internet run QT update and click on the custom button to allow you to install additional plugins. I can't remember which one it is though-I just checked every single one. DOn't worry if you have dial-up, it'll only take 15-30 min to install all the plugins (though longer if you need to update the rest, the plugins themselves are less them 1MB total I think (about 30k each, though I can't remember totally). DivX is a free download as well, though I don't think i had it installed.
On Feb 24, 2004, at 8:16 AM, Jim Pendarvis wrote:
I have encountered some AVI files that Quicktime (6.4) attempts to play, but then tells me it is missing a plug-in and that it's not available for download.
What is the mysterious plug-in and how would I get it?
Unfortunately, the 'plugin' is probably Windows Media Player...:-(
sometimes you can convert them with divX
Only if they're divX-encoded AVI's...WMP will be a lot more specific about what format the AVI is.
This generally pisses me off about QT lately, though...*older* versions played a lot more formats :-(
If the QT update tells you the server is unavailible, try again a couple of times. It shoulds eventually work.
The option to add in the plugins can also be accessed by selecting the "Install additional third-party software" option when you launch QT update (from within the QT settings control panel or tab of the system prefs in OS X)
Jesse
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