I reposted the thread under its own title. Someone started this thread by replying to another one. I can't stand it when that happens. Confusing as hell and one of the biggest problems with this forum. Always has been.
I just wish people would think about what they are doing and not just hit reply and start a completely unrelated topic. It's inconsiderate and frustrating. Oh well. The previous thread has been hijacked again – for the third time. On Apr 12, 10:53 am, John Musbach <[email protected]> wrote: > What is this??? I don't think we need a transcript of the thread. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Mac128 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Power Macintosh > > Apr 12, 2:00 am > > > Unfortunately with the advent of Mac OS X it is becoming increasingly > > hard to locate software to allow older Macintosh computers to > > operate. > > I have a Power Macintosh 8500 upgraded to a 500 MHz G3 and currently > > have it running Mac OS 9.1. I was interested in being able to play AVI > > videos on the machine however I have no idea about how to go about it. > > I believe Quicktime needs some sort of extension or CoDec, I just > > don't know what the software would be called in order to try and > > locate it. > > Do any of you have experience with OS 9 and playing of AVI videos? Any > > help would be appreciated. > > -S > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Gregg Eshelman > > Apr 12, 2:25 am > > Since Microsoft has pretty much abandoned Macintosh for non-Office > > software, you have to go with 3rd party software to play non-Quicktime > > videos. > > AVI is like MOV in that it's a container file format which can hold > > audio, video and subtitle streams in a wide variety of formats. > > There's also two types of AVI, old and new. The old type is limited to > > a maximum of 2 gigabytes. The new type is essentially unlimited in > > size, except on a FAT16 or FAT32 volume it can only be up to 2 gig. > > So to play AVI on a Mac a player app must both support the AVI > > container format and must have codecs for the audio and video streams > > in the AVI. If you want to display subtitles the player has to have > > support for that too. > > The three most common subtitle formats are SRT, SSA (Sub-Station > > Alpha) and ASS (Advanced Sub-Station). > > A couple of other container formats you may want to play are OGM (Ogg > > Media) which usually has an OGG codec compressed audio stream, and MKV > > (Matroska) which is sort of an advanced version of AVI. There's some > > audio and video codecs that AVI isn't supposed to be able to contain > > (but they've been shoehorned in and there are players that'll play the > > files), Matroska can contain pretty much any sort of video and audio > > streams. > > What's become just about the most common video codec is Divx and its > > open source clone Xvid. (Spelled backwards due to Xvid being reverse > > engineered from Divx.) > > For Windows the easiest solution is the CCCP, no not the Soviet Union, > > the Combined Community Codec Pack, which also includes player > > software. > > I dunno of anything comparable for OS X. > > P.S. Be happy IBM's weird OS/2 version of the AVI format never went > > aywhere! There's an example AVI that came with OS/2 3.0 that I never > > could get to play on anything but OS/2 3.0. > > > joshua macdonald > > Apr 12, 2:53 am > > > ok as for this issue vlc media player always works ;-) > > in regards,joshua macdonaldMacNova communicationsDartmouth > > NS(902)401-1966 > > This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is > > addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > > Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e- > > mail by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If > > you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender > > immediately and delete the material from any computer and/or device > > that contains information from or about this email. > > > - Show quoted text - > > > Scott Holder > > Apr 12, 6:34 am > > On 4/12/2010 5:00 AM, Power Macintosh wrote: > > > - Show quoted text - > > I haven't had any personal experience, but a friend of mine one > > mentioned playing some media withhttp://www.mireth.com/pub/mvme.html > > . > > No personal connection, haven't tried it myself, YMMV, etc etc. > > There apparently were addons for QT for OS 9 that allowed it to play > > WMA/WMV, 3ivx, and some other formats, but every link I've found is > > broken. Might be hiding somewhere on the nooks of the web. > > Scott > > > Reply Reply to author Forward Report spam Rate > > this post: > > > Dan > > View profile > > More options Apr 12, 7:21 am > > At 9:00 AM +0000 4/12/2010, Power Macintosh wrote: > >>Unfortunately with the advent of Mac OS X it is becoming > >>increasingly hard to locate software to allow older Macintosh > >>computers to operate. > > > Google is your friend. > > Especially search these LEM lists. Issues such as this have been > > discussed over and over. > >>Power Macintosh 8500 upgraded to a 500 MHz G3 > >>Mac OS 9.1. > >>I was interested in being able to play AVI videos on the machine > >>however I have no idea about how to go about it. I believe Quicktime > >>needs some sort of extension or CoDec, I just don't know what the > >>software would be called in order to try and locate it. > > > See the other replies. Bottom line: AVI is a container that can > > contain data formatted many ways. The most common are: the old > > Indeo codecs, various MS (some proprietary) wmv, and now DivX. > > The Indeo codecs are available via Apple's web site. > > If it's an older windows media video codec, then try this player from > > Microsoft: > >http://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/Windows%20Media%20Player%207.1%20Insta... > > If it's a newer wmv codec, then you're probably out of luck on OS 9. > > If it's DivX, then get an older release from divx.com. > > HTH, > > - Dan. > > -- > > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > > King Cheetah > > Apr 12, 7:53 am > > Okay, a quick look through my old CD's of retroware, I came up with > > the following Codecs: > > AC3, DivX 5.1, Invidia 5, WMA QT, Xvid 4.5, i263 decoder, MPEG2, and > > Ogg Vorbis. > > Properly installed in Quicktime 6 yeilds fairly good results in OS > > 9.2.2. > > In truth, your best bet is to use a converter like EasyWMV to convert > > Avi.s into Mpgs or MP4s for playing in classic > > --- On Mon, 4/12/10, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Scott Holder <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Playing AVI on Mac OS > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 8:34 AM > > On 4/12/2010 5:00 AM, Power Macintosh wrote: > > Unfortunately with the advent of Mac OS X it is becoming increasingly > > hard to locate software to allow older Macintosh computers to > > operate. > > I have a Power Macintosh 8500 upgraded to a 500 MHz G3 and currently > > have it running Mac OS 9.1. I was interested in being able to play > > AVI > > videos on the machine however I have no idea about how to go about > > it. > > I believe Quicktime needs some sort of extension or CoDec, I just > > don't > > know what the software would be called in order to try and locate it. > > Do any of you have experience with OS 9 and playing of AVI videos? > > Any > > help would be appreciated. > > -S > > I haven't had any personal experience, but a friend of mine one > > mentioned playing some media withhttp://www.mireth.com/pub/mvme.html > > . > > No personal connection, haven't tried it myself, YMMV, etc etc. > > There apparently were addons for QT for OS 9 that allowed it to play > > WMA/WMV, 3ivx, and some other formats, but every link I've found is > > broken. Might be hiding somewhere on the nooks of the web. > > Scott > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > > -- > Best Regards, > > John Musbach -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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