On 26/7/08 3:07 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all > > i am presently offshore on a seismic ship and have been given some > digital movies that have a suffix of .divx and a couple of .avi and > .mpg. > > These came from PC machines that are used by the crew to watch on > large screen TV's during time off using a media player of some kind > (in lieu of dvds). They look really good on the TV too. > > I have a macbook pro 15" with 10.5.2 and quicktime on (not pro). Are > there other software programs that I can download to use to watch on > my machine that anyone knows of? I imagine quicktime pro would open > the mpg (it is xVid Mpeg 4 codec) but I dont have it here. > > Could I run the .divx movies in Windows on bootcamp perhaps? > > Any help is much appreciated > > kind regards to all > > chris > > Hi Chris You want to grab VLC and Perian. While you're at it, get FLip4Mac as well. If the above don't play Divx, which I think they do (wihtout going to check) then you can also get Divx player as well. Just search Versiontracker for divx. These are different types of players that come in very handy. (And if you don't have RealPlayer, the latest Flash and Shockwave grab those at the same time as well.) You can get all of them from Versiontracker. <http://www.versiontracker.com> That should get it all going for you. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
