[X4U] .avi files: blank screen with Quicktime player

[Wayne Wilkin]

Thanks for the info on the codec, that's what I needed to. Been  
waiting for this, thanks again.

On Sep 11, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:

> On Sep 11, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Germain M. wrote:
>
>
>> I dl some .avi files but to my surprise, Quicktime player doesn't  
>> read them. I can hear the sound but the screen in the window  
>> player is snow white. A visit at Apple site suggests some other  
>> players like VCD X. Same thing with this player. I don't know a  
>> thing about codecs and things like that. What is there to do to  
>> have Quicktime player show them?
>>
>> Here's what the "Info on sequence (french) " window of Quicktime  
>> player tells me: "MPEG de couche 3, Stéréo, 24,000 Khz
>> XVID, 512 x 384, Millions".
>>
>
> Good job on discovering the Codec. As you can see this file is  
> using the XVID codec for video and MPEG Layer 3 for Audio.
>
> If you want QuickTime Player to play them you should download and  
> install the XVID codec here:
> <http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~naegelic/index.php>
>
> Or the DivX codec from here:
> <http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/>
>
> Or you can use VLC from here:
> <http://videolan.org/>
>
> Or you can use MPlayer from here:
> <http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/>
>
> At this point there seems to be some compatibility issues with DivX  
> and QuickTime 7. So it's probably best to use VLC or Mplayer for  
> the time being.
> --
> Nick Scalise
> nickscalise at cox.net
>
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