<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes...but that's not exactly a common format for the run-of-the-mill user. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm not aware of a "master codec installer" out there for the Macintosh. I mean, how many codecs do you come across?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Stroller wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Many AVI files are playable with VLC (an alternative media player), but many are not playable because the needed codecs don't exist for the Mac.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Yeah, I know about VLC. But I'm pretty sure I've seen things like installers for DivX codecs for Quicktime.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Stroller.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>