Sounds like they might have been encoded with a codec you don't have installed, such as DivX. Get and install DivX from www.divx.com. Tony On 8-Nov-05, at 2:09 PM, Hector I. Macedo wrote: > I have downloaded a couple of .avi shorts that supposedly open with > QuickTime, but when I try to open them QuickTime tell me that it > lacks certain "extensions". I'm running 10.4.3 and the latest > update of QT. Any one knows what to do to open them? > > Thanks > > > Hector I. Macedo "Lord of > the Flies" > Dallas, TX 75248 > > "Piscaro Itaque dicet mendacium" > > > Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, > And on the back a speckled feather binds; > So just the colours shine through ev'ry part, > That nature seems to live again in art. > John Gay > Rural Sports 1720 > > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984