[X4U] Re: Playing avi files on QT

[Wayne Clodfelter]

Ok, Steven, and then what? Are you saying that by figuring out what 
codec you need you can get the file to play in QT?
If you can do that, I'm ready to sign up for classes <g>.
As far as avis being weird little proprietary codecs (or containing 
them), I don't really buy that, or they would give VLC and mPlayer 
fits, too. With VLC and mPlayer, avis just work! Why can't QT do that, 
too?
Not why can't, I suppose; why don't they?

On Jul 12, 2005, at 2:34 PM, Steven Rogers wrote:

>
> On Jul 12, 2005, at 1:14 PM, 
> x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:
>
>> How the heck do you play the avi files in Quicktime which is supposed
>> to be such a multiple format player?
>
> AVI is not a video format, its a container format (kind of like 
> QuickTime), so playing it depends entirely on what's inside. Asking 
> that QT play it is kind of like demanding that a competent mechanic 
> should be able to work on what's in your garage, just because it's in 
> there. AVIs can contain just about anything - like weird little 
> proprietary codecs made by people who create novelty devices, like the 
> little pen cams. If you know where the file came from, that's usually 
> enough info to figure out what codec you need.
>
> SR
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Regards,

Wayne Clodfelter
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