[X4U] QuickTime Codecs

[Michael Elliott]

Sorry i'm getting to this on my laptop, so this has already probably  
been answered.
All of those codecs listed on that page are sort of...exotic, at  
least for me.  Are you sure that this is just a "regular" video file  
that you're trying to open?  Could it possibly be an AVI file from  
the Windows world?  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.

Michael

On Dec 29, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Stroller wrote:

> Having just reinstalled the o/s on my Mac I went to open a video  
> file the other day & of course it failed.
>
> Helpfully Quicktime suggested I might get the codec from http:// 
> www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html but all these  
> links are to the main page for each codec - for each one I then  
> have to find the downloads page & follow a different set of  
> installation instructions.