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Play back certain .avi movies on Intel Macs
Authored by: teledeus on May 13, '06 09:14:57AM
My understanding is that to play back most AVI movies in Quicktime Player you would need the Divx or 3ivx codec installed on your machine. Some programs, like Toast, come with the Divx codec. However, you can also find them online. Try installing these codecs on your PowerPC machines first.
The whole endian theory discussed above seems unlikely to me. Try using VLC Player or Mplayer. I bet they play the file.
Also, replacing a system file from a PowerPC Mac with one from an Intel Mac seems like a sure way to screw things up. Use Software Update if you need the latest version of things.

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Play back certain .avi movies on Intel Macs
Authored by: BradMacPro on May 14, '06 07:54:06PM

Latest vlc 0.8.5 is now avilable in a intel only version and it plays most .avi file very well. at least the PPC version for my dual 2GHz PM G5.



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