Xvid component for QuickTime

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Xvid component for QuickTime

After downloading an avi file sent by my son of our grandaughter, a pop up window from QuickTime said I needed an XviD component in order to play it. After downloading the binary component, it says to drag the XviD_codec 1.0 alpha.component into Library/QuickTime. I could not find a QuickTime file in Library, so I created one then did as instructed. When I try to open the avi file I can only get sound, but no picture. What am I doing wrong?

imac 20", Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 14, 2010 11:49 AM

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Klaus1

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Feb 14, 2010 2:55 PM in response to tiskilwa

Welcome to the forums!

Download and install the free Perian, which allows Quicktime to play most AVI files:

Perian from http://perian.org/

You should read this support page http://perian.org/#support in case you need to delete older codecs.

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tiskilwa Author

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Feb 17, 2010 12:00 PM in response to Klaus1

I downloaded Perian Then Tried to open The AVI file in QuickTime with Perian and I could still only get sound with no picture. I spoke with our daughter who said she received and opened the file on her PC with out a problem.

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Klaus1

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Feb 17, 2010 3:29 PM in response to tiskilwa

I downloaded Perian Then Tried to open The AVI file in QuickTime with Perian

Not sure what you did there.

Did you install Perian, which is a Preference Pane in System Preferences and acts seamlessly with Quicktime.

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tiskilwa Author

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Feb 18, 2010 7:42 AM in response to Klaus1

First I opened the file in QuickTime, which resulted in sound only and no picture. Then I went to Finder and opened the file using Perian with QuickTime, which gave me the same result.
Yes Perian is in my Perference window.

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Klaus1

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Feb 18, 2010 8:41 AM in response to tiskilwa

In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/

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tiskilwa Author

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Feb 18, 2010 10:14 AM in response to Klaus1

After reading your last post it dawned on me that I needed to drag the Xvid download into HD/Library/QuickTime then restart my computer and then was able to see the movie in QuickTime. Thank you very much for your help.

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Klaus1

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Feb 18, 2010 10:19 AM in response to tiskilwa

You're welcome - glad you got there in the end! 🙂

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