QuickTime Player Won't Play AVI files

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QuickTime Player Won't Play AVI files

I have QuickTime Player Version 10 installed on my laptop. I have an avi video clip that I would like to watch but I couldn't get it to work with QuickTime. When I try to play it via QuickTime I get this message "The document (name of clip) could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands. You may need to install additional software to open this type of file". And then I have the option to click OK or Tell Me More. I tried installing Flip4Mac but that didn't work either.

What additional software do I need to install in order to watch clips with QuickTime?

Message was edited by: Gazella*

Message was edited by: Gazella*

Macbook Air 11", Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 5:36 AM

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Gazella-__ Author

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Mar 16, 2011 8:15 AM in response to Gazella-__

Never mind. I got it to work by playing the file using a different media player other than QT player.

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Klaus1

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Mar 16, 2011 10:19 AM in response to Gazella-__

You need this:

Perian from http://perian.org/

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