XviD codec?

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XviD codec?

I purchased my first Mac yesterday and I was transfering some of my Windows files over to it. I have several .avi files that I believe are XviD encoded. When I tried to play one of these, quicktime came back and said that it needed to get an update from its site. I had a connection problem at the time and it was not able to download any files. Now when I try to play the files, it attempts to play them, without video and the audio is choppy. Is there a way that I can download this codec manually if there is one available? Does QuickTime Pro or the MPEG2 addon have support for additional codecs that will include XviD?

Thanks for any help!
Mark

Powerbook G4 17" 1.67GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jan 4, 2006 5:43 AM

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Answer 1

varjak paw

Level 10

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Jan 4, 2006 7:24 AM in response to MarkN

The only XviD plugin for QuickTime that I am aware of can be found here. It appears not to have been updated in a while, so I don't know it's compatibility with QuickTime 7.

Another possibility for playing XviD videos is VLC Media Player.

Hope this helps.

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Answer 2

Ricktoronto

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Jan 4, 2006 8:35 AM in response to MarkN

QT Pro has no more codecs than QT does and MPEG-2 is for MPEG-2. Try the free 3ivX codec - it will I think interpret XVid and some DivX as well within Quicktime.

VLC of course plays almost anything reasonable well.

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Answer 3

MarkN Author

Level 1

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Jan 4, 2006 10:02 AM in response to Ricktoronto

Thanks,

I will give 3ivx a try. According to the web site it should handle XviD and should be a simple plug in to Quicktime. If this does not work, I will try VLC.

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Answer 4

Mar 4, 2006 11:03 AM in response to varjak paw

Ooh, thanks! I needed to convert an XviD encoded .avi to .mov, and that worked perfectly! 😀

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