Why can't I play my AVI file?

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Why can't I play my AVI file?

Friend of mine sent me a video through Dropbox, and it was in AVI file. I tried to watched but my Quicktime Media was not letting me. How can I fix this problem?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Dec 28, 2012 12:04 AM

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Answer 1

mende1

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Dec 28, 2012 12:06 AM in response to pabloandres

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities

QuickTime isn't compatible with AVI. Instead, install VLC > http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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Methi99

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Dec 28, 2012 1:48 AM in response to pabloandres

Or a free Mac App Store App called 'MPlayer X' is also good at playing any sort of files!

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Yer_Man

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Dec 28, 2012 4:33 AM in response to pabloandres

avi is not really a file format, but rather a container for a wide range of video created with any of a large number of Codecs. So, not all avi are the same. You can add codecs to QuickTime if you install Perian

Regards

TD

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