required codec is not availible

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jneedshelp Author

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required codec is not availible

After down loading a movie i cant play it because required codec is not available.

What does this mean?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 20, 2013 1:46 PM

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Answer 1

dromney

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Jul 31, 2013 7:20 PM in response to jneedshelp

My question is the same as above, but I have a little more information. I have Ripped on of my DVDs, using handbrake and the Universal setting. This rips it with the H264 codec at level 3.0 and then has AC3 and AAC Audio. Quicktime tells me that I don't have the codec, but I am pretty sure that Quicktime supports the 3.0 H264 codec.

I also just barely reinstalled the OS trying to solve this, still no luck.

Any suggestions?

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ds store

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Jul 31, 2013 7:34 PM in response to dromney

VLC player for the Mac

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Answer 3

dromney

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Jul 31, 2013 7:56 PM in response to ds store

I guess I should have been more specific. I am not looking to work around the issue, I want to solve the issue. I know Quicktime supports H264. I can quickview the movies using the space bar, and watch them that way, but actually opening them in Quicktime throws the error. Is there a way to reinstall all quicktime codecs?

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