HT201290: If QuickTime Player can't open an audio or video file

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Culebra65
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Q: AVI files copied from PC to new iMac are not playing. Message is The document “Mural.avi” could not be opened. A required codec isn't available.  As far as I know I have the moist recent version of quicktime.  HELP!  Please.

I cannot get the AVI files to play on my iMac.  They were copied over from the PC and I can see them but when trying to open them I get the message "The document “Mural.avi” could not be opened. A required codec isn't available."  As far as I know I have the most recent version og Qucktime.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 2, 2013 4:28 PM

by Niel,Solvedanswer
Niel Niel
Level 10 (314,533 points)
Mac OS X
A:

Try installing Perian or VLC. Some AVIs require a codec which simply isn't available for Mac OS X.

 

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Posted on Jul 2, 2013 4:31 PM

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