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

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snowboard07

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Q: unable to open .avi file

I've tried to open my .avi fles but it all says on Quicktime that "a required codec is not available".

It's currently the same for ALL my .avi files.

Didn't have a problem with it previously.

Any clue why?

Quicktime, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jul 4, 2013 1:13 AM

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by Carolyn Samit,

Carolyn Samit Jul 4, 2013 1:22 AM in response to snowboard07
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Jul 4, 2013 1:22 AM in response to snowboard07

Try this support artilce > QuickTime: About Playing .AVI Files
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by snowboard07,

snowboard07 Jul 5, 2013 2:18 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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Jul 5, 2013 2:18 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

I Tried what was suggested on your link but I can't even open the file as it says the codec is missing. But I can't find out what codec is missing.
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