Quicktime OS X Mavericks

Khalid, this is what I've done to get everything working in Mavericks.

Start with QT 7.6.6. - http://support.apple.com/kb/DL923

Get Perian, and install it. - http://perian.org

then VLC, - http://videolan.org

DivX - http://divx.com - and the

Flip4Mac package from Telestream - http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/

This is what I've put into my system and so far I've gotten every file to run fine, even my oldest videos.

This is codecs you should see.

In System/Library/QuickTime

ApleIntermediateCodec.component

AppleMPEG2Codec.component* (*optional if you buy it)

DivX Decoder.component

Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component

Flip4Mac WMV Export.component

Flip4Mac WMV Import.component

In your Home/Library/QuickTime/

AC3MovieImport.component

Perian.component

For AC3 sound that is in most .mkv files, you need the A52Codec.component, here:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34821905/A52Codec.component.zip - unzip the file and put the component into the System/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components

Go back to your Perian settings and in the Audio Output button, set it to 'Multi Channel Sound' - Ignore the message Perian puts up and select it.

By doing a 'Get Info' on your files and where it says 'Open With' and default them to the QuickTime 7 - Perian no longer will work with QuickTime Player so you must have QT 7.6.6 and set it so it is the default for all the filetypes you use.

It should work perfectly. So far I've gotten ALL my old videos to play.

.avi, .mov (with the AC3 sound), .wmv, .flv, .mp4 and .m4v.

For web videos, make sure to go to Adobe and get FlashPlayer - http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Regards,

Deb.

Hello Deborah,

I followed your steps and I am kind of lost so maybe you can help me. I have installed OS X Mavericks.

In this step:

"In System/Library/QuickTime

ApleIntermediateCodec.component

AppleMPEG2Codec.component* (*optional if you buy it)

DivX Decoder.component

Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component

Flip4Mac WMV Export.component

Flip4Mac WMV Import.component"

I could not find it. I went to macintoshHD, system, library, quicktime. All I see was AppleGVAHW, ApplePixletVideo. So instead I tried MacintsohHD, libray, quicktime and the following are listed:

ApleIntermediateCodec.component

AppleMPEG2Codec.component

DivX Decoder.component

DivX Encoder.component

Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component

Flip4Mac WMV Export.component

Flip4Mac WMV Import.component

I also could not locate

"In your Home/Library/QuickTime/

AC3MovieImport.component

Perian.component"

Please help.

Can you see your user Library folder like here? http://home.comcast.net/~foodandart/MacForums/HomeLibrary.jpg

If not, go to inside your Home folder. Up in the Finder menu, go to View and down to View Options.

Select 'Show Library Folder'.

http://home.comcast.net/~foodandart/MacForums/ShowLibrary.jpg

Home/Library should now be visible and you can find the QuickTime components and also install the audio plug-in component.

Good luck,

Deb.

PERIAN is a DEAD project.

Updated A52Codec.component that you have to download and put in: /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components after installing perian:

https://subler.googlecode.com/files/A52Codec.component.zip

Thank you so much. All the other links for a52 were dead. thank you.

thank you kcygan, worked perfectly and instantly. can't believe it took me hours to find such a simple solution.

For whatever reason, A52Codec.component did not enable the audio in .mkv files in QuickTime Player 7 when I placed it in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components and restarted QT Player 7. It did, however, enable the audio when I copied it to ~/Library/QuickTime, which is where Perian.component was installed already. Just a tip if anyone else is having trouble figuring out where to put it.