AVI import - missing quicktime component
I am trying to refine an existing AVI movie in FCE. I have dragged the 1.9gig AVI file into the FCE browser and it plays in a stuttering fashion in the viewer. So using the INSERT option I have added it to the timeline and attempted to render it to see if that will solve the problem. However, the render does not appear to work (ie. it completes before any message can be read - not sure there is one).
So I am trying to play the AVI in Quicktime, but this returns a message saying some Quicktime components are missing (its the latest Quicktime Pro player). Then I am redirected to a website which has many third party looking downloads without an references to AVI.
Can anyone help.
cheers
eric
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