I am trying to watch some .avi files on my Powerbook with Quicktime 5 pro.....however it tells me that it does not have the right compression files...and I cannot d'l them.
So what to do? Is there another program I can use to either convert these files to .mov or .mpg (.mov prefered), or to view them? I am running 9.2.2, but I have OS X, does that make a difference? I don't think it should, but maybe it does.
Interesting - I have the same thing in Mac OS X. Perhaps there is something that Apple aren't telling us about the "AVI" decompression? My AVI was created using a PC quickcam video clip.
I haven't found a solution yet.
For OS X, I don't know of any specific decoders but http://swiki.cc.gatech.edu:8080/dvfx2000/91.history might be helpful. Given there is a decoder for Linux there must be one for BSD/Unix?
I had a bit more of a look around..
John McGowan's site had a couple of converters (http://www.jmcgowan.com/aviconvert.html) - so far the converters I've tried had either left out the sound or the video.
Nope - didn't work - apparently the avi is encoded with newer codecs than those available to the converter. Might have to look at multiple steps. Haven't checked the *nix stuff out yet. Still trying to get my head around Project Builder to put front ends on stuff.
I hear that there was a version of DivX for mac, and that it would play avi's in OS X. cnet.com had it in there d/l section, but I could never get it to d/l to my hard drive. Anyone have any experience with that?
cnet also has a converter, but it wouldn't convert audio or video either.
Thanks, I d/led Mac DivX, and it works! I had to use DivX Doctor to get the Audio and Video working right, but it does work under 9.2.2.
Thanks again for all your help, AO wins again!