Playing AVI files in Front Row

Hi, is there anyway I can play avi files in front row without having to convert them to .mov? I could not find any avi plugins for quicktime.

,avi is a container, like .mov, which can contain any number of different codecs.
I would suggest that you download Perian
http://perian.org/
which converts most codecs to something Quicktime can play.
Whether you can then play them in Front Row is another matter - to be honest I am not sure.

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No sound from playing avi files in front row.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can play my avi files from front row when I put them into the movies folder...however, the music just won't play!!!~~~~~~
is anyone else having this problem?
anyone with a solution?
please please help!!!!

I'm assuming these are Divx movies? Have you installed the latest AC3 codec, this worked for me:
You need a file called "AC3 Codec.component"
Do a search and you can find it to download, and try that. This got my audio working in Front Row on my MacBook Pro
You can download it here:
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Audio/AC3-Codec.shtml

Playing .avi files in Front Row has stopped

Hi,
I've had my iMac for about 3.5yrs and Front Row has always read .mp4, .m4v and .avi files with no problems (providing i navigate to /Movies/Movies Folder, not /TV Shows because that only reads .mp4 files the same as iTunes & Apple TV), up until a couple of days ago. When i navigate to an .avi file now it plays the file, has the correct time length indicated but all have no sound and black screens.
Is anyone aware of any updates that could've stopped this? how it was casued or know how to get around it?
Thanks.
TG

What version of OS X are you running? Front Row was withdrawn with the advent of Lion.

Can't play movie files in front row...

Hello,
I just got a new Macbook Pro (With lepoard) and cannot get my movie to play in Front Row. I could do it no problem in Tiger. I keep getting the message "The selected video could not be played--the format was not recognized."
The picture of the video shows up next to it, but it does not play and gives the above message.
Please help me out, as this is extremely frustrating. Thanks.

I had the same problem (only with the trailers and top (Movies and TV), it was resolved (unfortunately I don't remember how, may be with an upgrade) and now I have it again. These are files created by apple therefore there is no reason why a 3rd party codec would be needed to play them.

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I recently updated my OS to 10.6.3 from 10.5.x. The install stuffed up a few times and I ended up doing a wipe of the install disc and changing out the RAM to get it to finally work. Since then, I haven't been able to play some video formats in both Quicktime/Front Row or VLC (first time I have ever had trouble playing a video in VLC). I have DivX, Flip4Mac and Perian all installed (like I did before the update) and most files play, except for some .m4v files. It's weird because some of the .m4v files do play, and some don't. All the files played before the 10.6 update.
When I try to open the files in Quicktime, it gives me the message 'the document .... could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that Quicktime understands'. It says I may need to install additional software, but thats all installed.
In VLC it gave me a message which I can't seem to get it to give again, something about the files being unplayable and it can not be fixed.
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I found that I had that problem as well. I've found most of the time the files can be played in Quicktime 7, however Quicktime X (included with 10.6 seems to have problems with a few versions of M4V, also VLC has the same problem, but Quicktime 7 seems to have no issue. I know it must be a compression scheme that is no longer supported, but I don't know how to find out what it is and how to get Quicktime X to identify the Codec.

How to play .cdr files in Front Row without Toast

I just created an image of a few personal home DVD's using the Disk Utility and created as a CD/DVD Master images having extension .cdr . They load fine and I am able to play them via DVD Player, but I wish to see it in Front Row.
I found from the internet that one can use Toast to load such images but I do not have Toast and cannot shell out USD 70/80 for it.
I cannot use Disk Assist as well since this will mean I will have to copy folder from disk to another folder which will be a pain. I certainly will not want to have 2 copies. I don't wish to delete the .CDR .
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Try the Front Row forum at http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1164

Cannot Play MP4 Files on Front Row and Quicktime

Hi guys,
I cannot play any MP4 files on QT or FR. They play fine on VLC which is strange as I never had a problem before. I have the latest version of QT and didnt repair permissions on upgrade!

Panther: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forpanther.html
Tiger: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731fortiger.html
Leopard: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forleopard.html
It was on the thread I posted below

Black screen when trying to playback AVI filed in Front Row

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I just installed PERIAN for playing AVI files in QuickTime. QuickTime plays AVI files just fine but when trying do play same movie in Front Row I just get black screen and no sound. I guess playback is working as I can do fast forward etc, but there is no picture and no sound.
My system is Intel MBP C2D 2.0Ghz using OS X 10.4.10.
Any help?
Message was edited by: PrimozJume

upgrade to 10.4.11 solved the problem.

How do i play avi files on macbook pro

Hi, I'm having problems playing .avi files on my macbook pro. Have donloaded DivX and Flip for mac but neither seems to help. .wmv files are fine.
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Go here and read this article. It's pretty good.
Clinton

HT3775 hi, what do i need to do to play AVI file on my new macbook pro

hi, what do i need to do to play AVI file on my new macbook pro

Try installing Perian.
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WMV3Server plays avi files containing WMV3/9 video and MP3 audio

WMV3Server
To play avi files with WMV3/9 video and MP3 audio encoding on Mac OS X as of 2005-01-24 you will need:
Mac OS X 10.2 or later
WMV3Server
Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X
An .avi file containing WMV3 video and MP3 audio.
Instructions:
Launch the WMV3Server java application and click the "Open" button.
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Next, click the "Start" button. The movie will be cached and WMV3Server will display "Server Started"
Open Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X. Pull down the "File" menu on the menu bar at the top of the screen and select "Open URL..." Enter the following address:
mmst://localhost:1755/
Windows Media Player should connect, buffer and play.
The download page (in Japanese) for WMV3Server is here:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bay/8128/
The download link is:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bay/8128/WMV3Server-0.4.zip

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ITunes movie playback - play several files in a row?

Hi, I've been using iTunes 7 for playing .mp4 files on my comp.
I have a TV show series, so I want to play them in iTunes in a long sequence, so that I don't have to click the mouse when every episode ends. But, I want to watch them all in fullscreen!
If I'm watching one episode in fullscreen, and click the next button on the remote, it'll play the next one, but not in fullscreen.
can anyone help me?
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Michael,
You saved me a lot of anquish! Thanks for the quick reply too!
I would like to reward you with a gift of a free CD for your quick and effective solution to my problem. Please send me your mailing address and I will send you a CD which I'm sure you will enjoy...
David Wirth

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I've just got an IMAC Intel core 2 Duo and I'm having trouble playing shared music via Front Row. I have five accounts on my machine and can play any shared music via itunes but cannot access them via Front Row...........any ideas?

If you had the option of storing your media on a separate hard drive, I guess I'd have to ask for a few more details about your current arrangement before making any more recommendations. For example, why do you have five different user accounts, all logged in, all playing iTunes and all sharing songs at the same time? Could you not consolidate all of the media onto the Mac mini (or an external drive plugged into the Mac mini) and have the Mac mini doing all the iTunes sharing? So, when another user wants to listen to some music, they can play it from the Mac mini, rather than the other way around?
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Niel wrote:
A few AVIs just can't be played on the Mac.
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So true. I insall Perian, Flip4Mac (because they work so well with Quicktime) and always have MPEG Streamclip on hand and anything I can't play now, well I really don't worry about. Have never tried MPlayerX but looks like it may be worth a punt.

Please help! Playing .avi files in QT Pro

I have installed Perian, been to the Apple Store, and searched high and low for the answer, but cannot figure out how to play .avi files in QuickTime Pro. It's only some .avi files (not all), I can hear the background noise, but the screen is black. Please tell me how to remedy this.
Thank you,
Thom

'avi is simply a container that can contain any number of different video codecs. Most, but not all, can be played on a Mac.
These are the downloads and the settings you need in order to view/hear/play pretty much everything that the net can throw at you: The setup described below has proved repeatedly successful on both PPC and Intel macs, but nothing in life carries a guarantee!
It is known to work in the great majority of cases with Safari 3.2.1 and 4, QT 7.4.x, 7.5.x and 7.6 and OS 10.4.11 and 10.5.6.
Download and install (or re-install even if you already had them) the latest versions, suitable for your flavor of Mac, of:
RealPlayer 11.1 for Mac from:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15540
Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm (Windows Media Player for the Mac is no longer supported, even by Microsoft)
Perian from http://perian.org/
You should read this support page http://perian.org/#support in case you need to delete older codecs.
The latest version of Adobe FlashPlayer can be obtained from here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash
(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.
Note that Adobe requires you to uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, as mentioned here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=1
using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157
and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.
You should also ensure that you have downloaded and installed the correct version for your Mac of Security Update 2009-001. (N.B. Security Updates require both a restart and a permission repair.)
In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
Now go to Safari Preferences/Security, and tick the boxes under Web Content (all 4 of them) to enable Java.
Lastly open Audio Midi Setup (which you will find in the Utilities Folder of your Applications Folder) and click on Audio Devices. Make sure that both Audio Input and Audio Output, under Format, are set to 44100 Hz, and that you have selected 'Built in Audio'.
Important: Now repair permissions and restart.
You should also consider having the free VLC Player from http://www.videolan.org/ in your armory, as this plays almost anything that DVD Player might not.
There is an additional 'fix' you could try if you are having problems with Flash and Quicktime, depending on which type of Mac you have:
On Intel Macs, make sure that you are not running Safari in Rosetta. You can check this, and change it, in the Get Info window.
On PPC Macs, go to the Hard Disk/Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder, and drag the file 'QuickTime Plugin.webplugin' to the desktop. Quit and restart Safari. If things have improved you can trash that file. If they haven't put it back, as the lack of this plug-in can cause QT content in some widgets to cease functioning.
And there is an additional kid on the block: SilverLight. Microsoft has created their own version of what a replacement for Flash could be. You can read more about it here:
http://silverlight.net/
So, if you go to any sites that have been designed for this new Silverlight stuff, you can download the plug-in from here (but make certain that you are downloading SilverLight v.1.0 for OS X (10.4.8 upwards) if you are using a PPC Mac. Version 2 only works with Intel Macs:
http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/
Recommendation: Close all applications before installing any of the above, repair permissions, reboot, and repair permissions again.

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