Quick time player - avi formats

my quick time player can't open avi formats of movies. even the new version quick time player 7 didn't help to solve it.

i recommend downloading VLC as this software can read just about every format there is... Quicktime is useless by comparison
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

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  • How can we make quick time player play all formats like AVI, MKV, MPEG etc?

    How can we make quick time player play all formats like AVI, MKV, MPEG etc?

    QuickTime supports many different file types & codecs, but not all.   In many cases you can lookup, download & install specific codecs if you need them.
    The following may be helpful:
    Perian
    QuickTime: About Playing AVI Files
    QuickTime X: Playback of MPEG2 video
    QuickTime 7.6.6  (you may need this if QT X won't play old videos)
    QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component (for QT 7.x)
    Windows Media Components for QuickTime
    Flip4Mac Player/Pro/Studio/StudioProHD

  • Quick time player require codec to play avi files , where can i download it free

    quick time player require codec to play avi files , where can i download it free?

    Try installing Perian. AVI is a container, not a format, and no single component can open all AVIs.
    (115856)

  • HT3775 I have received an error message that my quick time player cannot open my video as my video seems to be in a mov format, can you help me choose a format to open on my mac

    I was trying to open a video I had saved in my mac, but received an error message that my video couldn't be opened with Quick Time in the format it was in, as far as I could tell the format it was in was mov.....does anyone know for format I need to change it to?
      The examples of different format given were
    MPEG-2 (OS X Lion or later)
    MPEG-4 (Part 2)
    H.264
    H.263
    H.261
    Apple ProRes
    Apple Pixlet
    Animation
    Cinepak
    Component Video
    DV
    DVC Pro 50
    Graphics
    Motion JPEG
    Photo JPEG
    Sorenson Video 2
    Sorenson Video 3

    I am getting an error message when I try to open an attachment to an email entitled movie.avi. It says I may need more software but its not a helpful message because it does not say whta software. Lame and frustrating.

  • I'm recording video on JVC HD camera.Every 13:54 it starts a new file.I have one file that won't play.I get this message:Quick time player can't open (names file) because the movie's file format isn't recognized.  Only happens this one file.Ideas?

    I can't open one Quick Time movie file.  It says: Quick time player can't open (names file) because the movie's file format isn't recognized.  Only happens on this one file.  All the others of a two hour shoot are fine. 
    Any ideas what's happened and is there some way to open that file and retrieve what's on it? 

    Thanks this was useful. I have been ripping my audiobooks and I was finding that they would get uploaded to iCloud in the process, which in itself was fine, but then iTunes would not let me change the media type to Audiobook, which is annoying as it effects how iTunes treats the media. Like showing you the skip back 10 seconds button.
    The general outline here helped me work around the issue and change the media type before the media was re-uploaded to iCloud.
    Sean

  • HT204382 How do you read AVI sequences with Quick Time Player ?

    How do you read AVI sequences with Quick Time Player ? H2OT

    Hope somebody will help, I downloaded Flip4MacWMV 2.4.4.2dmg as recommended but it did not work. can I get HELP? Thanks

  • HT3775 I'm trying to play a supported file type AVI on Quick Time Player but it won't play on my iMac v10.6.8. Why?

    I'm trying to play a supported file type AVI on Quick Time Player but it won't play on my iMac v 10.6.8.
    Why?

    I've just downloaded VLC player and it works like a dream. Forget the rest!

  • HT3775 I am using OSX Lion 10.7.2. Quick Time player can open some of 'MOV' format video but some can not. What shall I do?

    I am using OSX Lion 10.7.2. Quick Time player can open some of 'MOV' format video but some can not. What shall I do?

    Use VLC . Plays just about any format and it's free.
    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

  • HT3775 Quick Time player does not support AVI movies?

    I can't play an AVI movie on quick time player. Why?

    If you cant play it in QuickTime, then another media player may be more successful. A couple of good options that generally pick up where QuickTime falls short are VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html) and MPlayer OS X Extended (http://www.mplayerosx.ch).

  • HT3775 Quick Time Player not opening a mpg file

    I have inserted a disk (video) that someone made for me.  Quick time player keeps telling me that the movie (mpg) file cannot be opened.  Can anyone tell me what's wrong or what I need to do to?

    There is no single codec for movies that have .avi extensions. AVI is a container format, not a specific type of file. An AVI movie may use one of the Indeo codecs (there are at least four that I'm aware of, none of which have been ported to Mac OS X) or one of the various flavors of DivX, among other possibilities. You'll have to find out what codec was used for the movies you want to view to determine what you need. Note that not all codecs for the various .avi movies are available for QuickTime.  
    If you want to try "hit and miss", Perian, which rolls several codecs into one package, might work. If not, you can try the codecs at http://www.divx.com/ and http://www.3ivx.com/ and see if one of them will work for you. Do not install both Perian and the DiVX/3iVX codecs at the same time. 
    If you just want to play the movie any way you can, you can also give the aforementioned VLC Media Player a try.
    Regards.

  • Quick time player  displays error

    Quick time player does not want to play a movie that is in WMV format, Why is that?

    Quick time player does not want to play a movie that is in WMV format, Why is that?There could be several reasons:
    1) WMV is a proprietary format developed and owned but no longer supportrd for Mac by Microsoft. So do you have a QT component installed that is capable of playing these files? After all, it would be illegal for Apple to steal and then incorporate this technology into QT.
    2) Even if you have an approved QT component installed, what particular codecs are involved here. Microsoft approved support for Mac has been relegated to Flip4Mac but is limited to version 9. If media contains advanced audio and/or video codecs from version 9.2, 10, or 11, then it will not play.
    3) If you are the typle of individual who attempts to download and install codecs for every conceivable AVI, WMV, DivX, XviD, old MS, etc. conpression format, it is quite possible you will encounter conflicts in playback compatibility on a regular basis.
    Generally speaking, if all you want is Windows, AVI, AC3 multichannel, MPEG, etc. compatible playback, try a different player like VLC

  • Not able to watch .mp4 videos in Quick Time Player

    Hi,
    I have a GOPro camera where the videos are currently stored on an external hard drive. I wanted to import those videos to iPhoto, which didn't work. Then I tried importing them without using iPhoto, but when trying to watch them I get a message saying that "Quick Time Player is not able to open the video.
    I find this very strange, as I already have some GoPro videos in IPhoto, which I can view just fine (in iPhoto, and outside of iPhoto). The videos are shot using the same camera.
    Also; Quick Time Player is supposed to support mp4. format; so I really don't see where I did go wrong?

    What format is used on the external drive?
    I suspect it's the reason the files can't be played.

  • How to open videos in Quick Time Player form my website

    Hi guys and girls,
    I hope everyone is good. I was surching this forums for a while trying to find the answer. I didn't find a complete so I thought I'd post a question and hope someone could give me a complete step-by-step guide.
    Here is what I'm trying to do.
    Here is my site (one of them)
    http://web.mac.com/yuriyork/iWeb/720Neighbourhoodcircle/Welcome.html
    if you go to video page you will see a QT movie loads and if you click play it starts to play. What I want is to make it play movie automatically once the page is open. I'd like to make this page the same way apple has done their video adds here http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ad2/ You have a button for small, medium large and HD formates and they all open in the same window. How did they do it?
    Also, how can I make a movie open in new quick time player window outside of the safari browser.
    Thank you in advance for all of your help with this.
    Sincerely,
    Yuri

    do you know HTML? if you really do not know some important basics, then i suggest you forget this!
    secondly, if you want to offer people a small, medium ,etc., version of your movie, that is gonna take up lots of space! you might just offer one version. 90% of the people watch only the large version.
    if you do want to really really integrate this - then i guess you will have to use frames - or some kind of script (someone correct me if im wrong).
    max

  • Quick Time Player Confusion!

    I am confused.
    In SL, every time I right click a movie file, whatever the format, and select "open with" I get a drop down menu headed:
    Quick Time Player Launcher (default).
    What is this?
    Below this are listed the other players I have installed (VLC, DivX, RealPlayer, iTunes) INCLUDING Quick Time Player 10.
    Is Quick Time Player 10 different from Quick time Player Launcher? It has a different icon in the drop-down list, Quick Time Player 10 Launcher has the default icon. Quick Time Player 10 has an icon I chose for it to assist in my distinguishing between the two (or is it one?) application/s.
    In my applications folder there is Quick Time Player 10, but no Quick Time Player Launcher.
    And when I select Quick Time Player Launcher from said drop-down list..... Quick Time Player 10 launches!
    But, and here's the really confusing part, ALL the movie players I have installed are listed in that drop-down list EXCEPT Quick Time Player 7.
    Now, call me old-fashioned, but I prefer Quick Time Player 7.
    However, if I want to open a movie using Quick Time Player 7 I have to go to the bottom of the drop-down list, select Other, and navigate through my Applications to reach it.
    How do I add Quick Time Player 7 to my drop-down list?
    Better still, how do I make Quick Time Player 7 my default movie player?
    Cheers,
    Martin

    QT player launcher is an application helper sitting inside QT player 7 which launches QT player 10. you should not see it in the open with menu. it's a known bug that you do see it. but it should not affect the functionality. if it does then reset your launch services database. delete the file homedirectory/library/preferences/com.apple.launchservices.plist and run the following terminal command
    /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
    note that this will reset all default programs set to open various file types to the defaults so you might have to change some afterward.

  • Quick Time Player 10 vs 7

    I can play an MPEG movie on the Tiger iMac, Quick Time Player 7.6.4, but cannot play this on Snow Leopard, Quick Time 10.0.
    The message says I need to download a different format, but does not say what. In reading about Quick Time, there is a download for Quick Time 7.
    Is this the problem, or something else? Is it possible to have Quick Time 7 and 10 installed at the same time, or does one remove the other at installation?

    If it's an MPEG-2, you need to install Apple's MPEG-2 playback component. Otherwise, click here for the software.
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