Quicktime AVI cannot open

Question

I am trying to run some small videos that are quicktime.AVI type. However, every time I try I get an error mesasage that says "Error Opening Movie" - cannot open movie?
How can I fix this?
Steve

Answer 1

"how do you repair permissions? "
Save and/or quit your applications & doucuments
Go to Applications>Utilities Folder
Click Disk Utility
Click the Volumn (HD) that you want to check.
Click the Repair Disk Permissions button. (Don't worry about verifying)
At the bottom of window when the repairs have finished, you will see the “most important thing”:
Permission Repairs Complete
The previliges have been repaired or completed on the selected volumn.
Restart your computer.
See Knowlege Base Articles:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214 Using Disk Utility and fsck to resolve startup issues or perform disk maintenance
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 About Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions feature
TIP-You should Repair Permissions:
After installing and/or updating an OS (Operating System).
After installing software.