QuickTime chokes on audio Google Video ".avi"-eg. Pearl Jam "Life Wasted"

QT 7.1 chokes, (Tiger w/ all updates)
VLC and mPlayer both handle it fine.
Suspect it is a codec incompatibility...specifically the audio which cuts in and out, in and out...., the video seems to play fine. the chunks it plays sound right...and watching system activity shows no spikes or other threads that are conflicting/stealing CPU power.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6187666924357770983
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted was released on Google Video, notable for being complete and free under the Creative Commons License, which allows for it to be legally copied, distributed, and shared as long as for noncommercial purposes...
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QT 7.1 chokes, (Tiger w/ all updates)
VLC and mPlayer both handle it fine.
Suspect it is a codec incompatibility...specifically
the audio which cuts in and out, in and out...., the
video seems to play fine. the chunks it plays sound
right...and watching system activity shows no spikes
or other threads that are conflicting/stealing CPU
power.
Ditto here.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=61876669243577
70983
Pearl Jam - Life Wasted was released on Google Video,
notable for being complete and free under the
Creative Commons License, which allows for it to be
legally copied, distributed, and shared as long as
for noncommercial purposes...
Thanks for pointing this out. Pearl Jam deserves a nod for releasing the video under that license. They also deserve credit for bringing attention to the CCL by doing so.
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