New to Macs and stuck

Lola_318 · Lola_318 #1 (**permalink**)

05-09-2007, 11:19 AM

Hi. I just bought my MacBook yesterday after being a PC owner for years.
I don't have cable and there are certain TV shows that I download and watch on my comp. On my PC I used to do this via bitcomet. I have azureus for my Mac now, and it's wonderful, however it won't play the torrent I downloaded. Quicktime opens and it says it's playing but there is no sound or picture. I already got DivX for Mac on here and that hasn't helped.
Does anyone know what I can do to get this to work because I am positive it's a good torrent. Do certain torrents only work for PCs? Is there something else I need to download in order to watch this? Any help would be much apreciated. Thank you

Audio.Trench · Audio.Trench #2 (**permalink**)

05-09-2007, 11:37 AM

Sounds like a video codec issue to me.

Download Flip4Mac and/or use VLC Player

A torrent is a torrent, no matter what platform you're on. I use Azureus on both my Mac and Windows systems. You could always try the the files you downloaded on another system, like your PC for example.

Lola_318 · Lola_318 #3 (**permalink**)

05-09-2007, 12:14 PM

OK neither of those are working. And I don't have my PC because I gave it to my mother who lives 4 hours away.

Audio.Trench · Audio.Trench #4 (**permalink**)

05-09-2007, 12:26 PM

The files you've downloaded, what format are they? *.avi? *.wmv? etc..

Lola_318 · Lola_318 #5 (**permalink**)

05-09-2007, 12:27 PM

*.avi

Audio.Trench · Audio.Trench #6 (**permalink**)

05-09-2007, 10:05 PM

They should play in Quicktime no problem without any codecs added. Are you sure the torrent finished downloading the entire file set?

Lola_318 · Lola_318 #7 (**permalink**)

05-12-2007, 10:28 AM

it says in azureus or whatever that it's finished.

Glenners · Glenners #8 (**permalink**)

05-12-2007, 10:38 AM

If vlc isn't playing it then I would say the file is bad. Try downloading a video that you have played on your old pc and see if it works.

andrebnu · andrebnu #9 (**permalink**)

05-12-2007, 10:44 AM

I agree...file must be bad

Glenners #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 18, 2006 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 172 Mac Specs: 14" ibook g4, 1.42ghz. 512mb ram, 60gb hdd	05-12-2007, 10:38 AM If vlc isn't playing it then I would say the file is bad. Try downloading a video that you have played on your old pc and see if it works. "Come on big operating system, big operating system!" - PC
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Lola_318 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 09, 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 4	05-09-2007, 11:19 AM Hi. I just bought my MacBook yesterday after being a PC owner for years. I don't have cable and there are certain TV shows that I download and watch on my comp. On my PC I used to do this via bitcomet. I have azureus for my Mac now, and it's wonderful, however it won't play the torrent I downloaded. Quicktime opens and it says it's playing but there is no sound or picture. I already got DivX for Mac on here and that hasn't helped. Does anyone know what I can do to get this to work because I am positive it's a good torrent. Do certain torrents only work for PCs? Is there something else I need to download in order to watch this? Any help would be much apreciated. Thank you
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Audio.Trench #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 03, 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,719 Mac Specs: Custom PC	05-09-2007, 11:37 AM Sounds like a video codec issue to me. Download Flip4Mac and/or use VLC Player A torrent is a torrent, no matter what platform you're on. I use Azureus on both my Mac and Windows systems. You could always try the the files you downloaded on another system, like your PC for example.
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Audio.Trench #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 03, 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,719 Mac Specs: Custom PC	05-09-2007, 12:26 PM The files you've downloaded, what format are they? .avi? .wmv? etc..
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Lola_318 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 09, 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 4	05-09-2007, 12:27 PM *.avi
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Audio.Trench #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 03, 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,719 Mac Specs: Custom PC	05-09-2007, 10:05 PM They should play in Quicktime no problem without any codecs added. Are you sure the torrent finished downloading the entire file set?
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Lola_318 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: May 09, 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 4	05-12-2007, 10:28 AM it says in azureus or whatever that it's finished.
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andrebnu #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 18, 2007 Location: Blumenau, Brazil Posts: 280 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2,33GHz C2D 2GB RAM 256MB video + LCD Samsung 20" 206BW + Maxtor OneTouch III 500GB	05-12-2007, 10:44 AM I agree...file must be bad
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