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What can I use to play it? nothing works, is there a converter out there somewhere?
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D3v1L80Y said:
flip4mac
vlc
mplayer
windows media player for mac
none of the above work.
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I downloaded windows media player 9 from versiontracker and the few WMV files i have played worked fine. I'm on an Intel Mac so I can't use Flip4MAc until they come out with an Intel version. Soon, hopefully.
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D3v1L80Y said:
Do you want teh link?
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Rob
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You might need the http://www.divx.com/ codec.
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Rob said:
got that too.
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just use VLC media player
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Okay its not a DivX issue. There is however a video codec that is needed. I am transferring it to my Windows box now to check it there and make sure its not some weirdo Windows-only type thing
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coltssaturday said:
tried, no go.
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I have DivX and XviD codecs installed and it plays fine.
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Okay, I got the video to run under Windows. My guess is that there is some Windows only DRM or something encoded into it.
I doubt you are going to be able to view it on your Mac.
The only advice I would have at this point would be to try and convert it to something like .mpg or .mov and try it then.
I doubt you are going to be able to view it on your Mac.
The only advice I would have at this point would be to try and convert it to something like .mpg or .mov and try it then.
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jasonc said:
what happened?
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Rob said:
Where can I get the Xvid codec, and what player did you use?
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coltssaturday said:
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Rob said:
I downloaded it, followed the directions, and still no go. I tried it in real as well and it would not even give me the option to open it.
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