playing .avi on mac

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hello all what do you use to play avi's on your mac. i have a new i mac 2.4 i cannot get avi's to play i have tried everything any help would be great! thanks
 
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You need to download the codecs needed to play those files. Download Perian and VLC media player. Perian is a codec pack that comes with several types of codecs. With it, you should be able to play the vast majority of video files within Quicktime. Use VLC for those times Quicktime doesn't work (or if you like it better, then just stick with VLC)
 
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i would second getting both divX and VLC
divX is just a great movie file app, and VLC can play almost any type of file there is.
 
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there's also a program called flip 4 Mac that allows you to play and wmv content in quicktime
 
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Perian all the way. It allows you to play via Frontrow..
 
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flip 4 mac was one of the 1st app's i downloaded on my mac!
 
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From my experience, VLC plays every movie file I throw at it, and if it didnt play it, I would use iSquint to change the format to something VLC can recognize. Even the infamous WMV3 could be converted and watched on VLC.
 

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