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is there a way to play avi movies on the mac ??

if i remember rightly a windows computer with quick time would allow them to be played there- does that still apply here?
ive tried both avi and mpeg4 but only the mp4 works with the avi just playing white with no sound--{what bout wmv?}

also can you somehow get the front row player to play movie files straight from the ipod??

(oh and same question for front row as for quick time if thats not to confusing)

thanks for this i am new but i thought this would do better here than in switchers
 
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Search the forums for "Perian" and maybe "Flip4Mac" if you don't have that installed yet.
 
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what about playing directly fromipod to frontrow??
 
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VLC is the way to go. I have flip4mac installed also for internet plugins when you need it, but any downloaded movies I would use VLC. Unless you have quicktime pro it's better - free, with some of the features of QTP. (i.e. full screen mode etc). VLC supports .wmv as well.

Flip4Mac is the best .wmv player plugin, as it also allows you to view wmv movies out of safari (well, it opens a little quicktime pane, but at least it plays).
 
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Immune Heart said:
is there a way to play avi movies on the mac ??

if i remember rightly a windows computer with quick time would allow them to be played there- does that still apply here?
ive tried both avi and mpeg4 but only the mp4 works with the avi just playing white with no sound--{what bout wmv?}

also can you somehow get the front row player to play movie files straight from the ipod??

(oh and same question for front row as for quick time if thats not to confusing)

thanks for this i am new but i thought this would do better here than in switchers
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You can also download DIVX and XVID (not for all versions of OSX) codecs for QT. You can watch most movies with either Quicktime and the correct CODECS or Varian. I have been able to watch everything I have so far. Mind you I have not tried WMV (why would I? I'd feel like I was cheating on my MAC :Oops: )..

Les
 
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Perian Not Varian

joomlales said:
You can also download DIVX and XVID (not for all versions of OSX) codecs for QT. You can watch most movies with either Quicktime and the correct CODECS or Varian. I have been able to watch everything I have so far. Mind you I have not tried WMV (why would I? I'd feel like I was cheating on my MAC :Oops: )..

Les
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I meant Perian..... Sorry
 

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