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.avi files on a mac?

Asked by jr (1points) March 11th, 2008 from iPhone

is it possible to watch avis files on a mac (powermac processor)

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serenityNOW's avatar

I think the die-hards on the site would recommend going to:
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

But here’s the answer:
http://perian.org/

From their site:
“Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.”

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eklamor's avatar

just use a extension for quicktime tfat allows avi even wma playback. Its on apple.com

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jonahjoselow's avatar

install the DivX codec along with perian and everything should work great.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html

perian.org

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