Re: Quicktime .avi HELP!!!

In article
<wayne.morris-BAE73F.15512802012009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Wayne C. Morris" <wayne.morris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <jollyroger-99E426.10435102012009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article
<61ae1f66-ba4f-4f07-9241-260f2ceb4556@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
gatrball <gordon.ck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I just got my Macbook Pro...my first mac...I have lots of home videos
that are in .avi format from my pc...I tried to open the files, and
had a blank screen. I have since applied the Xvid Codec and now I
have full video, but no audio whatsoever. My audio format is MPEG
Layer 3. Any ideas? HELP?!

You should know the reason you are having this problem to begin with is
because you created these video files with Microsoft's proprietary and
closed codecs.

Wrong. Xvid is an open-source MPEG-4 codec, and MPEG-1 Layer 3 is more
commonly known as MP3. Both are supported by QuickTime, but third-party
decoders are sometimes needed for proper playback of MPEG-4.

AVI is not a codec, it's just a container format, and although it was
created by Microsoft, it's well supported on Mac OS X and Linux.

Ok I need to read more carefully. I somehow missed "Xvid" in the OP!

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