subject: How To Play Avi With Quicktime On Mac (snow Leopard Included) [print this page]

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QuickTime only plays AVI that both the audio and the video were compressed using a codec that QuickTime can use. If the audio or video or both were created using codecs that QuickTime cannot use, QuickTime wont play AVI file normally, either with video missing or sound missing.Thats why many Mac user find no sound in QuickTime for AVI. In fact, many Mac users upgrade their Mac to Snow Leopard found that QuickTime X can not recognize their AVI. Thats really annoying!

Below are some solutions forplaying AVI on Mac (Snow Leopard included) that have been tested to be workable. Hope it helps!

Solution 1. Download and install Perian

Perian is a free QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats. The current version (1.1.4) of Perian is compatible withSnow Leopard and it works perfectly for most of the AVI.

Solution 2. Switch to other media player.

Plex andVLC player are two highly recommended players and in most cases they work like a charm under Mac. If you are usingSnow Leopard, VLC player would be a better choice considering some Snow Leopard users reported that they ran into some problems with Plex on Snow Leopard. If you have Front Row installed, you can also consider give it a try and it works for some AVI.

Solution 3. Convert the AVI file to QuickTime MOV

This is not the best solution but if you want to play your AVI videos and the above two solution just not work for you and youve no better choice. iSkysoftAVI Video Converter for Mac can help youconvert your AVI file to QuickTime format or any other popular file formats like MP4, WMV, MOV, FLV etc. You can also upload the converted files to your iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, and many other popular digital players for playback on the go.

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by: Alex Taylor

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