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Problem with .avis and Quicktime X

  • 11-09-2009 7:51pm
    #1
    fjon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭


    I have a bunch of .avi files that I used to be able to open with QT, but can't any more with QTX.
    Most avi files I can open fine, there are just a small number that don't work.
    QT freezes on "Loading Movie" and I have to Force Quit.
    iPhoto also seems to freeze when I try to import them.
    VLC has no probs playing them.
    Anyone any ideas on how I can investigate?


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  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Are you using Perian to play the files back in QuickTime? I haven't had any problems so far, though these days I mostly have .mkv files rather than .avi ones...

    You could try looking at the detailed info of the videos that are causing the problem with a utility like MediaInfo:

    http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Mac_OS

    You might be able to then figure out if the files failing are encoded with specific video or audio settings and that would really help in troubleshooting...


  • #3
    drzhivago
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭drzhivago


    fjon wrote: »
    I have a bunch of .avi files that I used to be able to open with QT, but can't any more with QTX.
    Most avi files I can open fine, there are just a small number that don't work.
    QT freezes on "Loading Movie" and I have to Force Quit.
    iPhoto also seems to freeze when I try to import them.
    VLC has no probs playing them.
    Anyone any ideas on how I can investigate?

    You may need to download plug ins for QTX that you did for QT7


  • #4
    fjon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    Thanks guys,

    I did download the plugins again, and some avi files to work.
    I will download MediaInfo and see if I can figure out anything with that.


  • #5
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


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