MindFreak Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hi. I have finally got my MacBook. And I have every episode of the anime Naruto, which are .avi-files. But I cannot see them! Neither QuickTime nor Windows Media Player can load the movies. I have the newest QuickTime installed and Windows Media Player 9. I don't know whether that's the newest installment, but I can't really find an update. So. Any ideas? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Get VLC player it plays everything!(except real media) http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 There's a lot of problems with video playback out of the box. Flip4Mac from Microsoft will allow you to play .wmv files without using their player (it's a .wmv codec for QuickTime) and that's quite good. To use the BBC website you really need Real Player.. unfortunately there's no alternative there. QuickTime comes standard.. but if you download on the DivX website you can get a codecs to play in QuickTime. But unless you have the £20 QuickTime pro you can't enjoy your Naruto in full screen.. which is why I'd also suggest VLC, it works in full screen and it's very good at managing resources. Hope this helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindFreak Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 It certainly did! Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Realplayer works fine on the Mac as long as you have the latest version, Nintendork, not too sure what you were meaning there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 i just have a grudge against Real Player.. I never liked their software on Windows.. always hassling me, and they had the spyware fiasco. I'd prefer it if the BBC migrated to QuickTime or Windows Media.. but it's their call I suppose. It's a pretty good Mac port I have to say, I just don't like the format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I use Quicktime Pro for AVI goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I'm pretty sure you could take a slice of bread, force it into your disc tray, and VLC would be able to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Regular QuickTime suipports AVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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