Quicktime Problems

[jweav22]

I have Quicktime 6 on OSX Jaguar. When trying to play downloaded movies I get two messages.
1) When trying to play in .mov format----"You may experience problems playing a video track in .mov because the required compressor could not be found. Would yo ulike to continue?"
2)When trying to play .avi format----"Quicktime is missing software required to display this movie file. Unfortunately it is not available on the Quicktime server"

Does anybody know what I need to do to play my files on Quicktime. Email me at [email]/email]

[Julie Z]

Try DivXDoctor II here
It may fix the videos.

[Heywood_Yablome]

nice one julie

also decompressing the audio can be a good idea
especially if you are converting AVI to MPEG to VCD

[jweav22]

Yeah ummm....I have been getting a lot of responses to using Divx from everybody. I am getting no where with it my way. Could you give me a step-by-step approach of using Divx and do I need anything with it, etc.....
Thanks,
[email]/email]

[Julie Z]

I'm too tired at the moment, but I will post something tomorrow. Be forewarned, my experience with it is limited. But, I think I can get you started.

[Julie Z]

Ok. DivX...

Use the link I supplied and it will tell you there what you need to download/install. There are three or four items. The one named "Get It!" is the DivX Doctor. It recommends QT 5 or greater (you have it) and CarbonLib 1.5 or greater. And then there are three other items. I don't know what their specific uses are, but I downloaded them. I followed the installation instructions on each of the page(s). It's been a while.

Anyway, with DivX Doctor, I use it when I have an .avi that has just a white screen w/ audio. It will usually fix the video. I use it when I have an .avi with video and no audio. It's a simple drag-n-drop app. I take the .avi and drag it over the DivX app icon and it will open DivX and fix (most of the time) the file.

There are some preferences you can play with for your needs. There will also be a file in the DivX Doctor folder that links to their forums. You may get some help there too.



I tried a free download of QT 6, but had way too many problems with it. But, I am still using OS 9.1 . That may have had something to do with it. Not sure.

Also, if you use Quicken (I am using 2001 Deluxe) then any CarbonLib higher than 1.2.5 will not work for it (Quicken). I have two Hard Drives installed. I have LimeWire and DivX on one with CarbonLib 1.6. On the other is Quicken with the older CarbonLib extension. I just threw this in, FYI, in case you end up with more problems than you started with.

Well, as you can see, I'm not very technically-literate (Is that a proper term?). But, I get by and I hope some of this helps you.

[Heywood_Yablome]

sorry but i forgot a few things on the last post

go to digital-digest.com for all sorts of handy info about divx

as well as divx doctor you will need 3ivx codec and the wma audio extension

all this is available at the above website

and if i can get it working anyone can