Can't play MPEG Download
 

Some MPEG video's I downloaded cannot be played and I get a message from quicktime that says file can't be translated (or played for that matter) because of error 2003. some MPEGS download just fine and I've even gotten a couple that at first did not work to work using Snitch to change the file type and creator. This didn't work with other files. Any suggestions?

Re: Can't play MPEG Download
 

The MPEGs you downloaded may have been corrupted.

Do you have the DivX codec installed?

I don't believe that I have the divx codec installed. Is it a stand alone program or part of other applications?

As I thought about it, I was getting an error message that said something like, "needed application is not on your computer", so I went ahead and downloaded the divx codec. In the process, I discovered that it only works with Windows Media Player 6.3. I probably have Windows Media player 6.3 on a back cd somewhere, but naturally, I would prefer a solution that works with my current Windows Media 7, or Quicktime or some other MPEG player. I'm also afraid of creating a conflict if I put Windows Media Player 6.3 back on my machine. Any further thoughts?

DivX 3.11 ( http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec.html ), the version you should use, works with the latest version of WMP.

Thanks CycloCide. Downloaded it and it opened an ASF file that I previously couldn't open. I am going to assume that the couple of other files I can't open are damaged.

Now if I could only open an avi file...

Try running DivFix ( http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divfix.html ) on those corrupted files.

I couldn't find a mac version of divfix. The website said they didn't have one.