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?

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.