For those who have problems hearing audio in some AVI videos, I recommend trying out this AC3 codec for QuickTime and DivX 5.2.1. DivX and XviD videos are extremely common, and the audio codecs they use are generally either MP3 or AC3. With DivX 5.2.1 and this AC3 codec, you should be able to play most AVI videos on the net.
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Or you could just use DefaultApp and associate .avi with VLC player and use a player that can actually handle divx/xvid nicely.
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Note that DivX 5.2.1 is incompatible with QuickTime 7 and AC3 Codec is incompatible with QuickTime 7.0.2.
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Both DivX and the AC3 component have been updated for compatibility with QuickTime 7 – links are on the following page:
http://insanityflows.net/archive/index.php?title=QuickTime
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Thanks for the update!
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http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec hosts a vastly superior AC3 codec. the oldAC3 codec at Sourceforge didn’t work for me, but the A52 codec package covered the bases on Leopard OS X 10.5
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thank you very much Peter – worked a treat
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The link in #5 is an expired domain.
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Perian: The Swiss Army Knife of QuickTime Components
[Get all this support in one download]
File formats: AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6, and VFW
Video types: MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivx, H.264, Sorenson H.263, FLV/Sorenson Spark, FSV1, VP6, H263i, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Snow, NuppelVideo, Techsmith Screen Capture, DosBox Capture
Audio types: Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), and MPEG Layer I & II Audio, True Audio, DTS Coherent Acoustics, Nellymoser ASAO
AVI support for: AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3
Subtitle support for SSA/ASS and SRT
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http://perian.org
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/perian.html
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