Comments on: How to play any kind of movie on a mac including AVI files

By: OSid

OSid — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:31:41 +0000

SOLUTION: Just use VLC! trust me it works with almost everything!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:48:51 +0000

Hi. Can anyone offer any advice?
When I try to open an avi file, quicktime says I need to install additional components.
However, if I right click and select “Get Info”, I can preview the movie no problem.
Why won’t quicktime open the file then?

By: Antonio A.

Antonio A. — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:45:18 +0000

I experienced the same problem too. I’ll try Perian if it works for me.

By: Rme

Rme — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:28:12 +0000

I have a .AVI file but even after installing perian it still wouldn’t work?

By: JRSNunes

JRSNunes — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:12:01 +0000

Well,

I think that this is also a work for the almighty VLC.

Yes, it’ll play everything.

Best regards,
José Nunes

By: Alana

Alana — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:30:02 +0000

Perian is typically great for playing…well, everything. But I just came across a codec that it doesn’t gel with: .libav (aka .libavcodec)

Here it is, broken down on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec

This is one of the first times that Perian (or the potpourri of media players on my computer) has stumbled but I feel like it may be one of the things that causes the ‘ could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands.You may need to install additional software to open ‘ error.

By: panamadany

panamadany — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:28:18 +0000

Wow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Perian looks great. So simple!!!

By: mdawg

mdawg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:18:46 +0000

Sam – what type of file is it? You can use something like mpeg streamclip (google it, download, install it) and try to convert it to a file type that perian or quicktime can read.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:33:15 +0000

I have the newest version of Perian and it still won’t play my file. Nice try.