Flip4Mac

Have you installed Flip4Mac? www.flip4mac.com That might add some support for avi's VLC will always work http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

You also mentioned a WMV file. The Mac version of WMP doesn't support the majority of codecs that are used in WMV files. Use the Flip4Mac WMV Player for QuickTime instead. WMP is officially dead now. ...

flip4mac worked! thanks! :)

(WMP, Flip4Mac/QT, QT, VLC, MPlayer *ALL* play .avi's. Just not WMV3 in an .avi-container.)

Not if the file uses WMV3. ffmpegX, like VLC and MPlayer, cannot decode WMV3. ffmpegX is based on the same tools as VLC and MPlayer, so in general, if they can't play it, ffmpegX can't convert it. Wait...to clarify, you mean that the sound WAS working, and the video was NOT, right? That would be normal. VLC and MPlayer can't play WMV3 (Windows Media Player 9 Video). The...

Have you tried using Flip4Mac for viewing AVI files? ...

Unfortunately, Flip4Mac won't install on the intels. Wonder how long it will be before they release it in universal code. ...

I have never used Path Finder, but I did have a bunch of System level stuff installed including Little Snitch, Flip4Mac, Stuffit Archiver, Virex, TechTool, and DiskWarrior. As I stated above, running the cron scripts with Cocktail did provide with a decent improvement. However I started getting alot of kernel panics from various programs when doing intense stuff like...

Win Media Player is not supported on the Mac now. Download and install Flip4Mac, which might do what you want. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28842 The best chance is to Get Info for your Safari (Control-click on Safari, and choose Get Info from the menu that drops down. Click on the box 'Open with Rosetta', and close that box. Then, launch Safari....

Mplayer cannot play Windows Media 9 files. Flip4Mac can if you run the QuickTime Player in Rosetta. ...