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Posted by Chris W. (Member # 1347) on :

Using Mac OS X, I'm trying to view CaptainMike's *.avi's from his site. It seems the codec he used to encode them is not available for Mac. Anyone have any advice (other than buying a PC)?

Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

What codec do they use, eh?

Posted by Nim the Merciful (Member # 205) on :

There's an alternative media player to Quicktime, Realplayer or what-have-you, namely Media Player Classic. I think it may have support for more file-types and variations than the aforementioned thingies.

I don't know if it runs on a Mac, haven't tried it on one.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1049831315/1

It might work, and if not, well it was all I could think of.

Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :

I'm way to lazy to look up Mike's url, but PM or post it and I'll see if I can get it to play with any of the OS X players I have....

Or you can ask the folks at macaddict forum's "digital hub" sub-group...

Oh and Capt Mike - boo, boo, cross platform is the way to go!

[Big Grin]

EDIT:

Hey - check this site out!

Maybe one of their methods will work....

Posted by Chris W. (Member # 1347) on :

Thanks for the help, guys. Earlier today the VLC client's site was down, for some reason. I downloaded it tonight successfuly.