Problems playing downloaded movies in avi formate.?

Question

I have a Mac G5 with OS X 10.4. and quick time. I downloaded a movie that is quick time avi, my computer won't play it. No picture with choppy sound. Got any advice?

Answer 1

quicktime is honestly c**p, and constantly needs updates that sometimes cost.

go and download VLC media player, it plays all media, always works and its free. im 100% sure you will get the file to play.

here is a link.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Answer 2

you can try to convert avi to mov for playing in quick time, I always use Wondershare Video Converter for Mac, it is able to convert between MPEG1, MPEG2, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, Mpeg TS/TP (for HD Video), MOV, FLV, MP4, AVI, and MPG you can free download it here to have a try,

http://www.flash-video-soft.com/mac-conv...

hope it is useful to you, If you still have question, you can use yahoo to search for more answers http://answers.yahoo.com or feel free to contact me