Re: QT plays XViD, but no sound
sbt
DaveC <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> The video file is video = XViD, audio = mpga 44100KHz, according to VLC
> (which plays the video and audio, albeit jerkily). QT plays the video more
> smoothly, but there is no audio.
>
> Do I need an mpga audio codec for QT? I've been Googling til my eyes hurt,
> but can't find any references to such a codec. Or is QT already mpga-capable,
> and I have another problem?
>
> PowerBook G3/400; OS X 10.3.9; QT 6.5.2; DivX codec v5.2.2; XViD codec
> v0.5.1. No other QT codecs installed.
>
> If there's a more appropriate n.g. to post this to, please inform and
> forgive.
>
> Thanks,
QuickTime has a known problem playing DivX or xvid files with MP3 audio
(aka mpga). Use DivX Doctor on the file to play in QuickTime Player or,
more conveniently, download vlc (VideoLAN Client) and play DivX, xvid,
and a whole lot more without hassle.
--
Spenser
Ken Maltby
"DaveC" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BEF2A910...@news.readfreenews.net...
> --
> Please, no "Go Google this" replies. I wouldn't
> ask a question here if I hadn't done that already.
Posts that get that kind of reply are asking a question that
is best answered with the current data, and where the answer
is known to be available through a search. Often the responder
has himself just done the "Google" and found a large number of
valid hits.
If you are getting this kind of response after you have
"Googled" an issue, then you might need to refine your search
technique. You could "Google" on that.
Luck;
Ken
David McCall
>
> You'd be surprised how often I get just "Go Google apple + pie" when I'm
> looking for rhubarb tart. I always do the best search I know how, and when
> that doesn't turn up what I'm looking for, I ask here.
>
I often give full answers, but sometimes Google may seem to be
a better answer. Perhaps that isn't the case here, but it is when
someone ask "how to make video look like film". That subject has
been covered so many times and there are such wide opinions,
that it just doesn't pay to type up an answer.
You do realize that "the answer man" doesn't work here. We are
all just a bunch of working folks and any answers should be
appreciated because we aren't being paid to answer questions.
The only reward we get is the appreciation from the person asking.
When I give specific Google search terms, I always test them in
Google to be sure the answer is in there, or at least enough clues
that it should help you on your way to the answer. I would assume
that others do the same.
David
Bariloche
>XViD codec >v0.5.1
This is a very old version of Xvid. You should better download the
newest one, which may be 1.0.3, I believe.
Tim Murray
> The video file is video = XViD, audio = mpga 44100KHz, according to VLC
> (which plays the video and audio, albeit jerkily). QT plays the video more
> smoothly, but there is no audio.
>
> Do I need an mpga audio codec for QT? I've been Googling til my eyes hurt,
> but can't find any references to such a codec. Or is QT already mpga-capable,
> and I have another problem?
Don't know if this will help with the audio, but there is a specific XviD
plug-in at http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/.