question [Why don't people like QT player?]

rbroemeling · Post by **rbroemeling** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:27 am

Ahhh, so you are looking for a viewer.

Hmmm... I haven't worked on Windows in a long time; so if you are using windows I really don't know what to suggest. I'm sure someone else here does, though.

On *nix, check out Totem, Xine, or MPlayer.

On Mac OS X, look into VLC -- actually, I think VLC is completely cross-platform, so even if you do run Windows, then you could look into VLC... although to be honest I find that VLC has some weird issues with skipping/etc. It doesn't seem to be quite as robust as it could be. Just IMHO.

What Operating System does your computer use, ssdrizzt666? That would help to narrow the field...

rbroemeling · Post by **rbroemeling** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:28 am

Oh, BTW: don't worry 'bout apologizing. No harm done.

ssdrizzt666 · Post by **ssdrizzt666** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:14 pm

well, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by operating system.

Do you mean like Mac OS?

rbroemeling · Post by **rbroemeling** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:43 pm

Yes, exactly like Mac OS. If you have a Macintosh computer, then you are likely running Mac OS X as your Operating System (OS). If you have a PC, then you are likely running a variant of Microsoft Windows as your Operating System.

Which computer/operating system do you have?

ssdrizzt666 · Post by **ssdrizzt666** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:40 pm

well, let's see this is a relatively old computer so I am running a mac(G3 I believe; lol) and it has Mac Os 9.1(ya, I know)

rbroemeling · Post by **rbroemeling** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:35 pm

Sorry for the late response.

Hmm... Mac OS 9?

I have never worked on that type of hardware/software combination, so I will be of little help to you, I think. I could only suggest that you check out VLC, as it is one of the most cross-platform movie players that I am aware of.

Other than that, you could stick with the QT player, of course.

milatchi · Post by **milatchi** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:03 pm

VLC and MPlayer are usually used to play DivX & XviD AVI's in Mac OS X but neither of these was ever ported to the Classic Mac OS. The best way to play these files would be to convert them to .mov with DivX Doctor. Then they should play in QuickTime Player.
As for playing WMV: Windows Media Player for the Classic Mac OS ended support with WMV7 or 8 so anything encoded in WMV9 is going to be unplayable (same applies to WMA9)