Problems with AVI files

[francisfc]

I can not get the video to play on the IMAC intel! Is there any software out there that will let me view the AVI files in Quicktime and load them into IMovie?

 

[Queso]

Flip4Mac and Perian are your two options for viewing. Perian has the added bonus of working with Front Row.

For iMovie, you'll need to find something to convert them to DV format. I believe QuickTime Pro will allow you to do this, but hopefully someone else can confirm.

 

[theBB]

If Quicktime can play it, iMovie should automatically convert your AVI file into DV format while it says "importing". Downloading Perian and flip4mac should suffice unless you are using a very rare codec.

 

[francisfc]

If Quicktime can play it, iMovie should automatically convert your AVI file into DV format while it says "importing". Downloading Perian and flip4mac should suffice unless you are using a very rare codec.

Quick time will not play the video just the audio. Perian nor flip4mac will play the video. Here is the movie info:
Source:/Users/fredfrancis/Desktop/snow/SMOV0004.AVI
FormativX 6.0, 720 x 480, Millions
DVI ADPCM, Stereo, 22.050 kHz
FPS: 29.97
Data size:8.61 MB
Data Rate: 4230.10 kbits/sec

 

[Queso]

Could be a DivX codec. Try installing this

 

[ksgant]

did you try VLC? That plays just about anything. Though not in Quicktime so you can't use FrontRow. But still, as I say, it plays just about anything.

 

[francisfc]

did you try VLC? That plays just about anything. Though not in Quicktime so you can't use FrontRow. But still, as I say, it plays just about anything.

This is what I get when I try to run VLC: main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `SEDG'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

 

[francisfc]

Could be a DivX codec. Try installing this

I tried this program and it will not show the video just the audio.

 

[ksgant]

This is what I get when I try to run VLC: main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `SEDG'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

Wow, then you've got a really weird movie there if VLC won't play it. From what I can gather it's from a Samsung SC-D353 camera...the internal video format it uses. Or something similar. Try Samsung perhaps?

 

[francisfc]

Wow, then you've got a really weird movie there if VLC won't play it. From what I can gather it's from a Samsung SC-D353 camera...the internal video format it uses. Or something similar. Try Samsung perhaps?

I talked with SAMSUNG today. They stated that the Samsung digital video camera that I have will not work with any MAC computer.

 

[emw]

I talked with SAMSUNG today. They stated that the Samsung digital video camera that I have will not work with any MAC computer.

This seems odd - is the only way to get video off of their camera to use their software to read the proprietary AVI format? What a pain.

I assume you can't connect it via FireWire to your Mac and use iMovie to pull the video data off?

 

[francisfc]

This seems odd - is the only way to get video off of their camera to use their software to read the proprietary AVI format? What a pain.

I assume you can't connect it via FireWire to your Mac and use iMovie to pull the video data off?

I can not connect with firewire.

I can download the SD chip when using my Windows PC. All the editing programs I have on the PC work with this AVI file.

But nothing works with IMAC Intel.

 

[emw]

I can not connect with firewire.

Do you not have a cable you mean? The SC-D353 has a firewire interface, so I'd think it would work (unless that isn't the model you have, in which case I'd have to confirm it has the jack). Strange indeed.

 

[francisfc]

Do you not have a cable you mean? The SC-D353 has a firewire interface, so I'd think it would work (unless that isn't the model you have, in which case I'd have to confirm it has the jack). Strange indeed.

THe model is SC-X210L Sporats Camcorder.

 

[maverick18x]

go here:
http://blog.twenty08.com/2006/12/27/codec-pack-for-all-the-new-mac-users/

and install follow the instructions. this will install all the codecs you will ever need for quicktime, minus apple intermediate codec and a .flv codec.

if it doesn't work after doing this, it won't work. but i expect this will fix your problems.

 

[francisfc]

go here:
http://blog.twenty08.com/2006/12/27/codec-pack-for-all-the-new-mac-users/

and install follow the instructions. this will install all the codecs you will ever need for quicktime, minus apple intermediate codec and a .flv codec.

if it doesn't work after doing this, it won't work. but i expect this will fix your problems.

Guess what?

It did not fix the problem.

The guy at Samsung told me to copy the files into my Windows PC and Convert them to some other form of Video and try to load them back on the IMAC.

 

[maverick18x]

Guess what?

It did not fix the problem.

The guy at Samsung told me to copy the files into my Windows PC and Convert them to some other form of Video and try to load them back on the IMAC.

That might be the only way to go. The weird thing is, that the specs say your camera records in MPEG4 video... but it's really giving you some weird AVI format. Odd.

 

[francisfc]

That might be the only way to go. The weird thing is, that the specs say your camera records in MPEG4 video... but it's really giving you some weird AVI format. Odd.

Well I guess I will try to convert it on the PC and put it back on the IMAC.

Thanks for everones help.

 

[Rychiar]

thats def all the camera cus i have the divx codec and vlc and they play any AVi fine, i can play normal avi tv shows and camera recordings through front row. only oddity is i have to play the high def 720P with 5.1 surrounds ones through VLC. quicktime wont recognize em