QT plays XViD, but no sound

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,
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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.

 

Thus spake sbt:

Thanks, Spens. Even the latest QT (v7, isn't it?) has this bug?

Thanks!
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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

 

Thus spake Ken Maltby:

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.

Prior to using my current sig, I was getting lots of "Hey, Google on this"
replies, which weren't very creative, and would turn up exactly what I had
already found (and which weren't helpful, hence my usenet post). The
presumption is that I hadn't even attempted a simple search.

I do my best with search terms, but I still welcome pointers to any accurate
hits some generous soul has come up with via (more) creative Googling.

The bottom line is: *anyone* can Google. But there's lots of room for
creativity in the search terms. I don't pretend to be the best (many times
the reason I'm asking is that I'm a noob at the subject, which doesn't help
when trying to come up with powerful search terms).
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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

 

Thus spake David McCall:

He doesn't?!?!

I know that in any given NG, the range of experience stretches from the noob
to the guy who wrote the code (or at least can understand it). So I expect a
range of answers, some frivolous ("Go Google this!"), some specific ("I found
this hit by Googling these terms...", or "in my experience...").

But were that the case, always!

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This is a very old version of Xvid. You should better download the
newest one, which may be 1.0.3, I believe.

 

Thus spake Bariloche:

Not for the Mac )c :
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Don't know if this will help with the audio, but there is a specific XviD
plug-in at http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/.

 

Thus spake Tim Murray:

Thanks, Tim. I'll try anything, at this point.

I installed this plug-in (Library/QuickTime) alongside the DiVX 5.2.2 codec.
Now when I try to play a XviD video, I get an error message that says certain
software required to play this video is missing and may be found at this web
page:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html

None of the software on that page looks vaguely familiar, or helpful.

Another dead end in my long journey to get these videos to play in QT Player.


Any other ideas?
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