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SirCanealot · 2004-01-06, 19:23

Yo, I have a freind who can play DivX5/311 encodes fine, but XVid videos give him random sound and video problems.

I found a decoder for OSX, but he has OS9.2.
Does anyone know of a good mpeg4 decoder that will work on Mac OS9.2 and will play all types of DivX/XVid encodes?

Thanks

flammie · 2004-01-06, 20:18

I don't own a mac, but I believe 3ivx is a good mpeg 4 decoder with mac osx, os9 support.

NoSanninWa · 2004-01-07, 01:28

I don't use a Mac myself, but I am given to understand that everything can be played with the MPlayer OS X, or if you don't like it you can use VLC. In either case you won't need to do all that tendious mucking about with codecs that PC users bother and fret about.

anime_layer · 2004-01-07, 06:51

@NoSanninWa
He's osing OS 9. Since only OS X+ has a FreeBDS core OS 9 can't rund either VLC or Mplayer.

@SirCanealot
Urge your friend to update to OS X. If he has a Mac fast enough to play fansubs he can also run OS X. Then use MPlayer and VLC as NoSanninWa suggested.
If he can't update to OS X, he'll be left behing in the long run. 3ivX and the official DivX client still work but I don't think they will carry on too long.

killmoms · 2004-01-07, 10:34

Yes, 3ivX should work well for now, but OS X is the future, so try to get him to upgrade. If he can play MPEG-4 based anime encodes (DivX etc.) he can run OS X, and Panther is the best one yet. Between mplayer and VLC you can play pretty much everything. Woo! Mac users represent!

--Cless

Ookla The Mok · 2004-01-14, 10:19

he's likely stuck with 9.2 because of an old computer. In that case there will also be problems with playback framerate.

In any case, 3ivx currently plays stuff back fine except for some issues with blocks on XviD b-frames, and it's very much still being actively developed.

2004-01-06, 19:23	Link #1
SirCanealot What? I am washed up! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London, England Age: 39	XVid on a mac? Yo, I have a freind who can play DivX5/311 encodes fine, but XVid videos give him random sound and video problems. I found a decoder for OSX, but he has OS9.2. Does anyone know of a good mpeg4 decoder that will work on Mac OS9.2 and will play all types of DivX/XVid encodes? Thanks

2004-01-07, 01:28	Link #3
NoSanninWa Weapon of Mass Discussion Fansubber Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York, USA	I don't use a Mac myself, but I am given to understand that everything can be played with the MPlayer OS X, or if you don't like it you can use VLC. In either case you won't need to do all that tendious mucking about with codecs that PC users bother and fret about. __________________ There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.

2004-01-07, 06:51	Link #4
anime_layer Senior Member Graphic Designer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Zürich, Switzerland	@NoSanninWa He's osing OS 9. Since only OS X+ has a FreeBDS core OS 9 can't rund either VLC or Mplayer. @SirCanealot Urge your friend to update to OS X. If he has a Mac fast enough to play fansubs he can also run OS X. Then use MPlayer and VLC as NoSanninWa suggested. If he can't update to OS X, he'll be left behing in the long run. 3ivX and the official DivX client still work but I don't think they will carry on too long. __________________ MPlayer OSX Extended (en) \| nimmermehr (de) \| sttz (de) \| last.fm Life is a game whose first rule is: This is not a game, this is dead serious.

2004-01-06, 20:18	Link #2
flammie White Dragon Join Date: Dec 2003	I don't own a mac, but I believe 3ivx is a good mpeg 4 decoder with mac osx, os9 support.

2004-01-07, 10:34	Link #5
killmoms Former Triad Typesetter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Washington, DC Age: 39	Yes, 3ivX should work well for now, but OS X is the future, so try to get him to upgrade. If he can play MPEG-4 based anime encodes (DivX etc.) he can run OS X, and Panther is the best one yet. Between mplayer and VLC you can play pretty much everything. Woo! Mac users represent! --Cless

2004-01-14, 10:19	Link #6
Ookla The Mok Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Torrance, CA	he's likely stuck with 9.2 because of an old computer. In that case there will also be problems with playback framerate. In any case, 3ivx currently plays stuff back fine except for some issues with blocks on XviD b-frames, and it's very much still being actively developed.