Can Macs Play AVI/Xvid?

Original Message

Name: NintendoFan
Date: February 26, 2007 at 22:29:19 Pacific
Subject: Can Macs Play AVI/Xvid?
OS: Mac
CPU/Ram: Mac
Model/Manufacturer: Mac

Comment:

Hey,
I tried searching around the web, and couldn't really find a clear answer.
I'm making videos and am going to put them on my site. I've been saving them in a lossless AVI Codec, but then convert them to a smaller file size Xvid AVI.
I want people with both Windows and Macs to be able to view these videos.
Can Macs easily play AVI files encoded with Xvid?
Or what format should I be using?

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Response Number 1

Name: Golfer
Date: February 27, 2007 at 13:22:58 Pacific
Subject: Can Macs Play AVI/Xvid?

Reply: (edit)

VLC handles AVIs quite nicely, but it isn't a pre-installed
program. Best bet for making sure Macs can read the file is
using a Quicktime format (mp4). Macs can also handle wmvs
if Flip4Mac is installed. I see a lot of sites now that use 2
links for videos, one in wmv format, the other in mp4.

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Response Number 2

Name: orbital
Date: February 27, 2007 at 13:46:00 Pacific
Subject: Can Macs Play AVI/Xvid?

Reply: (edit)

http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/?prima...
http://www.appletvvideoconverter.com
http://www.mireth.com/pub/mxme-spec...

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Response Number 3

Name: orbital
Date: February 27, 2007 at 13:46:57 Pacific
Subject: Can Macs Play AVI/Xvid?

Reply: (edit)

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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