Divx On Os X Tiger Problem And Solution

For those of you, like me who have taken iTunes and mp3 libraries to their logical conclusion and started digitizing their DVD collection or downloading some of the very good amateur flicks out there (e.g. Star Wreck: In the Pirkenning), you may have run into this:The official DivX codec has some serious problems on OS X Tiger (10.4.x) and Quicktime 7. Problems can include very choppy display, no sound, no display, etc. I experienced a LOT of frustration on upgrading to 10.4 when much of my video library stopped working (and it is such a hassle to have to dig through boxes for an actual DVD ...). Fortunately the fix is easy: use VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/). VLC is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, etc) video player which has built in support for XVid, DivX, etc, and plays these files correctly. In some ways, it is much better than the free Quicktime player which comes with Mac OS X, anyway. In particular, it allows you to select with device to send video to and allows me, for instance to play fullscreen video on my TV without tying up my monitor.

Well, you can download the DivX library from MPlayer and you can play it with a MPlayer compatible player or any player that only needs its core library and nothing fancy.xboxrulz

Well, you can download the DivX library from MPlayer and you can play it with a MPlayer compatible player or any player that only needs its core library and nothing fancy.

 

xboxrulz

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Hmmm... better than that, it looks like MPlayer now has a Mac OS X package and binaries for Tiger, so I don't even need to play around with the library. It looks like it will work about the same as VLC. I will have to try it and see which i like better. It looks like either way I can use the same media/DVD player on my Mac and my Linux box.

 

Thanks.

Yup. VLC is the way to go. And it's a fat binary too, so Intel and PowerPC users alike can use it!