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notypicalblond
01-11-2010, 11:29 AM
Hiya all, well my stupid tivo missed recording an episode of survivor somehow and I have just discovered utorrent to try to dl the episode I missed to my imac running 10.5.8 . It appears that I have downloaded it (file is Survivor.S19E10.The.Day.of.Reckoning.HDTV.XviD-FQM.avi) but when I played it on quicktime 7.6.4 there is no sound/

Have I mucked something up or should I play on something else? :idunno:

thanks heaps :helpsmili

TraLaLa
01-11-2010, 09:04 PM
delete this post,restart your pc and try another player

cinephilia
01-11-2010, 09:05 PM
just use vlc media player.

LubTheStaringCat
01-11-2010, 09:13 PM
Down load the K-Lite Codec Pack to update your codecs, download SM Player.
That should play the files to want.

SM Player usually plays anything, hope this helps you :)

AdrianPhoto
01-11-2010, 09:23 PM
I'd go with VLC

th0r
01-11-2010, 09:28 PM
but when I played it on quicktime 7.6.4 there is no soundonce again, quicktime player proves to be another one of fapple's worthless pieces of software that you even have to pay for

i'll second the above recommendations

AdrianPhoto
01-11-2010, 09:32 PM
quicktime player proves to be another one of fapple's worthless pieces of software that you even have to pay for
Amen to that!

kurdt
01-12-2010, 12:29 AM
as others have said, vlc - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

eldiesel
01-12-2010, 02:19 AM
KM Player is great too.

whiteboy
01-13-2010, 12:18 AM
The one and only MPC-HC

Cabalo
01-13-2010, 01:21 AM
just use vlc media player.
exactly, if you're running on a Mac, get it here (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html).


KM Player is great too.
Why not read the opening post? I know you're not much of a reader, but really, it's just a couple of lines. :ermm:

Rigel9
01-13-2010, 08:54 AM
All suggestions except VLC are crap as he's running OS X.

You might also try Perian (http://perian.org/) or Plex (http://www.plexapp.com/).

Lovestoned
01-13-2010, 08:58 AM
You should get a codec pack installed and then use any player of your choice which supports FFDShow.

Totti
01-13-2010, 09:09 AM
Like all the above said use vlc player... Btw vlc is enough for windows 7 users no need for any codec packs it will play anything no problem what so ever

anon
01-14-2010, 05:10 PM
You should get a codec pack installed and then use any player of your choice which supports FFDShow.

I'm not on Mac, but is installing a codec pack and ffdshow necessary? I had K-Lite's until it started causing me problems with nothing shown instead of the video. Got rid of it, installed ffdshow-tryouts, and then I'd be able to watch movies without problems.

b3owulf
01-15-2010, 12:19 PM
VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC!!!
Got it? If not, one more time: VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC VLC!!!
Btw, latest WMP is somehow better than VLC cause it can interact with GPU and reduce CPU load, but that doesn't matter since you're on Mac.

Speedo
01-16-2010, 05:24 PM
but when I played it on quicktime 7.6.4 there is no soundonce again, quicktime player proves to be another one of fapple's worthless pieces of software that you even have to pay for

i'll second the above recommendations


What a visionary. Does visionaries see missionaries come in the future?