AVI and QuickTime question

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by MrToast

Hey CD,

I'm having some problems playing AVI files in Quicktime. I've searched around and installed some things like DivX, 3ivX, and AC3, but nothing works. Every time I try to open the movie I get "QuickTime cannot open the file... an unknown error occurred (-50)". Restarting has done nothing to alleviate this problem.

Does anyone here have an idea as to what I could do?

Thanks!

Dave

System specs:
500MHz G3 white iBook (dual USB), 576MB RAM, OS X 10.4, Quicktime 7, DivX 5.2.1, 3ivX D4 4.5.1, AC3 (latest).

This error usually results from a corrupt and/or proprietary header in the AVI file.
I don't think there is anyway you can read a movie file with a corrupt header.
If it is proprietary then the only way is to use a player that is compatible with encoder.

Try this. It sometime can re-write the header files in an AVI
http://doctor.3ivx.com/