I can't play VCDs on my mac. I try opening them in QT (QT Pro 6 / OS X)
and i get "input / output error" or "component missing" messages.

Guess it is missing plugin / codecs.... any ideas?

Thanks,

James

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:34:52 +0100, james wrote
(in message <58502f86.0401140234.5c659954@posting.google.com>) :

> I can't play VCDs on my mac. I try opening them in QT (QT Pro 6 / OS X)
> and i get "input / output error" or "component missing" messages.
>
> Guess it is missing plugin / codecs.... any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James

Ther are two players that usealy can cope with files that Quicktime can't
open one is VLC and what that cant open ,M-player usely will .
Also there are the differnt divX codexs check them out also.Do a google
search for all of them.
hope this helps
william

unclecharlie********.com (james) wrote in message news:<58502f86.0401140234.5c659954@posting.google. com>...
> I can't play VCDs on my mac. I try opening them in QT (QT Pro 6 / OS X)
> and i get "input / output error" or "component missing" messages.
>
> Guess it is missing plugin / codecs.... any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James

Download VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html) it can play them.

--jim

unclecharlie********.com (james) wrote in message news:<58502f86.0401140234.5c659954@posting.google. com>...
> I can't play VCDs on my mac. I try opening them in QT (QT Pro 6 / OS X)
> and i get "input / output error" or "component missing" messages.
>
> Guess it is missing plugin / codecs.... any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James

NO, Quick Time is not set up to play VCDs under OSX, regardless of
what codecs you have (in fact QT with play raw mpeg1 files fine)

You need a program for playing VCDs try doing a versiontracker search
for MacVCD X (which is shareware $20) or VLC which isn't quite as
stable or reliable, but is free. VLC can play a lot of other files
like MPG2, or dixv, even some WMV.

Dylan