Can QuickTime Play AVI Files?
AVI is on the list of QuickTime supported video formats. But this is only limited to the AVI with Motion JPEG video. You will encounter various codec problems when playing AVI on Mac as follows:
1. If you get the message 'filename .avi file could not be opened. A required codec isn't available.' You shall understand AVI, in fact, is a kind of container format, which can be compressed by a number of codecs, including MJPEG, MPEG-4, MPEG-3, MPEG-1, MPEG-H etc. QuickTime can't play AVI video compressed with MPEG-4, MPEG-HD etc other than Motion JPEG video.
2. QuickTime can't play AVI file with audio sound. QT does not recognize the audio in this video because the audio codec is not supported by QuickTime.
3. Some users reported that QuickTime no longer played AVI file after having updated to new Mac OS X. The installed codec or Perian are the issues that cause AVI file not playing on QT. Perian may not be compatible with the new OS you upgraded to.
Note: macOS will soon no longer be able to run 32-bit programs. This means QuickTime Pro 7 won't run fine on the new OS after Mojave. You have to find a replacement to play the video or convert AVI video to MP4 format that other portable devices accept.
Quicktime Codecs For Mac
Quicktime Mac Avi Codec
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