can itunes 6 play other videos?

RGrphc2

...InSaNe...
I'll admit i have a few TV shows downloaded on my computer, not saying from where, but i was wondering if iTunes can play these video files. It would be nice to get rid of WMP9 for just that
 

RGrphc2

...InSaNe...
I have Quicktime 7 Pro, but these video's were encoding with DivX or something else, i am not sure what else though. I just need to open them in Quicktime and re-encode to H.264?
 

RGrphc2

...InSaNe...
Sorry to bump but I can't seem to open DivX files in quicktime so i can watch them in iTunes, what plug in do i need?
 

ElDiabloConCaca

U.S.D.A. Prime
Also, iTunes uses QuickTime to play videos, so if the videos don't play in the regular QuickTime Player, chances are iTunes won't play it either.
 

fryke

Moderator
Staff member
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The question really is: Does iTunes play _all_ files that play in QT player? And the answer is: No. Somehow, I think, Apple has restricted iTunes so it plays only "clean" QT-codecs, i.e. .mov files, .mp4 files etc., but not any .avi's that QT can play etc. So you'd really have to reencode them, which'll take _quite_ some time and lose quality. Too bad...
 

chevy

Marvelous Da Vinci
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QuickTime Pro has a very slow encoder for iPod (specific output selection on the "export" menu) but it works fine. I tried yesterday with some Apple ads and it works fine in iTunes viewer.

On iPod documentation, it mentions it will also play MPEG 4 up to 480x480, but I cannot test.
 
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