can itunes 6 play other videos?

[RGrphc2]

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

 

[Satcomer]

Well you will need QuickTime Pro 7.0.3 to encode the video to the proper format.

 

[RGrphc2]

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]

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?

 

[Mikuro]

Divx 5. Or if that doesn't work, try the Divx 6 beta.

But if you've been playing these movies in WMP, then they're not Divx. If these are .wmv files you're talking about, try Flip4Mac's WMV Player for QuickTime.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

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]

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]

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.