Console Says . . . QuickTime/AviImporter-r7 . . . er . . . What?

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So I have read that with Console, "your Mac is practically SCREAMING at you!"

Too bad it is in Etruscan.

As with my signature:

MacBook 2.4 GigHz, 4 RAM, 10.5.6, with Perian Loaded, Flip4Mac

Had a system-wide crash after everything had been fine. Specifically, Mail was doing its thing, I had Firefox running as I was posting when I got the BeachBall of Death.

Fine. Except this affected everything. I could not force-quit I had to hard restart.

I decided to check Console--this is an example of what it showed at the time of the crash.

2/24/09 10:55:40 PM SystemUIServer[185] Error loading /Library/QuickTime/AviImporter-r7 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/AviImporter: dlopen(/Library/QuickTime/AviImporter-r7 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/AviImporter, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/QuickTime/AviImporter-r7 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/AviImporter: mach-o, but wrong architecture

2/24/09 10:55:43 PM Mail[168] Error loading /Library/QuickTime/XviD_Codec-r58 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/XviD_Codec: dlopen(/Library/QuickTime/XviD_Codec-r58 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/XviD_Codec, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/QuickTime/XviD_Codec-r58 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/XviD_Codec: mach-o, but wrong architecture

which repeats.

I ran Onyx after checking Console after the hard restart.

Now things seem fine, but checking Console, I notice the same error. For example, during the running of Onyx:

2/24/09 10:58:25 PM OnyX[342] Error loading /Library/QuickTime/XviD_Codec-r58 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/XviD_Codec: dlopen(/Library/QuickTime/XviD_Codec-r58 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/XviD_Codec, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/QuickTime/XviD_Codec-r58 (ppc).component/Contents/MacOS/XviD_Codec: mach-o, but wrong architecture

After restart twice to rebuild caches, I notice the same problem.

My Google Fu showed discussions regarding peripherals like a camera, and people loading Perian--which I have--and " dumping the Library/QuickTime/AviImporter-r7 (Intel).component."

Reading that--as above and my signature--this error is listing a "(ppc)" rather than Intel.

So I looked . . . in QuickTime under my user Library I have the Perian and "AC3MovieImport.component" . . .whatever that is.

Checking Hard Drive ---> Library ---> QuickTime I find the Wee Beastie:

QuickTimeLibrary.jpg


Okay . . . so . . . anything going on? Something I need to fix?

--J.D.
 
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I wondered about that. Should I uninstall that XviD_Codec as well?

I cloned the drive so if I end up tearing a hole in the fabric of the Universe, I can go back.

--J.D.
 
It looks like only the XviD codec is causing problems.

If you remove all the XviD codecs, does Quicktime behave itself? It's worth a shot to do this before going through an entire reinstall of Quicktime.
 
Already did the re-install!!111!!

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Though I "saved" everything in separate files--contents of the two Library folders.

Be back in a sec . . . after reboot. . . .

--J.D.
 
Interesting.

So I have done that and now there are no library folders for QuickTime in the HD library or my user library--the former had the pictured elements. I will try replacing them and then see if I can get a new one of that XviDCodec.

--J.D.
 
Notice that the log says "...but wrong architecture" about XviD and AviImporter, the two that are marked as PPC. You need to find Intel-compatible versions of those plugins, or remove them.

If you have other PPC-only plugins you'll need to remove them as well.

I think Perian should make the AviImporter and FLV importer obsolete, btw. Probably the Divx Decoder, too, and also Xvid (unless you're using Xvid to encode videos, not to watch them).
 
Hmmm . . . found a newer version of the codec.

Assuming that fixed everything is there a good reference for figuring out Console?

Posted before Mikuro replied.

Ah. These are things I accumulated prior to learning about Perian from my old account--previously owned an Ancient Widdle Pismo.

Also, I need to update my Perian.

Finalmente:

When looking for an Intel version of this AVI Importer, I found this:

You may have a fix here: remove (or compress) 'AviImporter-r7 (Intel).component' found in Library/QuickTime/

Apple Support
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I guess I do not need that thing.

--J.D.
 
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Interesting.

I obtained those other codecs prior to finding this place and the recommendation for Perian. After all of this, I tried viewing a QT movie I made recently and . . . IT WOULD NOT PLAY!!

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instead, I was told I needed to go to the Apple page for additional codecs!1!

Looking at what I had--compared to what I had had on my Ex-HD--I had gotten rid of the AviImporter-r7 (ppc) and updated the XviD_Codec 1.0. Now what! I musts has the AviImporter I musts!!

Well, searching I found, again, a number of discussions stating that Perian had made much of this unnecessary AND keeping the AviImporter slowed down Leopard, created crashes, and promoted country-western music! Most recommended dumping it, and when a few did they responded that all happiness came to them, including a few ponies. As one put it:

Thanks so much, deleting those files did the trick! .... and here I thought for the past 6 months that Leopard was horribly flawed because of this.

Whirlpool
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So . . . I took out the XviD_Codec . . . and now the files play perfectly.

Hope this journey in to the arcane helps other people.

--J.D.
 
1. Close down all programs.

2. Navigate to the folder(s) in /YourHardDrive/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and/or /YourHardDrive/Users/YourUsername/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ to remove the Divx plugins.

3. Go to the web site Perian.org and download that plugin. IMHO it will be better than that old DivX plugin.
 
Also in the second case it seems the stuff might be from the wrong architecture (PPC vs Intel) - uninstall, and find the newest version of the same software, specifically for your Mac's architecture (if it's less than 5 y old, it's most likely Intel. Any MacBook-something, Mac Pro etc = Intel. If in doubt, look at System Profiler, it will tell you)
 
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