Third party for quicktime

[Kolas]

Hello...i am pretty new to mac panther.....my friend burnt a movie for me that she downloaded off the internet (i think she uses DivX) and Quicktime keeps telling me that i have to download a third party in order to watch it!...but there are soo many and i just don't know where to begin!...any tips would be helpful!!...also when i try to download movies off limewire...quicktime won't play most of them!?...will the third party help with this? Thanks so much
Chelsea

 

[Mikuro]

This is probably all you need: http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/download/

As for other files, it depends on a lot on the type. Most AVIs will be playable with QuickTime (once you install Divx, that is). WMVs can be played through QuickTime if you install Flip4Mac's WMV Player codec (which I think Microsoft is actually giving out for free now). RM files need RealPlayer. Most MPGs can play in QT right out of the box. Anything else can probably be played with VLC or MPlayer.