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Why AVI files do not play on Mac?

Since AVI is not a Mac friendly video format, you can convert AVI to Mac high compatible formats like MP4, MOV, M4V, etc. So that you can play AVI movies on Mac with QuickTime or iTunes. Here Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate for Mac, is recommended to help you convert AVI videos to MP4, MOV, etc. Mac formats on Mac OS X (Mountain Lion. And here are the best 2 ways to play AVI movies on QuickTime on Mac (including Mountain Lion). Solution 1: Play AVI in QuickTime by converting AVI to QuickTime supported formats The best way to play AVI video clips on QuickTime player is to change AVI to QuickTime highly compatible video formats like MOV, MP4 and M4V. DivX Player for Mac. Compatibility: Mac OS X 10.5.0 or above. DivX Player delivers high-quality video playback for AVI, DIVX, MKV, MP4, and more. It is the best video player Mac to watch DivX, MKV, and HEVC up to 4K films. You can use its built-in TransferWizard to burn videos to DVD/USB/computer. Playing AVI and DivX files. This chapter from our book Troubleshooting Mac® OS X discusses why some Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) multimedia files do not play in QuickTime and provides methods for playing AVIs on Mac OS X. There has been confusion over AVI files since QuickTime® added support for such. AVI is a media container. Ways to Play Avi Videos On MacOS X Posted on September 18, 2020 by Paul watson AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave, which can be referred to as a product of Microsoft, which is known to have been created, in the early part of 1990.

Although QuickTime has officially added support for AVI files, however, there are still many people complain that QuickTime on Mac does not work with AVI files. As a matter of fact, most of those issues arise with movies that have been compressed using CODECs (Compressor - Decompressor) that are unavailable for QuickTime in Mac OS X. In particular, the Indeo® CODEC, popular for video compression on PCs, has not been ported to Mac OS X. The same issue also happens on many Divx-encoded files carrying the .avi extension. QuickTime does not include native DivX support, even though QuickTime 6 and later support the ISO Standard MPEG-4 media compression format and DivX is based on the MPEG-4 standard.

3 free Methods to Play AVI files with QuickTime on Mac

To enable you play AVI files with QuickTime on Mac, we have listed 3 free methods, have a reference at them one by one.

Method one: Use VLC
The best and also the simplest way to play AVI files on Mac is to download and install the free and open source cross-platform multimedia player VLC media player for Mac OS X.

Method two: Install Perian
Perian is a free, open source, QuickTime component that supports many popular media types, including AVI, DivX, and XviD.

Method three: Divx for Mac Codec
Many Divx codec can be played with QuickTime on Mac with the help of installing a freeware codec called Divx for Mac. This plug-in has been improved continuously, the drawback when using this plug-in is the sound in some AVIs will sometimes be either missed or distorted.

Alternative method to play AVI files on Mac

Both the free methods listed can not ensure you a guarantee to play all AVI files with no failure, some AVI file still refuse to be played. In addition, if you have upgraded your Mac to the newest Mac OS X El Capitan, some freeware may not updated itself with support for this new Mac OS, you will definitely fail to play AVI files on them.

To eliminate your annoyance caused by all those issues, a more powerful AVI Converter for Mac OS X El Capitan - Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is recommended to you. The program has full range support for all AVI container formats compressed with various different codecs such as Divx, Xvid, etc. You can directly convert AVI to QuickTime native compatible MOV format for playback on your Mac computer, or transcode AVI to other popular formats, device preset file formats or FCP/iMovie/Avid MC/Premiere compatible professional editing codec.

Owing to minimal compression features to ensure the highest possible quality, AVI file are larger in size than other video formats such as MP4, AVI, FLV, etc. Fortunately, you can compress AVI files on Mac with our program with the following 3 different ways:
Trim: cut off unwanted parts from your AVI files to have only you wanted parts left, this method will not cause any quality loss.
File resolution: output avi file with a lower resolution for playing on smartphone or tablet, a medium resolution for streaming over the internet.
Bit rate: lower the bit rate 20-50% of the default to get small files.

How to convert and compress AVI files on Mac OS X El Capitan?

Step 1: Input avi files to the software.

Click 'Add Video' or 'Add from folder' icon to import source avi files to the program.

Step 2: Define output file format.

Click 'Format' bar, from its extended list, here, you can choose to play AVI files on Mac with QuickTime by selecting QuickTime compatible 'Common Video' > 'MOV - QuickTime(*.mov)' to output. You can also opt to select other file formats basing on your own needs.

Step 3: Compress AVI file size.

Trim video: Open 'Video Editor' window and switch to the 'Trim' tab, you can drag the slider bars to include the segment you want to remain, click the left square bracket to set start point, and click the right square bracket to set end point when previewing the video or directly input specific values to 'Start' and 'End' box.

Lower file resolution and bit rate: Click 'Settings' to open 'Profile Settings' drop-down window, from 'Size(pix)' drop-down list, select a small resolution to output, under 'Bit rate' drop-down option, choose a lower bit rate.

Step 4: Start to convert AVI files on Mac OS X El Capitan.

Go back to the main interface, press the right-bottom to start to convert AVI to QuickTime MOV for playing on Mac OS X El Capitan.

When the conversion is done, you will have no limitation to enjoy AVI files on Mac, iPhone, iPad or streaming to Apple TV for watching on TV.

AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave, which can be referred to as a product of Microsoft, which is known to have been created, in the early part of 1990. It lets the users browse videos on any Mac device and also allows transfer between Mac and handy IOS devices. However, this application is generally known to be used in devices running on Windows but it is also capable of being used for Mac devices. Although, all AVI files don’t have the same compatibility with the no cost version of QuickTime by Apple. Hence, for such users playing AVI audios and videos on any Mac device may require enabling MacOS X to let it recognize the files of AVI. Few ways to accomplish this task are as follows:

Conversion of AVI Files to QuickTime CompatibleFormats

Converting all the AVI files on your device to a QuickTime compatible format will allow you to play those files on all inbuilt video apps by Mac. Supposedly, you can make use of the Video Converter app for playing all AVI files on your Mac device. This software enables the users to drop, drag, and transform all the AVI files into various formats that support QuickTime such as MOV, MP4, and M4V. Once the files are converted, they can be easily transferred to iTunes and also sync with your ATV, iPad, iPhone for background playback.

Important steps:

  1. Select the add file option on the screen for adding the AVI file source to the program.
  2. Select the format of output from the drop-down menu and choose the bottom right button for converting the file.
  3. You can also download the Elmedia application which is known to be the best player of AVI on Mac devices. It is free software. It lets you enjoy all your most liked AVI files on Mac devices without facing without a single problem.
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Play AVI Files on Mac by Elmedia

  1. Complete the installation of AVI player for Macon your Mac device.
  2. Adding AVI files

Select the video option on the user interface for adding the AVI files. It can even be dragged and dropped to the interface for better playback.

Macos Play Avi File

This AVI playing application even enables you to make adjustments in volume, change the aspect ratio, alter the screen size, click snapshots and so many different functions. Hence, you should give this media player application a try.