divx/Xvid codec for itunes

slinxy · 5 Mar 2007 at 13:18

Hi

anyone knows of an all in one codec pack that will install all the codecs for itunes?

Thanks

Will_3rd · 5 Mar 2007 at 13:51

what you trying to play?

iTunes uses Quicktime to playback music, try installing the DivX codec for Mac OSX

Spyhop · 5 Mar 2007 at 13:58

Install the Perian codec pack for Quicktime. I'm pretty sure iTunes uses Quicktime for video.

http://perian.org/

slinxy · 5 Mar 2007 at 14:34

just looking for one as apple tv streams movies via itunes and thinking of replacing my windows media center with a mac mini and apple tv, and of course using it to stream divX and Xvids to my tv.

the best I found is this for quicktime; not tried it yet
http://blog.twenty08.com/2006/12/27/codec-pack-for-all-the-new-mac-users/

Chewy · 5 Mar 2007 at 14:39

Go with Perian + flip4mac in my opinion.

punky_munky · 5 Mar 2007 at 14:43

Doesn't the Apple TV box do the decoding though? I wasn't aware that you could install codecs on to it?

Beepcake · 5 Mar 2007 at 14:48

punky_munky said:
Doesn't the Apple TV box do the decoding though? I wasn't aware that you could install codecs on to it?

Yep, you won't be able to watch anything other than iTunes downloaded content and converted movies until someone gets round to hacking it.

It's the main reason I bought my 2nd mini.. more expensive, but at least I can do what the hell I like with it.

slinxy · 5 Mar 2007 at 14:51

looks like I be keeping my media center pc and windows 2k3 server for a while. I was going to get rid of them all and just use my pc laptop, macbook and mini mac.