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Old 05-04-2007, 08:13 PM
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AC3 + Quicktime = Crackle?
Fellas,

I'm having problems with some .avi files. They're DiVX video, AC3 Audio. I scoured the Net for something that will let them play, and found what I thought was the right codecs. They were even billed as 'For Intel Macs'.

Okay, so I have sound now, but it crackles at the worst times - when there's a lot of sound, during big battle scenes etc. - just exactly when you don't want it.

Anyone also experiencing this problem? What am I missing here?

Seems like keeping up with this stuff is a full time gig in itself!

Forgot to mention. I'm running a 2.16Ghz Core2 Duo iMac, 2Gb RAM, 10.4.9, Quicktime Player 7.1.5....err.....latest DivX and what I thought was the latest AC3 support from Nov of last year?
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Old 05-04-2007, 08:25 PM
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Tried VLC? It blows Quicktime out of the water when talking about codecs, and best of all, it's free!
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Old 06-04-2007, 07:49 AM
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That might be fine for playing the videos in my iMac, (Heck, Divx player will play them fine) but I can't burn them to DVD.
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Old 06-04-2007, 08:34 AM
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That might be fine for playing the videos in my iMac, (Heck, Divx player will play them fine) but I can't burn them to DVD.
If you want to convert them to DVD give FFmpegX a look.
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Old 06-04-2007, 09:54 AM
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Try another AC3 codec?
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Old 07-04-2007, 07:27 PM
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Actually this is really frustrating. I have n AC3 codec, and I can play the AVI's in everything, but as soon as I go to burn the movies to DVD, the audio crackles!

ARGH!
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