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The Best Way to Play AVI, Divx, xvid on Mac OS X

Part 1: What is AVI?

AVI, short for Audio Video Interleave, It is a special case of the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format). AVI is defined by Microsoft. AVI is the most common format for audio/video data on the PC. So you can't play AVI on you Mac always.

Part 2: How to play AVI, Divx, xvid files on Mac?

Switch to other media player

Plex and VLC player are two highly recommended players and in most cases they work like a charm under Mac. If you are using Snow Leopard, VLC player would be a better choice considering some Snow Leopard users reported that they ran into some problems with Plex on Snow Leopard. If you have Front Row installed, you can also consider give it a try and it works for some AVI.

Part 3: How to convert AVI files on Mac OS X?

Convert AVI files or convert videos to AVI on Mac, You need a Mac AVI Video Converter to help you convert from and to AVI files. Daniusoft AVI Video Converter for Mac can help you convert Videos between AVI and other video formats on Mac OS X (including 10.6 Snow Leoaprd) . You can free download it here:

Mac Video Converter

Step 1: Load videos files or AVI files to this AVI Video Converter for Mac
Run Daniusoft Video Converter Mac, drag the video files directly onto the interface.

Step 2: Select the right output format in the format drop-down list
If you want convert MP4, MPEG, MPG, WMV, VOB, MTS, MOV, etc videos to AVI, select "Common Video" – "Xvid AVI – Audio Video Interleaved (Xvid) (*.avi)" here.

Step 3: Convert Video from and to AVI on Mac OS X with AVI Converter for Mac
After choosing the format, you just need to click the blue button to start the task.

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