how do i open and play an avi file on macbook air

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Posted on Apr 15, 2021 04:49 PM

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Posted on Apr 15, 2021 04:55 PM

Click here and download VLC. If it doesn't work, you probably can't; AVI is a container, not a format, and some AVIs use codecs not available for macOS.

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Apr 15, 2021 04:55 PM in response to RussFishingPro

Click here and download VLC. If it doesn't work, you probably can't; AVI is a container, not a format, and some AVIs use codecs not available for macOS.

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.avi files are unsupported on QuickTime Player. Convert it to somewhat fikes like .mp4

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