To convert an AVI movie, first, place the contents of the folder ╥Drop contents in ╥Extensions╙ in your System Folder:Extensions folder, then simply drop the movie onto ╥AVI to QT Utility╙ and then you can choose either to convert it to a stand-alone movie or simply create a small ╥Alias╙ to the movie data.
QuickTime itself doesn't understand how to play AVI movies, because it doesn't know what to do with the movie data. So you need the compressor/decompressor components (codecs) in the ╥Drop contents in ╥Extensions╙╙ folder in order for QT to know what to do with the movie data. I put this distribution together by taking the ╥AVI to QT Utility╙ from the file ╥gst/mov/video-for-windows-11p.hqx╙ and finding that the codecs shipped with that package are too old for most newer AVIs, I found that some newer ones shipped with a Netscape plug-in called ╥Maczilla╙, I ╥borrowed╙ those from that.
Joel Klecker (jk@esperance.com) <URL:http://www.esperance.com/>
