A friend of mine sent me a copy of his film on the computer as an "AVI" file and Quicktime complains and I can't watch it on my Mac. Rather than look like a clueless twit I'd rather figure it out before I ask him for help: Quicktime complains that the movie is "not in a format Quicktime Player understands". Can you help me out?...

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Given the choice, I'd much rather watch DVDs on my Mac with the great free app VLC rather than the lame "DVD Player" that is included with Mac OS X. How the heck do I do that?...

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