[jeanmand]

I work on a Mac and am using Final Cut Pro making documentaries
a Senior that struggles with everything. I wanted to open a Movie I had made and got a message: the movie file cannot be found avl.without this file the movie cannot properly play. I have never had this happen before what does avl mean and where did my movie go. Can I get it back? What did I do to have this happen. ?

[helpmerick]

AVI is a windows format for saving videos. You should be able to call up your project again and save it in a more Mac friendly format like .mov (QuickTime) or you could download the free VLC Media Player to play the AVI files (and many others) on your Mac.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Good luck.

[dannyn]

although helpmerick said to you vlc i would not recommend it..sorry rick i dont mean to dis on you.
i would recommend a program called MPEG streamclip..
it is made by a company called squaredfive..
if you called up apple that is what they would tell you is to download this program and convert it to mp4 or .mov....
http://www.squared5.com/
try it out..
works pretty good.

[helpmerick]

No problem at all Dannyn...that's what is great about this board...sharing the knowledge. I have had good luck with VLC on Windows, Mac, and Linux, but will take a look at the Streamclip program.

Have a good day.

[dannyn]

one other reason that i recommend using that is if you have to call apple they will tell you to download that program.. so you will be a step ahead if it escalates to that
cool website rick ( i posted a comment too)

[helpmerick]

Thanks Danny...for the heads up on the program and for visiting my site! Tune in one Thursday evening if you get a chance...

[jeanmand]

How did I get Avi on my Mac The movie was done on my Mac and saved to an external I have never had this problem before really confused

[Yankee Rose]

Hi Jeanmand:

Did you use Final Cut Pro to make the movie? What version of FCP?

Have you tried trashing your preferences? Here is some useful information.

Hope that helps!

[jeanmand]

Yes I used Final cut pro to make the movie version 5.0.4 I have made tons of movies and never had this happen before . But thanks for the infor I will try that and see what happens. If it works I will be ever greatful.