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November 4, 2024
Question

AVI file does not play in Photoshop Elements

  • November 4, 2024
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AVI file does not play when opening the file in Photoshop Elements running on MAC
If I open the file directly from the drive it runs perfectly in QuikTimePlayer with pictyer and sound

Why?
Does Element use another videoplayer?

Please help
Best Regards Hagos

3 replies

Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2024

That's not an unusual problem.  Did you try Handbrake?

Participant
November 15, 2024

I have Movavi Video Converter which works fine but converting 2000 files is a bit of a boring task;-)
One really drawback is that when converting you dont get the orginal file date  propertie which i use when showing the videos on a timeline.
 
I must say it really annoying to be able to play AVI files on my Mac with Quiktime but playback the same file through Adobe Elements organizer does not work. 
ciao

Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 4, 2024

Photoshop Elements is a photo editor.   Did you mean Premiere Elements?

Or are you talking about the Organizer?

Avi files play fine for me in the Organizer on Windows.  I can't tell you anything about Macs.

Are you getting any error message?  Please give us a screenshot.

Avi files are merely a container for other formats, so the ability to play them generally relies on the codec that was used for the video/audio streams within the file. 

Without getting into more detail, one easy solution for you may be to transcode the avi files to mp4 using Handbrake which is a free utility.

Participant
November 5, 2024

Hi Greg

Thanks for yoy reply. Its concering Organizer.

The funny thing is that I can run all the AVI files on my mac using quicktime player but once in the application Organizer the files don't play

 

Participant
November 4, 2024

I use Photo Elements 2025 and running MacOS Sequoia (Version 15.1)