Open .avi files on Mac

Is there any work around for opening .AVI files on a mac, this has been an issue for a number of years and i'm wondering if i missed a fix for this? I don't want to have to convert all my video from .avi

Answer 1

[Sulaymon Eshkabilov]

Check this 3rd party MATLAB functions to read avi files:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18559-aviread

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18864-aviread

[Amy Wolff]

will this work on a mac though, documentation specifies windows?