ola,
I use pdp_qt object to play mov files because I don't know other object wich plays video files. (avi too?)
if you are using pidip, you could try [pdp_ffmpeg] (or [pdp_ffmpegin] or
similar, i don't know the exact name)
with pdp/pidip each decoding-library has a separate object.
mm, it's not exactly that :
pdp_live~ can decode video files decoded by ffmpeg __if you compile pidip with ffmpeg support ( --with-ffmpeg=... )__
pdp_theorin~ can read nicely theora encoded video files ( but it's a little bit heavy )
salam, sevy