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Problem playing .MOV files
Name: elantro Date: July 15, 2004 at 00:42:22 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP1 CPU/Ram: Athlon 2500+ / 512MB PC32
Comment:
I can't play mov files. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling all codecs but it's still the same. The audio can be heard but the video output is green or sometimes the video frames are freezing.. what could be the error?
Name: slik_vik Date: July 15, 2004 at 01:22:21 Pacific
Reply:
That is a Quicktime file...Are you using Quicktime? IF the file itself is not corrupt, try downloading AVIcodec
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/avicodec.html This program displays all the codecs needed to play any kind of video file and it also shows if you have the codecs or not. It even goes as far to tell you where to dl needed codecs with a press of the "web" button...
Summary: Windows media player can't play .mov files, you need to download quicktime. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html And for the avi files, most likely you need to install this http://www.div...
Summary: I've seen WMP play the same .mov files I am looking to play, so I know it is possible. If I find a place to get the codec I will show where. Until then I will check back to see if anyone else has......
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