| 19 Jan 2008 03:31 pm |
Entree Rep: 0 Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OFFLINE | I have tried two different freeware programs, one called “SUPER” and one from AVS, to convert a AVI file produced by my digital camera to a Quicktime MOV file. Both conversions appeared to work, but when I try to play the file in Quicktime, I get audio but no video. I have tried to play the MOV file with VLC, and that does appear to work. But I would prefer to play it with Quicktime. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
Last edited 19 Jan 2008 03:33 pm by ronsdougherty | |
| | 20 Jan 2008 05:12 am |
Regular Rep: 4 Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 1,244 | What codec is the produced video in? It could be bundled in VideoLan (VLC has all its decoders and filters bundled in, and usually does not require external ones) but not with QuickTime.
If you’re not sure, open the file in QuickTime, click window, show movie inspector (it may appear as 'show movie info' on some versions). The video codec should be listed on the 'format' or 'data format' line.
Another way is while you play the file in VLC, click view, file and stream info. The codec should be listed under the advanced information pane.
One last way is to feed the file into gspot. http://www.headbands.com/gspot. Note that only beta version 2.70 can analyze QuickTime files at present. Older versions can tell the container is QuickTime, but not the codec(s) used.
Side note: VideoLan is very powerful in that it can play media files virtually irrespective of containers and codecs restrictions. Example: DivX is a video codec designed for the AVI container, but sometimes for fun crazy people will place it in a MOV container (which is not what it was designed for). QuickTime for Windows can’t play it, because there is no DivX for MOV codec, yet VideoLan can (it ignores the restriction of DivX from the MOV container)! If the codec you chose to compress your file does not exist for QuickTime, you should choose a different one.
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