playing MOV files

morris salame

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I am running WMP version 7 on my windows 98 machine and it plays my .MOV movies fine. My new XP laptop has WMP version 9 and it will only play the sound and not the movie. Why?

NeoRenegade

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.MOV is a Macintosh Quicktime movie format. You should be able to view your .MOV movies just fine in QuickTime.

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Use Quicktime Alternative to play it:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

No need to install the regular Quicktime player.

Are you sure your Windows Media Player 7 plays .MOV? o_0 I don’t think WMP7 plays .MOV...

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I was searching the net to see what video software program plays .MOV file and so I happened upon this site. I thought I’d just share my experience. I have Windows Media Player 9.0 and it will play my .MOV file, however before it plays it there’s a pop-up window that says: The selected file has an extension that is not recognized by Windows Media Player, but the Player will be able to play it. Because the extension is unknown by the Player, you should be sure that the file comes from a trustworthy source.

Then in the same window it ask: Do you want the Player to play the file?

You have the option to click on a YES or NO button.

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I’d like to append that Windows Media Player can play QuickTime (.mov) files only if they use a cross-platform codec (a codec that can be embedded in either .mov or .avi files). The most common example is Cinepak.

laptopgirl

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I just bought HP pavillion laptop & mov files dont play on WMP v10. Thnx for the info on quicktime i will try it :-) Would i have to change the mov format to burn on DVD???? Cuz right now when i try to burn it on NEro its gets an error.

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