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I'm trying to open up a QT file and it opens but I'm only getting a
timeline and hearing audio, I'm not getting picture. I'm sure it's
something simple that I must've overlooked. Any advice?

Thanks in advance,

Mike




Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:48 pm

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I'm trying to open up a QT file and it opens but I'm only getting a timeline and hearing audio, I'm not getting picture. I'm sure it's something simple that I...
mike.breiburg
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Jan 30, 2008
5:42 am

This usually happens when you are missing a video codec. If you check the movie info, it will tell you what video and audio codec the movie uses. If you search...
rmanke
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Jan 30, 2008
5:46 am

In this case, the codec is listed and it's H.264 ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
mike
mike.breiburg
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Jan 30, 2008
4:20 pm

That is strange! You do have the latest version of QuickTime isntalled? Can you try opening it in a program like VLC? (It has it's own codecs). This may allow...
rmanke
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Jan 30, 2008
4:23 pm

VLC? Is that available on versiontracker? Yeah, I've got the latest QT installed but I'm hearing that may be the problem so I may need to downgrade to an...
mike
mike.breiburg
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Feb 1, 2008
6:16 pm

Yes, it is available on Versiontracker: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738...
rmanke
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Feb 2, 2008
2:30 am

Yep, the file opens through VLC, both picture and sound, but still only opens up as an audio file when opening it with QT. So I'm gonna try downgrading... ......
mike
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Feb 2, 2008
4:18 pm
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