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Q: QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component

I am new to Mac so please forgive my ignorance. I have a Sony video camera which has .mpg files. I wanted to use these files in imovie so I googled how to convert them and came up with MPEG Streamclip. It wiped my MPEG-2 Playback Component. I downloaded it again from the Apple store but when I went to install it told me it was too old for my system. What can I do now?

 

(P.S. hating that I converting anything to mac is so bloody complicated)

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on May 30, 2013 6:03 AM

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  • by rkaufmann87,

    rkaufmann87 rkaufmann87 May 30, 2013 6:13 AM in response to kjkmkce
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    May 30, 2013 6:13 AM in response to kjkmkce

    it's actually very very simple to do, why not start by seeing if your video camera is compatilbe with iMovie. If it is then I'd recommend watching one of the many tutorials on using iMovie. Here is the first step: iMovie '11 Supported Cameras

  • by Klaus1,Solvedanswer

    Klaus1 Klaus1 May 30, 2013 6:15 AM in response to kjkmkce
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    May 30, 2013 6:15 AM in response to kjkmkce

    This particular aspect is a bit complicated!

     

    As you can read on this page:  http://store.apple.com/uk/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x

     

    On OS X Lion and later, MPEG-2 playback functionality is built into QuickTime X. The QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component is not required and cannot be installed.

     

    From the MPEG Streamclip homepage

     

    The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion onwards, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381

     

    To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.

     

    The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

  • by MartinR,

    MartinR MartinR May 30, 2013 8:26 AM in response to kjkmkce
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    May 30, 2013 8:26 AM in response to kjkmkce

    It would help to know the exact model Sony camcorder you have.