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"The file is not a movie file."

Hey Everyone,

I have a series of .avi files that, up until recently, I was able to watch using QuickTime and on my television through my EyeHome box...

Due to a hard drive failure, I had to copy these files to another hard drive. Now when I double-click on one, I get a message from QuickTime stating "The movie could not be opened. The file is not a movie file."

Meanwhile, though, I can still play these same files using VLC Media Player. So what gives? Why would files that were previously playable with QuickTime suddenly stop working?

Yes - I've got all the latest software updates, etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

G5, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Feb 24, 2008 12:15 PM

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Feb 26, 2008 2:43 PM in response to apple id number 11

I, too am having similar problems. I had upgraded to QT 7.4 and my FCP 4.5 would no longer launch. I Archived and Reinstalled my osx 10.3.9. Now, all my MPEG-1 files that were previously useable in QT give me the "The movie could not be opened" message. The video is viewable in VLC, however.

I do have QT Pro 7. I cannot use MPEG Streamclip. When I try to open with MPEG Streamclip, I do not get any video.

I have purchased the Apple QT 6 MPEG-2 PLAYBACK, but that didn't help. I don't know if there is a playback component I had before that I don't have since the Reinstall.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jim

"The file is not a movie file."

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