Not a movie file

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Not a movie file

I am trying to open an mpg file but everytime i do quicktime says this is not a movie file. Anyone know what my be wrong?

Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Jun 24, 2010 6:33 PM

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Answer 1

dbsneddon

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Jun 24, 2010 11:31 PM in response to Et34

Maybe it is not a movie file that Quicktime understands...
Have you tried using anything else to view it?
VLC? http://videolan.org/
MPEGstreamclip? http://www.squared5.com/

Dave

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Answer 2

Jun 25, 2010 4:24 AM in response to Et34

MPEG-2 file format requires additional software.

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putnik

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Jun 25, 2010 6:08 AM in response to Et34

Try installing PERIAN?

http://perian.org/

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Answer 4

Jun 25, 2010 6:16 AM in response to putnik

Perian is a good choice for all of the ancient AVI files but it won't help open an MPEG-2 format.
VLC can open and play most MPEG-2 flavors.

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putnik

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Jun 25, 2010 6:22 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

MPEG-2 is certainly listed in the PERIAN "Details" tab...

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Answer 6

Jun 25, 2010 6:25 AM in response to putnik

http://perian.org/#support

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