Failing to open saved quick time player vids

Hey there !

idk if you ever got same problem like I just did ,I recorded almost 2 hour length vid but when I tried to save it to my USB drive ,it worked and it started saving ,the problem is when I tried to open it ,it always shows quick time player cannot open the file

MacBook Pro 13", OS X 10.11

Posted on Apr 27, 2020 7:00 PM

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Posted on Apr 27, 2020 9:38 PM

What size is the USB drive, in GB? Is it an USB flash drive (thumb drive), or a proper external drive connect by USB cable?

What is the formatting of the USB drive? Most sticks come pre-formatted as FAT32, which has its own limitations. E.g. 4 GB file size limit.

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Failing to open saved quick time player vids

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