The movie is from 2008. Created using iMovie (actually a transfer from a VHS). Is there any way to fix this? I tried importing into a bunch of third party apps (Handbrake, for example) and VLC at least gets me this far.
Mac mini, macOS 10.14
That seems to be an iMovie reference movie. If the rest of the iMovie project and the referenced media files are intact, that could be exported via MPEG Streamclip (32-bit app that works in Mojave or earlier, also via VMware in later macOS).
For more details, check:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251714299
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250492807
That seems to be an iMovie reference movie. If the rest of the iMovie project and the referenced media files are intact, that could be exported via MPEG Streamclip (32-bit app that works in Mojave or earlier, also via VMware in later macOS).
For more details, check:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251714299
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250492807
Thanks, but I gave up. I found that I still have the .dv files in a folder called "Media." (they were under .dvdproject or something similar. Sorry, I don't have that memorized). Since those were still there I could open iMovie and import the .dv files. It is a simple case of rebuilding those bits (sort of like working from the Video_t files. PS I have an old MBP that is very slow and I haven't reformatted or done much of anything, except to keep it on life support. For kicks, I dragged the files to a flash drive, and put them on the MBP that is running El Capitan. Nope. Get a different message but still couldn't open and a drop down directed me to a different rabbit hole. :-)
That reference .mov is the edited version of those Media .dv streams. But you can use .dv files and just re-edit them.
Yes, that's what I discovered. I was hoping to just play the .mov but since it's 2008, maybe there's a glitch. Hope that doesn't happen again. I don't always save all the assets for 12+ years.
QuickTime can't open the .mov file
