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acypher Author

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Why do my videos that play using QuickTime Player 7 on Mojave 10.14.6, not play on Ventura 13.5.2?

Why do my videos play using QuickTime Player 7 on my MacBook Air (Intel Core i5) running Mojave 10.14.6, but not using QuickTime Player on my MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5) running Ventura 13.5.2?

I get the error: The document “xxx.mov” could not be opened. The file isn’t compatible with QuickTime Player."

The video's codec is "Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3)" with "Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV"

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Jan 31, 2024 7:30 PM

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Matti Haveri

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Posted on Jan 31, 2024 10:56 PM

After Mojave Apple dropped old obsolete codecs (QuickTime Player nagged about that for a few years).

In later macOS you can usually play them with IINA or VLC or convert to current H.264/H.265 video and AAC audio wrapped as .mp4 with Handbrake, Shutter Encoder, ffmpeg etc.

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Why do my videos that play using QuickTime Player 7 on Mojave 10.14.6, not play on Ventura 13.5.2?

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