QuickTime 6.0.3 for MacOS 9.2.2

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QuickTime 6.0.3 for MacOS 9.2.2

Hi. I use a G4. Sometimes when I try to watch a QuickTime movie while on the Internet I get the following: "QuickTime is missing software required to perform this operation. Unfortunately, it is not available on the QuickTime server." Where, pray tell, can I find this missing software?

Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002) Dual, Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Dec 19, 2005 8:21 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 19, 2005 8:44 PM in response to Angel Llorente

You are most likely missing a video decompressor or codec. Apple has arrangements to supply a few but the one you need must not be included in that component download program.
If you are trying to view avi files you may find the codecs from these two sites helpful. They don't work on QT 7 but since you are using QT 6 and 9.22 they should work for you:
DivX
3ivx
If they are not avi files you may could try opening them (even though they may not play the video) and try MovieInfo (Command-I). That should tell you what codec is missing. Then see if you can find a site with that codec using google or some other search engine. Or you can post the name of the missing codec here and someone may be able to tell you if and where it is avaialble for OS 9.22

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Answer 2

Dec 20, 2005 7:59 AM in response to Angel Llorente

Many of the newer trailers are encoded using H.264 video codec.
They require QuickTime 7 (the only version that installs the codec) so your OS 9 machine will never be able to view these files.

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