why QTX wont open .mov with mpg2 codex

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Randy Rohde Author

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why QTX wont open .mov with mpg2 codex

Just hear Audio no video on .MOV files with a MPEG2 codex... This codex is what FCP uses when exporting files...?

Posted on Jan 20, 2012 12:48 PM

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fane_j

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Jan 20, 2012 2:58 PM in response to Randy Rohde

Randy Rohde wrote:

Just hear Audio no video on .MOV files with a MPEG2 codex...

Under SL, you need to install the QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component, which is not free

<http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A>

Alternatively, you can update to Lion, where this component is no longer required.

<http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3961>

Btw, codex is "an ancient manuscript text in book form". You mean codec, ie, "any technology for compressing and decompressing data" (from coder/decoder).

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