Quicktime support for MPEG-2 missing from my Lion OSX. How to fix?

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Quicktime support for MPEG-2 missing from my Lion OSX. How to fix?

My OSX is Lion, (10.7.4) but the Quicktime support for MPEG-2 format is missing. When I look in the Quicktime system library there is QuicktimeMPEG.component & QuicktimeMPEG4.component, but no QuicktimeMPEG2.component. So, I presume its not there. How do I fix this? Do I have to re-install something? I had Quicktime 10.1 on my system, but have now also installed Quicktime 7.6.6.

I need to work with some MPEG-2 videos & convert them to MPEG-4 format. I gather I can do this with MPEG Streamclip, but not if MPEG-2 support is missing!

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 28, 2012 1:51 PM

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dsimagry

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Jun 28, 2012 1:58 PM in response to Sonic Vibe

I'll give you the lazy-man's solution...

Install PERIAN...

http://perian.org/

I'll let someone else give the LONG-VERSION solution...

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Limnos

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Jun 28, 2012 2:02 PM in response to dsimagry

Admittedly I do use an older Mac but I have Perian installed and I do not think it is a complete substitute for the Quicktime component. For example, MPEGStreamclip complains if I try to open a file with mpeg-2 encoding.

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