what is a error 2041; invalid sample description mean in quicktime when im trying to open a coverted mp4 file?

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what is a error 2041; invalid sample description mean in quicktime when im trying to open a coverted mp4 file?

Im trying to import mp4's into itunes ver 11. The ones I have downloaded have gone in fine with a bit of tinkering but when i converted avi files to mp4 and try to open them in quicktime to check them i get an error saying ( error 2041: invalid sample description was found in the movie). These files wont show up in itunes, the progress bar starts loading them but then nothing appears anywhere even home video folder, Nothing. The mp4 files work in VLC player but not quicktime.

I used dvd fab to covert them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Posted on Feb 15, 2013 8:13 PM

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patricemny

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Sep 14, 2013 12:09 AM in response to dnolno

I had the same problem few days ago.

It appears that MP4 format is a lot restricted, and Quicktime/iTunes does not communicate a lot about that. Tipically, Quicktime does not think that MPeg 4 + MP3 is an acceptable MP4 compination.

To make them a lot more permissive, just try to rename the file extension to .m4v, it'll do the job in many cases, and worked for me on a lot of files.

Best regards

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