can't play mpeg-2 on Quicktime v10.2, why?
I converted vhs home video to mpeg-2 files, they will not play on my new IMAC running OSX 10.8.4, Quicktime version 10.2. What am I doing wrong?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
I converted vhs home video to mpeg-2 files, they will not play on my new IMAC running OSX 10.8.4, Quicktime version 10.2. What am I doing wrong?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Quicktime cannot handle 'muxed' video files. Use DVD Player or VLC to play mpeg2 (DVD) files.
Quicktime cannot handle 'muxed' video files. Use DVD Player or VLC to play mpeg2 (DVD) files.
Great, I downloaded VLC and it works! Thank you. One follow up question, I would like to use the same mpg videos in Imovie but it wont let me import them. I tried the export wizard in VLC but did not allow me to convert to .mov files. Any suggestions?
You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x
(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
And from the TOU of these forums:
Keep within the Law
If you are running Lion:
From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion onwards, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. You don't have to install QuickTime 7.
can't play mpeg-2 on Quicktime v10.2, why?