.mov won't open in quicktime

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.mov won't open in quicktime

I made a movie from my ppt and it saved as a .mov, but I can't open it. I am using Yosemite version 10.10.4, Quicktime Version 10.4, and PPT for Mac 2011 version 14.5.3. I do not want to record from Keynote, nor do I want to purchase a software program to do this. Originally it wanted me to update to Quicktime 7, but when I tried to accept that option it said it wasn't available. I wish I could be more specific, but I have tried to reopen the file several times to get the exact details, but nothing happens now.

Help is much appreciated!

Posted on Jul 22, 2015 8:17 AM

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rebmarhan Author

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Jul 22, 2015 8:28 AM in response to rebmarhan

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Kurt Lang

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Jul 22, 2015 8:32 AM in response to rebmarhan

QuickTime 7 is free, and is actually a much older version than what comes with Yosemite. If you pay for the Pro license, it does do a lot of things the current version of QuickTime still can't do.

That said, it doesn't make sense why the Yosemite version of QT can't play the file and insists you install QT 7.

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vrs2008

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Jul 22, 2015 8:53 AM in response to rebmarhan

You may also install a third-party video player from the Mac App Store if that helps. There are many free ones as well as paid ones which work very well.

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rebmarhan Author

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Jul 22, 2015 9:02 AM in response to rebmarhan

Okay so a couple of things I noticed:

I was able to create a .mov file from ppt, with a much smaller ppt and it worked. (just like Kurt Lang mentioned - thank you!)

This video was obviously missing animations as they are not used in the movie.

I was able to import the original larger ppt --> .mov file into iMovie and it opened.

This video had some slides out of order.

I am currently updating my Microsoft office package. I do not like the way the movie was made, so I will probably be looking for a third-party video player just as vrs2008 had suggested (thank you @vrs2008).

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Eric Root

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Jul 22, 2015 10:56 AM in response to rebmarhan

This ones seems to play most formats.

Video Player - VLC

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