Q: Convert Older Quicktime Files To Work With New Quicktime

Thank you for your input but I won't consider this question answered until someone provides a satisfactory solution.

Redoing countless hours of work is not a solution.

Neither is forcing people to run two apps to do one thing.

There needs to be either a patch to the new app or a conversion app for the old files or a complete rewrite of the new app.

So, there is in fact an app that will convert the files?

I just searched the App Store.

Searching for "Quicktime X" returned no results.

You might have to lead me by the hand here.

I find no Quicktime X program on my machine.

I also do not find it in the Apple App Store.

Searching the term "Quicktime X", Google seems to lead me to various Quicktime 7 sites and also to some sites that are about Quicktime X "preferences".

I have not found any site directly related to learning about and/or downloading an app called Quicktime X.

Is Quicktime X just another name for version 7?

I just right-clicked Quicktime Player and selected Get Info.

I have version 10.4.

It is the reason I started this thread.

It's been telling me the file(s) cannot be played.

I have tried to run the files in the past with Quicktime 10 and a dialogue box came up saying "Converting". The progress bar was not very encouraging but I waited anyway and at the end of that process it asked me where I wanted to export my converted file to.  I saved the file where I wanted to and then tried to run it.  The new file was not an AVI file like the old one had been but was now a MOV file with "(Converted)" in the file name.  No matter, as long as it works.  When I try to run it with Quicktime 7 as is recommended for older files, the motion plays but there is no audio.  Not good considering these are all live musical performances.  When I try to run the new "converted" file with Quicktime 10.4 nothing happens at all.  The "play" icon turns to a "pause" icon indicating the file is playing but there is no motion and no sound.  I have waited as much as 10 minutes for the file to play before closing the Quicktime app.

"Get Info" tells me the original AVI file I am most interested in running right now was created in November of 2012, which sounds about right.  It is about 273 Mb.  The new and improved MOV file created by Quicktime 10 is slightly smaller at 257 Mb but it is equally useless.  I have tried this process on several of my files with the same lack of success.

So, I think without knowing it, I was actually already doing what you recommended.

I will look around for the other converter you mentioned.

Very interesting.

I assume you mean what I think you mean ... that AVI was a file format primarily used by people illegally acquiring video.

Ripping from DVD I presume.

That is not the case here.

I honestly don't think the camera was 25 years old.

I think it was a fairly nice Sony from maybe a dozen years ago or so but I don't know for sure.

We hired a guy for a few months.

He shot our stuff and sold us the files.

Moving forward:

I prefer, whenever possible, to get my software from the Apple App Store.

I like the idea that my iTunes account has a record of the sale, that it's there for re-installation if neccessary and that the vendor has a harder time just up and leaving you stranded.

I have searched "AVI Converter" and found an app with that exact name by iFunia.

I will do a search for reviews on it.

Thank you for your time.

I appreciate it.