Error Opening Movie - The Movie Could Not Be Opened

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Error Opening Movie - The Movie Could Not Be Opened

Quicktime is giving me trouble and it's not giving me a reason why. It doesn't want to play movies dl'd from the internet. It tells me 'Error opening movie... The movie could not be opened.' The clip in question is a wmv. I tried opening the file in DIVx and iTunes but no dice; they didn't even recognize that I was trying to open a movie. I got the same problem with some films transferred from my old PC via a flash drive (not all, but some).

I am on a MacBook Pro that I just got this week; my first Mac. I am running OSX Tiger 10.4.8. 2.33 Ghz proc.

Please be gentle with the explanations; I know very little about computers.

Oh, also, in the DL'd files menu - you know, the one that pops up when you DL something - the file DLs with the icon looking like a blank piece of paper. Probably not important, but it sure doesn't look like something playable or executable.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Feb 14, 2007 6:55 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 15, 2007 11:37 AM in response to GFS2

"the file DLs with the icon looking like a blank piece of paper."
When the download window pops up type .wmv in the window before you click the download button or OK button.

If the above does not work then download the following FREE player:
Flip4Mac

If the above player does not play the .wmv file then please post the URL and/or link of this file for us to test it out for you.

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Answer 2

Ricktoronto

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Feb 15, 2007 12:32 PM in response to Baby-Boomer-USofA

I am not sure why a WMV would even be expected to play in QT or iTunes without Flip4mac, since there is no WMV codec for QT without it. I wonder what opening in DivX means, since it is a codec and not a player.

Download the free Flip4mac component, install it and click on the file and it should open in QT either in the browser or in a separate player and then save as from that player. Or right/ctrl+click on the link to download the file and make sure it has aWMV extension, then QT with Flip4mac will play it.

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