Error 2041 : invalid sample description (mp4 video file)

What does this error mean? I emailed a video clip to 2 different computers. The computer running windows2000 and quicktime player v6.4 plays the clip just fine. The computer running Windows Vista Home and quicktime player 7.4.5 gives the above error.... what is the problem ?

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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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.
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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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OK, Apple already has a poor reputation in my book and this just adds to it, because I'm not the only one struggling with this problem. Numerous students in my classes have complained about the same thing. We are training on Adobe After Effects 7.0 and our instructor has requested that we post our files as MP4 files, so we have tried MP4 Standard, MP4 Improved, and the H.264 settings. Regardless of which setting we use we get the error:
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Now why should the software that automatically makes itself the default player for MP4 files not be able to actually open them? We've all downloaded the most recent player.
Clearly, since I'm not the only one with the issue, there is a problem with the software that needs to be addressed. For now, I am changing the default player to something that can actually open and play the files without crying about it.

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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Hi Catherine,
Welcome to the Adobe forums.
Please try the steps mentioned below and check if it works for you.
1. Launch Premiere Pro and create a Project, go to File menu>Project Settings>Renderer and change the Renderer to Software only mode, delete previews if you get a prompt and then try to import the clip.
2. If step 1 fails or the Renderer is already on Software only mode, go to Start Menu and search for Device Manager, go into Display Adapters and Right click on the Graphics card to select Update driver software option, on the next screen choose "Browse my computer for driver software", then choose "Let me Pick from a list..." option and from the list select "Standard VGA Graphics adapters. You might need to change the screen resolution of your screen and once done restart the machine again.
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