HT3775 I have Mac OS X v10.6.8 and it won't play an mpg file. Any idea why not?

I have Mac OS X v10.6.8 and it won't play an mpg file. Any idea why not? I get the message that The document “M2U00002.MPG” could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands. You may need to install additional software to open this type of file. But when I go to the help page it says that Quick TIme will play MPEG. Any help would be appreciated a lot. Thanks!

Try VideoLAN media player

Similar Messages

My iMac wont boot up properly. Stops at background pic, no dock, only little apple show up top and cursor sticks on little spinning wheel. Have to shut down manually in back and reboot to get it to work. Any ideas why this sometimes happens?

I'm running OSX 10.9.1 (13B42)
My problem is that occasionally my Mac wont boot properly. It gets to the background picture where the dock should open but it freezes there. The little apple shows up top left but nothing else and the cursor shows as the little spinning wheel that wont do anything. I can't click on the apple to restart, I have to switch off in back and then start up again. It usally boots all the way after that but I'm worried there's something up since this seems to be happeneing more frequently. Also I'm worried that having to manually shut down like that will somehow damage the software in time?
I tried a disk verify but there were no repairs needed. I repaired disk permissions too just in case but it still seems to happen every once in a while.
I've noticed recently that it happens the next reboot after I've been streaming movies online if that helps. Is there any reason for this and anything i can do to stop it in the future?

Thanks Paul, just ran the etrecheck you recommended and got this:
Hardware Information:
          iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
          iMac - model: iMac12,1
          1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:45:16
Disk Information:
          ST3500418AS disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (350.35 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Samsung SCX-4600 Series
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
          com.sophos.kext.sav          (8.0.14)
Startup Items:
          MobileBrServ: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MobileBrServ
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.anchorfree.ajaxserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.intercheck.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.notification.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.sophos.uiserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          BitTorrent
Internet Plug-ins:
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.2 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          DivX 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
          Growl 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus
                    SophosAntiVirus:          Version: 8.0.8.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    SophosAutoUpdate:          Version: 8.0.15 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    SophosUIServer:          Version: 8.0.21 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    InterCheck:          Version: 8.0.8.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          VLC:          Version: 2.0.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Sophos Anti-Virus:          Version: 8.0.21 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Spotify:          Version: 0.8.4.93.gd9f49c35 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Install Spotify:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Users/[redacted]/Downloads/Programs/Install Spotify.app
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               2%          WindowServer
               2%          EtreCheck
               0%          Google Chrome
               0%          hidd
               0%          SophosUIServer
Top Processes by Memory:
          438 MB          firefox
          139 MB          InterCheck
          119 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          106 MB          Google Chrome
          78 MB          mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information:
          370 MB          Free RAM
          1.59 GB          Active RAM
          1.25 GB          Inactive RAM
          813 MB          Wired RAM
          397 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs
I have no idea what all the means, lol.

I am unable to get my iPhone 4s to connect with my JBL Flip speaker via bluetooth anymore. I have been using it for 2 months and now it just wont find device. Any ideas?

I am unable to get my iPhone 4s to connect with my JBL Flip speaker via bluetooth anymore. I have been using it for 2 months and now it just wont find device. Any ideas?

Where exactly did you buy this phone?
Have you tried contacting your phone carrier to activate the phone?
Do you have a sim card?

Help! my first mac! and I can't get past the Welcome menu window... I try to select "united states" and want to continue but nothing happens. Any idea why?

help! my first mac! and I can't get past the Welcome menu window... I try to select "united states" and want to continue but nothing happens. Any idea why?

Restart the Mac, and start over, it very well could be frozen. This is not the way you would like to start out your Mac experience!

Since I installed Mountain Lion, my iMac has shut down after 15-20 minutes. I have adjusted screen saver, shut down time, and sleep after. Nothing seems to help, any ideas?

Since I installed Mountain Lion, my iMac has shut down after 15-20 minutes. I have adjusted screen saver, shut down time, and sleep after. Nothing seems to help, any ideas?

As old as your iMac is, have you cleaned out the dust? Dust buildup can lead to over heating issues. Remove any and all things plugged into it including the power cord, Remove the RAM access grille. Vacuum all openings starting with the RAM access area (air intake). Vacuum all ports and plugs, DVD slot and the opening across the top of the rear of the body. Blow compressed air through all your openings and vacuum again to remove any dust you loosend. Reinstall the RAM grille. Plug in the keyboard and mouse if not blue tooth. Insert power cord...
You are now in a perfect position to do a
SMC RESET
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and ALL peripherals.
Wait 15 seconds.
Attach the computers power cable.
Wait another 5 seconds and press the power button to turn on the computer.
It is the 5 second timing that initiates the reset.
Here is a link to a Widget to monitor your temps and other operations:
http://islayer.com/apps/istatpro/

Have been trying for 4 days to do an update that takes 4 hours and times out everytime at 2 seconds. Any ideas why?

Have been trying for 4 days to do and update that takes 4 hours each time. It always times out on the last 2 seconds every time. Any ideas why?

hi u seem to know alot about ipods, would u mind helping me with a problem that i am currently havig with my menu button on the iod touch 4th generation?

I can't install iO6 update, it keeps saying an error occurred. I deleted lots and I now have 3.5GB available but it still won't update to iOS6. Any ideas why? Thanks

Hi,
I can't seem to install iOS 6 update, it keeps saying an error occurred. I deleted lots off my phone and I now have 3.5GB available but it still won't update to iOS 6. Any ideas why?
Thanks

9.2.3 is not compatible with Mavericks. You'll need to go to the App Store and download the iPhyoto 9.5 version. It will be free. Move your current iPhoto version to the Trash bin and try the App Store again.
OT

Mac Mail not receiving all of my mail -- any ideas why not or how to fix?

My Mac Mail is my main work account -- I'm a freelancer & work from home. In the past month or so, about 4 work contacts have asked me why I haven't responded to emails I never received, which leads me to wonder how many other emails I haven't received. I don't care as much about dropped personal ones, but dropped work emails are a serious bummer.
Any idea how I can check what's going on or fix somehow? Not sure whether this is a Mac Mail issue or something else.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Could this have something to do with it?
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/22/serverconnectivity_problems_add_to_apples_mobilemewoes.html

HT1386 I have an Iphone 3GS, an apple running 10.6.8 and iTunes 10.6.3. and my photos from iPhoto won't sync to my iPhone, any idea why?

I have an iphone 3GS, itunes 10.6.3 and operating system 10.6.8 but my iphone wont sync with iphoto, why?

Hello tswaters24,
The following article provides troubleshooting steps that can help get iPhoto and your iPhone back on talking terms.
iOS: Unable to import photos to computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3195
Cheers,
Allen

HT204406 I have 12000 songs in my iTunes match library, but my iPhone only shows 4000. Any ideas why?

I recently purchased the iTunes Match subscription, and while I like some aspects of the program, I find that there seems to be problems in getting all my (eligible) songs to show up on my devices. For example, in my iTunes library, I have listed under "Coldplay" six complete albums. When I look at my iPhone, it only lists four. I have roughly 8000 songs that do not show up in the listings on my iPhone. I am running iTunes 10.7 and have an iPhone 5 with iOS 6.
How do I get my iPhone to recognize these missing songs? Thanks for your help....

Have a look at MacMuse's User Tip for an idea on how to eliminate the dead links from your Library.
Let us know how it works out.

My mac won't recognise my iPod classic-any ideas why or how I can fix it?

My ipod classic is quite old but still functioning properly as far as battery life etc is concerned. However I recently bought a Mac Pro and it will not recognise my ipod. Occasionally it will 'find' it but I cannot access it through itunes to edit my library. PLEASE HELP! Thanks, Courts

Quit iTunes.
Use Disk Utility and select the drive if you can, then select Erase and the middle or security option zero all data option (will delete all data of course).
When that's finished, use iTunes to restore it.
That's how I fixed mine. Make sure it's charged up first, the Mac ports sometimes cut the power off.

My Mac won't read cyrillic in certain files and displays instead weird characters like this: "–í–µ-Ç–µ-Ä –ø-Ä–æ–¥–∏-Ä–∞–µ-Ç –¥–æ –∫–æ-Å-Ç–µ–π." Any ideas why this might be or how I can solve it?

Yesterday I extracted the subtitles of an MKV file to try and print them. Unfortunately, when I open the .srt file with any text processor, it displays weird characters like the ones included in the title:
"–û–±—ã–≤–∞—Ç–µ–ª–∏ –ø–µ—á–∞–ª—å–Ω—ã.
–í–µ—Ç–µ—Ä –ø—Ä–æ–¥–∏—Ä–∞–µ—Ç –¥–æ –∫–æ—Å—Ç–µ–π."
I thought this had to do with it being an .srt file, but just now I encountered the same problem with an Excel file.
Any ideas why this might be or suggestions as to how to solve it?
Thanks in advance,
Mario

It looks like an encoding problem. You should try opening the file in a text editor where you can choose one of the various possible cyrillic encodings (utf-8, koi8-r, iso-8859-5, win-1251, MacCyrillic)

When I try to log and transfer I only have 35 mb left of free space and it won't allow me to add any clips to a project. How can I increase my available space to continue working. I am saving the project to an external drive with 3 terabytes available. pl

help

Direct new captures to the larger drive by setting the Scratch disc tab:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/5612860#5612860
If your System drive has only 35MB free space you had better do something about that. Free up a bit of space on it.
Al

I have movies converted to mp4 that play on iTunes but don't play on apple tv2, any ideas why?

I've converted many avi files to mp4 using AVIDEMUX. All of them are on iTunes and there I can watch all of them, but when playing them using AppleTV 2, some can't be played and no error is showed on apple tv. Any ideas on how to fix it?

Gary Ledet wrote:
Other than I use Handbrake to convert to Apple TV presets what do I need to provide.
Gary
actual details of the file. (bitrate, framerate, resolution etc).
open the file in quicktime and then open the movie inspector. post those results.

I currently have the Mac OS X v10.5.8 and want to get the new operating system but I don't know how to do it. I don't have the Mac App Store and can't get it because of my version. What do I do?

I currently have the Mac OS X v10.5.8 and want to get the new operating system but I don't know how to do it. I don't have the Mac App Store and can't get it because of my version. What do I do?

The Early 2006 model 1,1 Core Duo can only run a maximum of 10.6 Snow Leopard. The models Late 2006 Core 2 Duos 2,1 through Early 2008 4,1 can only run a maximum of 10.7 Lion. The Late 2008 model 5,1 Aluminum Unibody through the Mid 2010 White Unibody model 7,1 can run 10.8 Mountain Lion.
To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
The Snow Leopard 10.6 DVD should still be available from Apple for $20. You will have to call Apple Customer Care 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775 to purchase it. It may still be in the Legacy Products list.
If they no longer have any in stock you will have to buy it from eBay or Apple resellers that still have stock. But you will have to pay a premium since the DVDs are no longer being made. Snow Leopard DVDs are already up to $100 on Amazon.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=10.6+snow+leopard&_sacat=0&_odkw=mac+os+10.6 &_osacat=0
Once you are at 10.6.8 Lion is still available from Apple. You will have to call Apple Customer Care 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775. to purchase it. Then within 3 days you will get an email with a code which you can use to download Lion from the App Store. The price is still $29. You must have at least a model 2,1 MacBook.
Lion will require at least 2gb of RAM but really needs 4gb to run smoothly.
As for third party programs see this list for compatibility with 10.7 http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Also Lion doesn't run any Power PC programs. To see if you have any Power PC programs go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up select Applications under Software. Then look under Kind to see if any of your applications are listed as Power PC. Universal and Intel will run under Lion.
Before Mac switched to Intel processors in 2006 they used Power PC processors from 1994 to 2005. Power PC 601 through 604, G3, G4 and G5. Applications written for the Power PC processors need the application called Rosetta to run on Intel processors. This was part of the Operating System in 10.4 and 10.5 but was an optional install in 10.6. With 10.7 Lion Apple dropped all support for Power PC applications.

HT3775 I have Mac OS X v10.6.8 and it won't play an mpg file. Any idea why not?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for