Movie Formats, File Types and Acronums

Does anyone have a good document that describes the movie formats, File Types and Acronyms?
Uses and applications.
Thanks,
Paul

http://www.flip4mac.com/ is a good place
that or here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx
It's the official replacement for the WMV player for mac now.

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.mov format files does not open/play in QuickTime Player 10.1 in Mac OS X v10.7.1 Lion

I have couple of .mov format files provided by my client. I am not able to play the file in QuickTime player 10.1 in Max OS X v10.7 Lion. Please give me a good suggestion/solution to solve this issue. I expecting your valuable support/help.

I wonder if there a abetter communiator othat can elp in these matters.
Try searching. This and similar questions have been asked and answered by dozens, if not by hundreds, of different responders over the last several years and the problems remain basically the same..
1) Some apps will not accept certain container types,
2) Some players will not play supported compression formats in unexpected file containers,
3) Some compression format(s) cannot be played because...
a) the codec(s) is/are not available for the Mac,
b) the codec(s) is/are only avaulable for pre-System X operating systems,
c) the codec(s) is/are only available for post-Power PC models,
d) the codec(s) is/are disabled by default under Lion and/or Mountain Lion OS, and/or
e) the codec(s) is/are only installed by "Pro" apps like iMovie, FCE or FCP or must be installed by the user
4) Some security updates prevent otherwise playable videos from playing for no real apparent reason.
I fixed the issue but without THESE GENIUS attitude issues... ANYONE with issues in tha rea - I have the fix.
It is truly amazining that this individual was able to reduce all of these possible issues down to a single solution without even having to define them. Too bad he did not share his miraculous solution here.
Much easier to work with ppl that are able to communiate on different levels.
Even easier to work with people that are able to understand the communication at all levels.
Obviolusly this guy can not.
Obviously this guy missed the whole point of the posting. Tell your mechanic that your car doesn't work and it it likely elicit more questions than solutions. Without knowing the file container, player, AND the codecs involved it is normally impossible to say why, as in this case, a MOV file plays in one player and not another or why it plays under one operating system and not another. In short, if insufficient information is provided, then no solutions are likely to be given here.

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http://homepage.mac.com/mdouma46/images/dreamweaver.png
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code), but because the Dreamweaver developers didn't bother to take
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Intel Macs, the codes are written in reverse: 'TEXT' becomes
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font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
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width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
on open these_items
repeat with this_item in these_items
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end tell
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end repeat
end open</pre>
save it as an application and drop files onto it to set them to open with Preview.

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The code in the file at the link below might give you a starting point. Firstly it gives you the opportunity to list all of the properties of a file type and then you can select the properties that you want and the second utility gives you the
opportunity to list the selected properties for all files in a selected folder.
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HT5409 I asked if AVCHD files can be played on Mac and the support site says to simply click on the icon and quick time will play it. A big lie. Just say it won't support the file type and tell us what apps to get.

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hi,
thank you for responding... i followed your instructions and this is what comes up when i try to open the movie:
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http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
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Hi,
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722303(v=ws.10).aspx
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