My quicktime player will not open

my quicktime player will not open. i have not had any issues with it unitl 3 weeks ago. I dont even get a curser that just spins, it just does nothing please help!

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QuickTime Player will not open (Illegal instruction: 4)

Hi - Whenever I try to open QuickTime Player, nothing happens. No dock icon bouncing, nothing.
This happens when I open a file with QuickTime Player, or open it directly.
I tried to open it with the Terminal, and the message I recieved was:
"Illegal instruction:4"
I saw a question which had a similar problem but with lots of default apps, after an upgrade to Lion, or Mountain Lion. They fixed the problem by repairing disk permissions via Disk Utility. I've done that, and it hasn't helped.
When I tried sudoing it, I got no error message, but it still didn't open.
I'm running OSX 10.8.1, QuickTime seems to be v10.2 (?), this might have happened since upgrading to Mountain Lion, but I'm not sure.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

Well, I've had this problem for ages, but it's suddenly started working. Perhaps it was a recent software update.
I haven't done anything else.
Sorry if I couldn't help anyone else with this problem (but it doesn't look like there is anyone)

HT3775 quick player will not open file M2U00110.mpg please help

quick player will not open file M2U00110.mpg please help

The easiest solution is probably to use VLC. It can play just about anything.
However, Perian will help Quicktime play various formats.
Flip4Mac will help Quicktime play Windows Media files.

I accidentally deleted QuickTime from my computer. Then I did a system restore and retrieved it. Now Itunes can't find QuickTime and will not open. Is there a fix for this without my Ipod?

I accidently deleted QuickTime from my computer. Then I did a system restore and retrieved the program. Now Itunes can't find QuickTime and will not open.Is there a eazy fix for this without using my Ipod? Ihave 6K songs in Itunes that I can't get to.
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T-BILL

Hmmm. There's a couple of things that might be going on with that one.
Let's try an uninstall and reinstall of QuickTime first.
If you're using XP, head into your Add or Remove Programs control panel. Select "QuickTime", click "Change" and then click "Remove".
If you're using & or Vista, head into your Uninstall a program control panel, select QuickTime, and then click "Uninstall".
You can get QuickTime back either via Apple Software Update (in your Start menu go "All Programs > Apple Software Update" ... QuickTime should appear in the "New Programs" section), or by downloading a QuickTimeInstaller.exe from the following location:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL837
Does your iTunes launch properly now?

5800 Express Music - Music player will not open

Hi,
My 5800 music player will not open. I can open the radio and every other application in that folder except the music player. please help!!

Hi,
Are you able to play the songs from the File Manager in the handset? If yes, try Restore Factory Settings in the handset. Press Menu > Settings > Phone > Phone Management > Factory Settings. If you are not able to play the songs even from from the File Manager, then try Hard Resetting the handset. Power Off the handset. Hold the 2 calls (Red & Green) & the Camera key & proceed to power on the device, while holding the three keys (green, red and camera). Keep holding down the 3 keys until after the handshake screen.
Make sure you Back-Up the Phone Data before Hard Resetting the device.
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I have an MPEG4 movie running. I don't know why but Quicktime Player will not let me open this file now to shut it down. Any tips on how to do this? I've tried installing an older version QuickTime Player 7. OS Maveriks

I have an iMac with an OSX 10.9.5. I have an MPEG4 program that is running. QuickTime Player can't open it up for me to stop it. What are my options? I've tried downloading QuickTime Player 7, an older version but that hasn't helped.

Not sure what you mean then. Is QuickTime still open and playing the video? If so, do you mean you can't even get back to QT to shut it down?
Check the Dock for the QT logo. Click it to bring that app to the foreground. The menu bar then should say QuickTIme Player next to the Apple logo. Close the app and the video will shut down with it.

Quicktime x will not open

I think I have a file association issue. I have a piece of paper and pencil for a quicktime x icon and quicktime will not open. I have tried to look for ways to uninstall and reinstall quicktime x but I am new to the Macbook Pro so I'm not familiar on how to navigate through the more advanced settings. I have looked through forums and could not find what I was looking for. It will not let me click on a file and "open with" quicktime. I click on quicktime in the applications folder and it opens for a second on the dock and then closes out. Please help me out. I have been using DivX instead of quicktime but I like the format of quicktime better.
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Another thing i have found in regards to this issue and quicktime is.
When you join two clips that have both been encoded with handbrake at apple tv setting. So they both have aac as first track and ac3 as second. When they are joined together and then saved as a .mov file (so without exporting). The resulting file will play fine in itunes and quicktime, but on the apple tv, at the point where the second clip has been joined on, apple tv looses the audio.
The audio is playing as ac3 on the first clip.
Also to note when played in itunes, with joined clips you dont have the option to select between ac3 and just aac. But when playing the clip on appletv my av unit definitely shows the first clip as playing in ac3.
Any ideas as to what the story is?
What is quicktime doing when it joins the two clips?

Quicktime 10 will not open DVPAL AVI files even with QT7 Player!

I own a 2011 Mac Mini with OSX 10.6.7 on it. I have 2 Video files that are DVPAL encoded AVIs. THey are purely video, no embedded audio at all. Upon attempting to load them into Quicktime 10 - they would not import - I get the error message:
could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands.
I click the more info, and since then I have downloaded and installed Perian versian 1.22 - xvid, divx, all the components I can find. One at a time, all at once, various ways, repaired disk permissions on all occasions and still it refused to open.
I then installed QT7 from the OSX disk. But this also refused to open the files. Interestingly enough, VLC media will play them, but Mpeg Stream Clip does not!
I've tried everything that ive read on the web, does anyone else have any ideas on how to get round this? I need it to work somehow, as I work with Pro Tools 9 and that needs quicktime to open and import video files!

I agree with your advice to wait for another update.
I see you also have cinepak issues (another string)
An important aside:
buried in the installer legalese (that we all tend to blow through) is a note that the MPEG2 plugin has been updated for 7.6. You get the updated plugin by going to the Apple Store, signing in, go to your account-- software purchases. There you will find the matching MPEG2 updater.
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Quicktime app will not open??

My Quicktime stopped functioning. If I try to open it, or a movie, it opens momentarily and then crash dives and disappears. It was working fine yesterday. I've downloaded and re-installed it. (I had the Pro version, but didn't attempt to add my registration number ... as the standard version isn't opening.)
The only thing I've done since yesterday: I re-installed Spectrasonics RMX ... going through the installation of about five updates. Haven't ever heard of any conflict between Spectrasonics and Apple Quicktime.
I've trashed my Quicktime 'preferences'. I've repaired my 'permissions'. I'm at a loss.
All ears,
Ben

I checked all suggestions. I uninstalled an M-audio FastTrackPro driver that one article suggested might be a problem.
All my earlier movies will open, if I double click them ... they open in Quicktime, play fine. I can't open Quicktime by itself, it just fails. If I try to open the Spectrasonic Tutorial movies (QT's) the Player also fails. I can open these with MPEG Streamclip just fine.
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Quicktime Pro will not open

I recently purchased Quicktime Pro v.7 for the PC. After installation I was able to access the program ONCE. Now when I attempt to open the program, it appears to be opening then drops to the bar a the bottom of the screen (minimized). It will not expand / restore, so it's really quite useless. I re-installed it several times, even got a clear download and removed the old file. It simply will not work. I spent what seems like a lifetime looking for help on this site, or (imagine this concept) some sort of actual interactive support option here at Apple.com.
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Resolved! I used some of the KB info on the Apple site and gleaned that the problem may be with the user identity. Don't know why, and don't really care at this point. What I did was create a new user on my computer, then using that identity, opened QT Pro. It worked! Then, I switched back to the other ID and QT Pro opened for that user as well. (Note the word 'switched' may be related to the message 'switching' on the QT Pro opening window.)
I hope this works for you too. After I got the app to open for my original identity, I was able to delete the new one and it continues to work fine.
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QuickTime Pro will not open .wma (Error #2048)

I have a few .wma movie files that I have created in (the horrible) "Windows Live Movie maker".
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It is really frustrating... I've ripped my hair so much I have bald spots and they are growing by the minute
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I was afraid of that.. :-(
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Flash/Flash Player will not open link to web page when clicked

Hi there, I am testing a FLASH animation ad that has links to a website. When I click on the links, it opens firefox but it doesn't go to the link! I have added the links and the file names in the Adobe Flash Settings Manager, restarted several times, restarted in Safe Mode and it still does not work! I cannot find any information on this. My coworker also tried it and it does not work for him on IE on Windows. HOWEVER, If I have SAFARI open it works fine, and If I drag and drop the .swf file into either browser and then click on the links it goes to the web page. If it helps I am on a MAC using Snow Leopard and I am using Flash CS3.

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Saved .mov file will not open on a Windows 7 version of Quicktime or WMplayer or Nero why not?

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Itunes will not open after upgrade

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