Quicktime and WMV

I have "Flip4Mac" which allows me to play Windows Media Files. The problem is that when I click on a link online to view a movie, Quicktime tells me that it's not a valid URL. There has to be a way of playing/streaming WMV online, right?

ok, it took me awhile to get back to this...
I have reinstalled Flip4Mac, installed VCL, and installed Macro Flash Player and I still cannot get any videos to play anything from the following site:
http://news.yahoo.com/video
Do I need to configure something? All I get is a popup telling me that its an invalid URL! Im pulling my hair out because I use this site for news videos often (obviously prior to my mac). Thanks for the patience and help!
-Erick

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Whenever I go to Tower Records to listen to samples of CD's the samples can be listened to with either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. I click on the RealPlayer and no problem, everything plays fine. Whenever I click on the Windows Media Player sample I launch a green icon (WMV Player) for about a second and then QuickTime launches and nothing happens. What is WMV Player and how is it tied or linked to QuickTime and how can I stop it so only the Windows Media Player (orange with blue triangle icon) is launched and played ? Thanks in advance

I'm not testing a bunch of Sites to prove WMP or Real works (or doesn't).
First.
It's not a question regarding QT.
Second.
Not all Web pages are created equally. Some ignore the Mac OS. Some make up their own rules.
Third.
Both (.wma and .ra) work just fine for me (at the Amazon Site).
Sorry. Not an issue for me and my Mac mini. Even over dial-up.
Fourth.
The Real Media format wanted to install even (more) components.
The Internet has hundreds of ways to present content. Most of them use some DRM software (so we can't steal the 10 second sample).
Fifth.
I don't use the Internet to purchase music.
I've never even purchased a single music CD (except as gifts).
Free, over the radio.

Mpg, flv and wmv conversions please help!!

hello,
i have edited a video in hd and looking into converting the file into
high/medium/low resolution Quicktime format
MPEG-2 format
high/medium/low resolution Windows Media Video format
flv (by the way is that basically reference file of the Film in Flash video format??)
I believe the quicktime and the mpg2 can be done in fcp what about the others though?
or is there a better way of converting this in a batch?
i have tried mpg stream clip as its free but couldnt come accross a program similar that changes into wmv files (tried kingo but doesnt work...:(
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thanks
J

high/medium/low resolution Quicktime format
Export from FCP "Using QuickTime Conversion."
MPEG-2 format
Use Compressor. There are 3 basic types of MPEG-2 and all 3 can be made with Compressor 3 and above:
1. Elementary Stream (.m2v) - primarily used when compressing for DVD delivery. Elementary Streams do NOT contain audio.
2. Transport Stream (.m2t or .mts) - primarily for moving MPEG-2 content over a network.
3. Program Stream (.mpg or .mpeg) - primarily used for automated, server based playback for broadcast.
high/medium/low resolution Windows Media Video format
For WMV, you'll need to purchase the flip4mac plugin. Once purchased and installed, it adds the WMV export option to QuickTime Pro and many other encoding applications.
flv (by the way is that basically reference file of the Film in Flash video format??)
Use a Flash encoding program or just simply export an h.264 file then change the file extension to .flv.
-DH

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Concerning AVI, it depends on what codec you want within the AVI container. How will the AVI be used? Is it going to be further compressed on a Windows system, or used in Premiere on a Wiindows computer, or perhaps played from within PowerPoint?
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Thank You.
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If you were trying to check out VLC, they no longer support OS9. You can check for an older version but I doubt if there are any. http://www.videolan.org/
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I am no longer able to play MPG and WMV files on my MAC. I have Flip4MAC, which is I think what I used to use to play them (but not sure). All I know is that I used to be able to before but now they won't play. Do I need some sort of different software or has Microsoft started making these files in a way that won't allow MAC users to play them? If anyone is kind enough to help, please explain in the most basic terms as I'm not that computer literate.

If the .mpg/.mpeg files are non-rights-protected you should be able to play them in Quicktime or iTunes. If the wmv files are non-rights-protected you should be able to use Flip4Mac. If the mpg/mpeg or wmv files are rights-protected you'll need the software or subscription that allows you to view copyrighted files.

Exporting HD Sizes for Quicktime and AVI?

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When I choose Quicktime or AVI as the Export format, the only Preset options that come up are DV related. Meaning, SD... And when I have to manually type 1280x720 as the export size (upping the default from 720x480) it even reads "1,280" - not a straight "1280", get it?
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Oh yeah - there's a whole huge list for WMV! MAN you have options there!
No, none of those options are (or seem) available for Quicktime and AVI.
I bounce files back and forth for clients (and myself) for FX work and edits (they prefer the Quicktime Animation codec at 100% - gotta admit, it's beautiful!), and would like to do final output to HD in the end for a project I'm working on right now.
-Lew

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Quicktime and Windows Media support multiple audio tracks in
a single .mov or .wmv file. I have a couple .mov's and .wmv's with
4 different audio tracks in each one (such a space saver). On my
menu in director, i have 4 buttons which point to the same video.
how do i have it so that if i press "audio 1" button the video will
play with the first audio channel from the video..., or if i press
"audio 2" button the second audio channel will play, etc etc.
Think of a DVD with multiple language tracks, but instead
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I tried using the setTrackEnable but no matter which button I
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on mouseup me
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Unless you've created an archive iDVD project file the audio is only linked to the project from wherever you kept the files when creating the project.
OT

Avi plays in Windows Live Movie Maker but probs in Quicktime and Premiere Pro

Hello,
I'm completely new to Premiere Pro and am trying to edit a recording of a webinar for work. I have it in both .avi and .wmv formats but can't import either into Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 or CS5.5. They both play in Windows Media Centre, Windows Live Movie Maker and Windows Media Player, but the audio is corrupted and no images appear when I play in Quicktime with the avi and when I try to play the wmv in Quicktime it says the file is not in a format that Quicktime understands. When I try to import either into Premiere Pro I get the error message "Unsupport format or Damaged File". I've used Gspot to determine that the codecs I need are installed and am at a loss in terms of what to do next. I've spent literally hours on this and would dearly love some help. Can anybody shed light on my problem? With many thanks in advance. Shan

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Quicktime to wmv bug

I'm exporting a quicktime to WMV and only getting 18 seconds of a 30 second file. This was a squeezed sorensen. An unsqueezed sorensen won't even export.

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Director and WMV video

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2004 (version
10), so you would need a new version of Director in order to
play those
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not sure
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Unable to capture in FCP, Quicktime and iMovie, camera not recognized.

I am unable to capture in FCP, Quicktime and iMovie.
I have been dealing with this problem for quite a while now, and I think I have tried everything posted on these forums regarding this issue. I have been to the Quicktime, iMovie, and this FCP forum looking for the solution. Hopefully someone has a suggestion that I have missed or have not tried yet. I have a Powerbook G4 running OSX Tiger 10.4. I am running Quicktime 7.04, and FCP 4.5.
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- I have installed Quicktime using the program “Yank” to completely delete Quicktime and re-install.
I may have tried more solutions, but these are the fixes that I can recall.
If anyone has any others suggestions, it would be much appreciated.
Brent

Hi Brent:
Although it looks as if you have tried all of the 'fixes' that are normally suggested here, please read through this Apple Article to see if some obscure thing applies to you.
iMovie: Cannot see or control camera
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
Sue

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I'm running snow leopard. The try to open any .mov file in Quicktime, and I get an error message that says, "The document xyz.mov could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that Quicktime player understands. I'm a recent upgrade to Snow Leopard.

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Unfortunately, the error message gives no details about what codec might be missing or what it needs.
If the file can't be opened in QT, it only means you cannot use the QT "Inspector" window to check what compression formats were used to create the file. It does not mean you can't use the Finder "Information" window to check on the compression formats or use a third party media information window (e.g., like VLC which will open many compression formats not supported natively by QT) to determine what kind of data is included in the MOV wrapper. If the file cannot be opened in any app, it is usually a good sign that the file itself is corrupted.
It's a stupid error message. Apple should do better than that.
Error trapping is quite extensive but there are still many areas which require human oversight. The message is telling you that either the container has a problem (e.g., not properly terminated, non-standard, or corrupted) or that one or more of the compression formats used is not supported by your current codec component configuration or that the data was encoded using non-standard settings or preferences not supported by QT or that the fourCC code does not match the data contained in the file or that there are timecode inconsistencies, etc., etc., etc. In short there are a near infinite number of possible problems for which it would be very difficult/nearly impossible to program error trapping depending on your sourcing of content and how you process it before it reaches the player app. Think of it like trying to play a BD disc in an DVD player.
I'll call Apple support when I get a chance.
Chances are good that they will end up sending you back here. In any case, it is often a good idea to post a sample file for examination by other QT users. At the very least, they should be able to tell you if the sample file will play on other systems which would indicate whether or not the file itself is bad and under the best of circumstances whould allow them to examing the file in detail for various common problems.

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