QuickTime movie not opening in QuickTime Player?

I recorded a video using PhotoBooth which now will not open in any of my players, QuickTime, VLC, HandBrake.
Finder tells me that it's a QuickTime Movie file, but QuickTime Player says "QuickTime Player can't open "Movie on 4-12-12 at 8.20 PM" because the movie's file format isn't recognized."
Why won't it open, and how can I get it to open?
Additionally, I recorded a different video this morning and it plays just fine.

If a Photo Booth movie is interrupted--by clicking the red "traffic light" button in the upper left corner of the PB window, by putting the Mac to sleep, by a sudden power disruption, etc.--the recording will usually be left in an unfinished, unplayable state. There is no simple, free fix to create a playable movie from the unrecognized file. At least two companies offer repair services/software--at a price. Both offer free diagnostics to learn whether the interrupted movie might be recovered before you think about plunking down your cash.
http://aeroquartet.com/
http://www.grauonline.de/cmsimple2_6/en/?Solutions:HD_Video_Repair_Utility

Similar Messages

After recent QuickTime updates fcp and QuickTime will not open .mov files captured on my FS-H200. Iran

After recent QuickTime updates fcp and QuickTime will not open .mov files captured on my FS-H200. I put this onthe quick time thread and they sent me here.

and NEVER do a software update unless you've got a clone of your startup drive so you can restore your system to it's working state if something goes wrong.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2494

Quicktime Does Not Open All Movies

I have a video that was made in 1997, stored on a 1.44MB diskette, and now I'm trying to open it with Quicktime. Quicktime simply comes up with a white screen but goes through the automation.
The Type is "MooV' and the Creator is "TVOD". I have never heard of this type or creator. I have tried several different applications that work with videos without success. I know the video is there as some of the video applications show a proper thumbnail image of whats in the movie.
I would like to translate this to Quicktime. Some of the older software allowed this.
Can anyone help me?
Bud

You can try VisualHub from Techspansion:
http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/
Also, try dragging the file on top of RealPlayer 10 while holding
down both  and Option (Apple Option) keys. RealPlayer is supposed
to be able to handle QuickTime files, it may even be able to open some
supported files that the current version of QuickTime will not open.
RealPlayer is available here:
https://order.real.com/pt/order.html?country=US&language=EN&mppi=0&mpposlist=0&mpst=0&ppath=cpmacpl060204a&pageregion=player_button&pcode=rn&opage=realh ome_spmac_bb&src=realhome_spmac_bb_0_1_1_0_0_20
( If the above link does not work, go to the front page, http://www.real.com/ , and select the blue button near the top right, " RealPlayer - Free " ).
If you are not able to open it with either of the two suggestions above, you can send me the file, and I will try to open it. I am almost sure that I can find a way to open it.
Hope this helps, take care.

QuickTime will not open (Windows 7 64-bit OS)

I have the latest version of iTunes with QuickTime installed. I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes with QuickTime several times. iTunes opens fine, but QuickTime will not open. It used to open fine about a month ago, but will not now, I have no idea what changed on my computer to cause this problem. When I try to open it, the Quicktime icon appears at the bottom of the screen in the Windows 7 taskbar, but no window opens on the screen. I have a Windows 7 64-bit operating system. Has anyone seen this before or had any success correcting this problem? Thank you, Josh

When I try to open it, the Quicktime icon appears at the bottom of the screen in the Windows 7 taskbar, but no window opens on the screen
That's consistent with a QuickTime display preference gone bad, josh.
If that's what is afoot, rebuilding the QuickTime preferences can help, although it can be a bit of a trial to track them down on the 64-bit systems.
Close any of the QuickTime Player buttons that are currently in your taskbar.
Now we need to change some view settings on the PC. (The preferences are kept in hidden folders.)
In your Start menu, open Computer.
In your Organise menu, select Folder Options.
In the View tab, make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is selected.
Click OK.
Next we'll navigate to your AppData folder.
In Computer, open Local Disk C:\ or whichever drive your user documents are stored on.
Open the "Users" folder.
Open the folder with the name of the Windows User account in which the QuickTime Player isn't displaying properly.
Open the "AppData" folder.
Now the hunt for the QuickTime preferences begins.
Open the "Roaming" folder.
Open the "Apple Computer" folder.
Do you see a "QuickTime" folder in there? If so, drag that out onto the Desktop. Now try launching the QuickTime Player.
*If there was no QuickTime folder in \Roaming\Apple Computer\, or if the QuickTime Player still isn't displaying properly*
Quit any QuickTime player buttons in the Taskbar.
Go back into the "AppData" folder.
Open the "Local" folder.
Open the "Apple Computer" folder.
Do you see a "QuickTime" folder in there? If so, drag that out onto the Desktop. Now try launching the QuickTime Player.
*If there was no QuickTime folder in \Local\Apple Computer\, or if the QuickTime Player still isn't displaying properly*
Quit any QuickTime player buttons in the Taskbar.
Go back into the "AppData" folder.
Open the "LocalLow" folder.
Open the "Apple Computer" folder.
Do you see a "QuickTime" folder in there? If so, drag that out onto the Desktop. Now try launching the QuickTime Player.
Any of those measures help with the display problem?

Files not opening in Quicktime X

I am compressing some files to Quicktime. Oddly, they will not open in Quicktime X, but they will in Quicktime 7!? Any ideas why?
Here are the settings:
These files are intended for streaming (progressive download) from my web site (Wordpress, FLV Embed player)

HI Tracey, hmmm this is unusual indeed.I'd concur this is not pecifically a Compressor.app issue, more likley the sub-coponents.
Just another thought... would you have a look in /var/logs/ or use the console.app to see if there are any error messages issued by Quicktime X.app when you attempt to open the seond clip? It was usual that QT would display an error through the QT ui.... but who knows.
There maybe some other error messgae indirecty related by an asynchronous process that is kicked off by QT through the framework... again who knows.
Anyway if you see any unual error messages relating to the DECODing of the clip, you might post these for the readers to see and perhaps attempt then to isoltae the QT X opening issue.
post your results back for others to see if you can.
warwick

Itunes will not open and quicktime will not update

selecting iTunes results in popup message; 'iTunes requires Quicktime 7.5.5 or later...', but QuickTime will not open.
Control right-click did not help.

Wow, it looks like your software is very very old.
The current version of QuickTime is 10.3. The current version of OS X is 10.9.1. (Your profile indicates you are running OS X 10.5.8, Leopard. Leopard was released in 2007.)
The current version of iTunes, 11.1.4, will not run on Leopard.
Anyway, it sounds as if all your software needs extensive upgrading. You may be using a computer that is too old to run current software.

HT3775 Quicktime is not opening my Mp4 files and I do not know why? Any suggestions?

Quicktime will not open my mp4 files and I do not know why. ANy suggestions? it happened after I upgraded to IOS 6. Not sure what to do. VLC program will open them but not Quicktime. I can't get them into Itunes either. Thanks!

Quicktime will not open my mp4 files and I do not know why. ANy suggestions? it happened after I upgraded to IOS 6. Not sure what to do. VLC program will open them but not Quicktime. I can't get them into Itunes either. Thanks!

Quicktime will not open after upgrading to "Snow"

Quicktime will not open after upgrading to "Snow". The light underneath the dock icon lights up but the application does not open. Suggestions?

Actually, wasting bandwidth is a waste of people's resources who offer to help here. You posted and got answers to your post. What you thought of that would be better (for you) was posting it in every corner of AD that might get read would give you a response 30 nanoseconds faster than posting once. So read your answer and enjoy your computer.
All you need to do is post in the right forum section, and wait for a response. It will come unless nobody has a clue which rarely occurs.

Itunes or quicktime will not open

I just purchased ipod and I downloaded itunes. at first it worked correctly, then it stopped opening and quicktime will not open either. I have tried re-installing numerous times to no avail. All the error message says unknown error send or don't send to MS. I am starting to get frustrated over this. It has taken up so much time. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME????

Hi Dave. Many thanks for your response. I uninstalled iTunes and Quicktime and then reinstalled them and now I can open iTunes. I now have another problem. The music that is on my iPhone that was imported from my iTunes prior to resetting my Mac seems to be unavailable for me to play. It doesn't show up on my iPhone when it's not connected. But when I connect it to my Mac all the songs show up under the music tab of my iPhone but they are all light grey and when I click one an exclamation mark appears next to it. I've tried authorizing my account but that doesn't do anything.
If you have any idea what the problem could be I would really gratefull.

When using safari, media such as mp4, as a web mail attachment (yahoo) is not opening in QuickTime . File association is broken. Does any1 have a solution?

When using safari, media such as mp4, as a web mail attachment (yahoo) is not opening in QuickTime . File association is broken.
If I use the mail application the attachment opens and I see the QuickTime logo on the attachment.
When using the web mail yahoo the attachment, an mp4 audio, opens a black page with a crossed triangle icon in the middle of the page.
Any solution ?
Thanks .

There's two ways you can deploy your aspx (layout) files. One is deploy in _Layouts folder (which basically copy the file in (c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\15\template\layouts). To copy file in that place, you don't
need module, just use SharePoint mapped folder.
Another way is to upload the layout folder in SharePoint library. But _catalogs is not the right place to upload your file (_catalogs doesn't have any subfolder named 'layouts'). You can upload your file in 'Pages' library or 'site pages' library in the
current web.
I'm not quite sure though (sorry I didn't get what the problem is but just guessed you are trying to get your aspx page in SharePoint designer, not sure why) why you need to upload the file in pages/site pages library instead of '_layouts' folder.
Thanks,
Sohel Rana
http://ranaictiu-technicalblog.blogspot.com

ITunes won't load, it says Quicktime was not found. QuickTime is required to run iTunes.

iTunes won't load, it says Quicktime was not found. QuickTime is required to run iTunes. Please uninstall iTunes, then install iTunes again. I have done this several times and it keeps showing me that Quicktime is unavailable even though I redownload it every single time.

Try this
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16022028#16022028

Mov reference file will not open in QuickTime 7.7.4 for Windows

Hi,
I have a mov reference file which opened fine in QuickTime 7.6.2 but since upgrading to 7.7.4 the file will no open. I get the following error:
Error -2002: a bad public movie atom was found in the movie.
The file contains one PAL MPEG2 video track and one stereo PCM audio track. It also contains a timecode track.
See movie inspector below:
Can anyone help me understand why this file will not open with the latest version of QuickTime. I cannot supply the file but can give any information about atoms etc. which can be read using QTAtomViewer.
I am using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.
Many thanks,
Kate

For those who want to call, the following menu options will get you to the Quick Time install tech support:
2 - takes you to the Quick Time submenu
2 - takes you to tech support
then, choose 1 for Mac or 2 for windows
Initially, I was told by tier 1 tech rep Shawn that the update server may not be up or that it may be a firewall issue on my side.
After telling him that I have confirmed that it is a problem with the update server sending a NULL (0 byte) response to the update query, he said I would have to just download the latest one in order to have the most up-to-date version and "just check back periodically to see if the update server is working".
He mentioned there was a Quick Time standalone download available (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html), but that is still ~20MB & doesn't help the fact that probably over 90% of the people who run Quick Time have the option to automatically check for updates set and will never realize they're running an old, vulnerable version of Quick Time.
He gave me a case number after I asked for one: 58027568
If you'd like to add to mine and/or Rob's, it surely couldn't hurt.
I suppose my next course is to try emailing contacts at apple to see what kind of response they have. Considering this problem has been there ever since QT 7 for Windows has been released (I don't remember ever checking for updates when running QT 7 beta), it's strange that it's still a problem.
hand made system Windows XP Pro

Quicktime 10 not opening Quicktime 7 MOV files

All of the old Quicktime movies created from IDL TIFF images and exported using the IDL 6.3 Research Systems Inc. Codec will not play in Quicktime 10. The files would not play in VLC or Flip4Mac either. Imported the MOV files into iMovie 11 (9.0.2), the thumbnails showed the images and tried to export in different formats. All formats displayed black screens. Any ideas would be appreciated. I have dozens of movies that need to be made accessible to coworkers.

Unfortunately the codec was not installed on this system... The error seems to be happening only for TIF files that were used to build the project.
Then perhaps you should install the missing codec if possible or convert the files on the "old" system. If the TIFF images are encoded using a proprietary or custom compression codec, then QT would require the same codec to decode the file data for both playback and conversions.

QuickTime Movie not importing

I have a file of Halloween video shot by a professional. He gave them to me in .mov - kind: Quicktime movie. I downloaded them from his portable drive directly onto my desktop. The folder has 30 clips in it, with a total of 11.85GB of info - so I know there is something there.
I cannot open them in Quicktime version 10.0 - when I try I get this message:
The document “Halloween001.mov” could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands.
the icon next to each title is the Quicktime icon, so I don't know what's up with that. When I click on the "Learn more" button it takes me to the Apple support page that talks about Codecs. That page seemed to be saying that I needed one of the other products listed there to convert the video, so I bought iLife 9, installed it, but it has not helped.
If try to use the Import Movies command, all the .mov files are grayed out.
I downloaded MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b2, and tried to convert the clips into other formats - like the Apple Intermediate Codec suggested in another post. Basically the clip seems to open, but it is blank - black screen, and no audio.
Interestingly, when I tried to open them in iTunes, I could hear the audio, but the image remained black.
I figure I need to know 2 things - what was the original format the video was shot in, and how he converted it - but this is a busy guy so I want to make sure I ask him the correct questions the first time - that is what I am hoping you can help me with... what do I need to ask the original videographer about the format...
from there I assume you can help me figure out why my Quicktime player won't recognize Quicktime videos, and what program I need to convert these files into a format that I can use in iMovie.
any help with this is greatly appreciated ... this footage is a Halloween production that I wrote, directed and produced (as well as co-starring in LOL). It is valuable family History so my kids can remember what a kook their Mom was

Actually, my friend would probably be willing to supply the video clips in some other format, if you can tell me the format that is best for him to give them to me in...
I am really new at working with video so I don't know what to ask him for
MAHALO!!

Both ITunes and Quicktime will not open

I can't open either ITunes or Quicktime. Each time, I get the iTunes or QuickTime Player "has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." I tried repairing both, was able to uninstall & reinstall iTunes but still get same error. Quicktime would not uninstall, removed it through Windows Install Clean Up, cannot re-install.
Here are the errors:
AppName: itunes.exe AppVer: 7.6.2.9 ModName: quicktimestreamingauthoring.qtx
ModVer: 7.4.5.67 Offset: 0001685c
EventType : BEX P1 : QuickTimePlayer.exe P2 : 7.4.5.67 P3 : 47edaedf
P4 : QuickTimePlayer.exe P5 : 7.4.5.67 P6 : 47edaedf P7 : 0000130d
P8 : c0000409 P9 : 00000000
And the one during the Quicktime install:
Error writing to file: C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QuickTimeStreaming.Resources\ QuickTimeStreaming.Resources.qtr
Verify if you have access to that directory
Please help! I am pulling my hair out!

I wish I had an answer for you; all I can say is, you're not alone. I've been unable to open iTunes (7.6.2) all day, and after reading your post, I tried QuickTime: yep, it only crashes, just like iTunes. FWIW, here's what I tried: restart, repair disk permissions, CD start, using Time Machine to restore iTunes 7.6.1 (now I have both that and 7.6.2, but neither works), calling Apple tech support (they want $49 to see if they can come up with something else).
Also FWIW, this problem started this morning; last night, I upgraded Safari (3.1.1). I don't know why there'd be a connection, but...?

QuickTime movie not opening in QuickTime Player?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for