Quicktime not playing anymore
I use flip 4 mac to play movies in new widows and I recently ugraded flip 4 mac. Now Quicktime isn't working. Every web page I enter now has a big QUESTIONMARK where a Quicktime movie should be. Any help much appreciated. C Bloxom
since i havent seen this exact question nor the
answer so far, you mind tellin me what it is...since
you've obviously seen it 1000 times this week?
There are a number of variations on this. Some folks have had luck with making changes in QT preferences (go to discussion: "QuickTime 7.1.5 Gets ? in Q; can not play") and some others have luck by going to MacFixIt (http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070507091647793), which has a number of different choices for the same thing. If you don't have subscription to the site email yourself the article.
Good luck.
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Atom ftyp @ 0 of size: 24, ends @ 24
Atom mdat @ 24 of size: 195643428, ends @ 195643452
Atom moov @ 195643452 of size: 772515, ends @ 196415967
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Atom stbl @ 195643838 of size: 674416, ends @ 196318254
Atom stsd @ 195643846 of size: 140, ends @ 195643986
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Atom dref @ 196318507 of size: 28, ends @ 196318535
Atom stbl @ 196318535 of size: 97432, ends @ 196415967
Atom stsd @ 196318543 of size: 92, ends @ 196318635
Atom mp4a @ 196318559 of size: 76, ends @ 196318635
Atom esds @ 196318595 of size: 40, ends @ 196318635
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Atom stco @ 196408599 of size: 7368, ends @ 196415967
Total size: 196415967 bytes; 42 atoms total. AtomicParsley version: 0.9.0 (utf8)
Media data: 195643428 bytes; 772539 bytes all other atoms (0.393% atom overhead).
Total free atom space: 0 bytes; 0.000% waste.
Movie duration: 2116.513 seconds (35:16.51) - 739.49* kbp/sec bitrate (*=approximate)
Low-level details. Total tracks: 2
Trk Type Handler Kind Lang Bytes
1 vide [none listed] avc1 eng 178711864
675.58* kbp/s 2116.243 sec AVC Main Profile, Level 3.1 352x240 (330 macroblocks)
2 soun [none listed] mp4a eng 16931556
64.00* kbp/s 2116.513 sec MPEG-4 AAC Low Complexity Profile channels: [2]
Jon Walker wrote:
In most cases, users want answers but are unable or unwilling to provide the encoding information to explain most problems, it is usually simpler to ask users to post a sample file for examination on my own computer.
I have the equivalent for the recording's Handbrake output. I did a file compare but there were enough differences (and I'm not a technical person) so I could not spot which of the differences mattered. For example, I thought that the fact that there is "none listed" for the sound handler looked like an obvious clue until I saw that same thing in the Handbrake output.
Here is the Handbrake data:
Atom ftyp @ 0 of size: 28, ends @ 28
Atom free @ 28 of size: 132, ends @ 160
Atom mdat @ 160 of size: 100944363, ends @ 100944523
Atom moov @ 100944523 of size: 1606698, ends @ 102551221
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Atom iods @ 100944639 of size: 24, ends @ 100944663
Atom trak @ 100944663 of size: 1288497, ends @ 102233160
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Atom avc1 @ 100944924 of size: 170, ends @ 100945094
Atom avcC @ 100945010 of size: 50, ends @ 100945060
Atom colr @ 100945060 of size: 18, ends @ 10094507 ~
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Atom stsc @ 101602650 of size: 24436, ends @ 101627086
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Atom free @ 102551221 of size: 132, ends @ 102551353
~ denotes an unknown atom
Total size: 102551353 bytes; 54 atoms total. AtomicParsley version: 0.9.0 (utf8)
Media data: 100944363 bytes; 1606990 bytes all other atoms (1.567% atom overhead).
Total free atom space: 264 bytes; 0.000% waste.
Movie duration: 2116.640 seconds (35:16.64) - 381.53* kbp/sec bitrate (*=approximate)
Low-level details. Total tracks: 2
Trk Type Handler Kind Lang Bytes
1 vide [none listed] avc1 und 65533744
247.74* kbp/s 2116.243 sec AVC Main Profile, Level 4 352x240 (330 macroblocks)
2 soun [none listed] mp4a eng 35410611
133.84 kbp/s 2116.640 sec MPEG-4 AAC Low Complexity Profile channels: [2]
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