The mpeg-2 component

_the intro:_
I'm a little lost with the mpeg component that Apple sell as an add-on for a hefty £15
And a little annoyed with iMovie and iDVD as they don't seem to be compatible with THE main video files (the whole .mpeg / .mpg family).
I've downloaded the mpeg Streamclip software and it converts some .mpg files but not all of them (I don't understand the difference between these files, they're all from a handycam....).
_the question:_
if I spend £15 on this mpeg add-on will that mean I'll be able to drag and drop files or import them to iDVD and iMovie? or will I still need to convert them to .mp4??

well, the easy way for me would be to use my camera, then take the memory card out and feed it into the laptop (whether mac or windows) and work off that.
Hooking the whole device by usb onto the laptop seems to me like the difficult/old/long way round way to do this... but it's ok, I understand this is the Mac way, not really complaining just commenting... For me at least, there's a point for windows in that aspect. And I have closed the door on windows so this means something admitting it !!

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    Hi,
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    Here's my specs:
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    Mac OS X 10.3.9
    Mac iBook 466 MHz PowerPC G3 - A Graphite Clamshell (vintage and I love it!)
    576 MB SDRAM
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    MPEG-2 Component (a purchase)
    http://www.apple.com/quicktime/extending/components.html
    MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 (free)
    http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
    Then I should be able to watch and edit videos from my new Handycam in QuickTime.
    Is this correct?
    Or is there something else that I need to be doing?
    Thank you!

    Here's the page you may be referring to: http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A
    It lists the specs which are way beyond my computer.
    Recommended System Requirements:
    * QuickTime 7.6 or later (Pro not required)
    * PowerPC G4 (500MHz or faster) or Intel processor
    * At least 256MB of RAM
    * Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
    I read all of the reviews and there were folks who had the same specs I do that it works for, but the date of their reviews were from a few years ago, so they must have had a previous version of the Component.
    It also mentions underneath the system specs about OS 9 and using OS 9's Component, though it doesn't provide a link.
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    QuickTime Player 7.5.0
    Mac iBook 466 MHz PowerPC G3 - A Graphite Clamshell (vintage and I love it!)
    576 MB SDRAM
    Mac OS X 10.3.9
    Sony DCR-SX40 4GB Handycam Camcorder
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  • Can't get the mpeg playback component ($20) to actually download

    I have read hundreds of ways on how to change MPEG2 to dv in order to edit on my mac and come to the conclusion I was going to have to buy this add on and then download Streamclip. Evidently the component did not download right or at least like all my other downloads have. The dmg icon is on my desktop but when I click it all it wants to do is download again and restart my computer. What am I doing wrong. I just have to get all this movie editing figured out and thought this would be my solution. Sorry I am not very technical and would love some help. After 20 years dealing with windows I just love my Mac even with all little downfalls it is actually more dependable at least until now.

    The dmg icon is on my desktop but when I click it all it wants to do is download again and restart my computer.First make sure you have the correct file -- "QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg". If correct, I would then "file info" the icon (i.e., open the "get File Info" window) to make sure "DiskImageMounter" is set as the "Open with" application. If correct and the image file still won't mount a window containing two folders ("For QuickTime 6.3" and "For QuickTime 6.4 and later & Intel Macs" then you can hope it is only a corrupted download. In this case, sign on to the Apple account under which you made the purchase, go to the software purchases area, and download the file again.

  • Can anyone help? I have downloaded and installed the QuickTime MPEG-2 Component but it doesn't work.

    I purchased the QuickTime MPEG-2 component for Quicktime as I am using Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and I want to be able to via MPEG-2 transport streams.
    I paid £14.00 - everything downloaded and installed fine but it doesn't work and I am still unable to view the transport streams in Quicktime even though according to the website this is want the component will let me do.
    I have rebooted several times, reinstalled both Quicktime and the MPEG-2 component and still nothing.  I have then spent ages going around and around in circles on the website trying to find a way of emailing customer services or technical support to get some assistance but I just always end back in the same place no further forward.
    Please can anyone else offer any suggestions - either how I can get it working or how I can get my £14 back from Apple!!

    I purchased the QuickTime MPEG-2 component for Quicktime as I am using Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and I want to be able to via MPEG-2 transport streams.
    I paid £14.00 - everything downloaded and installed fine but it doesn't work and I am still unable to view the transport streams in Quicktime even though according to the website this is want the component will let me do.
    1) Suggest you reread the "Feature" details for the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component paying particular attention to the paragraph titled "Can transport streams be played?" which clearly states that this codec does NOT support the playback of transport stream (TS) files.
    2) This codec can only be used with "classic" QT apps such as the QT 7 player, GarageBand, or third-party apps like the free MPEG Streamclip app.
    3) The VLC player intrinsically supports TS files. MPEG Streamclip with the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component installed supports TS file playback.
    4) MPEG Streamclip with the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component installed can also resave muxed TS file content as muxed program stream (PS) content which is then "playback" compatible with both QT 7 and QT X players (assuming you select an audio compression format compatible with both) or convert the muxed TS content to QT "edit" compatible compression formats if desired.
    Please can anyone else offer any suggestions - either how I can get it working or how I can get my £14 back from Apple!!
    Apple seldom makes refunds to people who successfully purchase software which they do not really understand how to use—cavaet emptor. It is difficult to make suggestions here without knowing more about your personal preferences and/or work flow requirements. I personally would keep the codec to enhance various playback, conversion, and editing options on my Mac.

  • IDVD and the Apple MPEG-2 Component

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    Isn't that exactly what a VOB file is, only with a different extension? If not, what is the difference?
    Sort of ...
    From several wiki articles:
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  • Mpeg 2 component

    The mpeg 2 component I purchased does not appear to be working.  Here is the background.  I have a file that is mpeg 2, I am trying to open it, in the past, I have done everything short of buying the quicktime component.  The only program that can successfully [and I say that with a grain of salt] open the video is VLC.  Every time I try to convert it it comes out skittery with the VLC frame around it.  I finally broke down and bought the QT component but I still can't opent he video in QT, there is just no video at all.  I am crazy confused and hope that I am missing something very obvious.
    Thanks

    Cheers Kirk,
    It`s slightly confusing, you`d expect a brand new purchase/download to be the latest version!
    Many thanks
    Parky

  • Mpeg-2 component not working

    Hello,
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    How do I get this to work?
    thanks.

    When I open them in Quicktime 7 or 10 it says additional software required and it comes up black but with sound. Mpeg streamclip it comes up white and with sound. I have tried the vlc player and it does work on that, but I have had problems in the past with converting movies to usable footage so this isn't a solution. I know that this can work as have read lot's of posts hwere it is resolved but none of the solutions work for me. I think maybe it's the type of mpeg-2 component I have.
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    thanks.

  • 7.1.5 update disabled my MPEG-2 Component?

    i recently updated to the 7.1.5 version of quicktime
    everything seems to be working fine, i still have my pro capabilitys and the internet plug-in functions fine, but now the MPEG-2 component appears to not be working/missing. I frequently am working with video projects, and the MPEG-2 component that came with my Final Cut installation isn't working in some applications since i updated quicktime. Final Cut itself works just fine, but i am trying to use some footage from a DVD i burned awhile ago, and the program i use to convert the VOB file into a DV stream, MPEG Streamclip, is now telling me that i need to install the MPEG-2 Quicktime 6 component
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    thanks

    There are two versions of the MPEG-2 Playback Component (6.3 and 6.4) and QT 7 needs you to use 6.4.
    You can get a free copy by logging in at the Apple Store and reviewing your "Software Downloads History.

  • MPEG-2 component issues

    I purchased and installed QT MPEG-2 component into QT Pro 7.2. Some MPEG-2 videos play, some won't open at all ("The movie could not be opened. This file is not a movie file."), and some give audio only.
    I note that on the QT MPEG-2 page
    <http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/>
    the description says that only files with audio layers I and II are supported (see footnotes), but the ones I'm trying to view are of these types (VideoHub has a great "Info" window to help identify video formats).
    As a test I downloaded these MPEG-2 files and tried to open them in QT:
    <http://www.techex.co.uk/vbdown.asp>
    (scroll down to "MPEG-2 samples"). Some will open and some won't. These play fine in VLC, but since my goal is to edit my MPEG-2 videos, this isn't a solution for me.
    If only certain types of MPEG-2 (eg, only certain bit rates) are supported by Apple's MPEG-2 component, what are these limitations?
    Any suggestions are welcome.
    Thanks
    dave
    Intel Mini 1.83 GHz / 1 GB / 80 GB
    OS X 10.4.10
    QuickTime Pro 7.2
    QT MPEG-2 Component 1.0 (v211)

    So I guess the $20 I spent for the MPEG-2 component was wasted. It doesn't allow, reliably, playing of MPEG-2 videos in QT Player. Some do play, but not knowing which will and which won't, doesn't encourage its use for -2 videos.
    I didn't know that even if the MPEG-2 component would enable a video to be played that I wouldn't be able to edit in QT P. Quite a failure all around.
    A word to the wise: save your bux and download MPEG Streamclip:
    <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24055>
    Dave

  • Stuttering Playback With MPEG-2 Component

    I recently installed the Quicktime MPEG-2 component for Windows. I'm trying to play muxed MPEG-2 files that are encoded at 6MB/s (DVD quality). The video stutters at the beginning of the clip and also if I pause and then resume playing. The same file plays smoothly in Quicktime on a Mac with the MPEG-2 Component. The PC I'm using has 1GB of Ram, an excellent video card and processor, so it's not a speed issue. The MPEG-2 file will play fine in Windows Media on the PC, but I need to use Quicktime.

    I'm in the same boat, except i'm not getting any audio with my stuttering-at-the-beginning video. my mpeg2 in question works with all my other media players (and on DVD), but i need to make it work with quicktime 7 so that i can utilize the mp4 converter. sorry i've got no solution to this problem.

  • Mpeg-2 Component for Windows

    okay, so i bought the mpeg-2 component for windows, so i could use .TS and M2TS files, and it hasn't really done anything, i have installed it, it wont open mpeg-2 in quick time, so does anyone have any solutions?

    It also allows transcoding of MPEG-2 content when used with software like the free MPEG Streamclip app.
    Many new camcorders now record directly to DVD using the MPEG-2 format. If you need to get these "home movies" into a DV editing app like iMovie or Final Cut or even Windows Movie Maker you'll need the component to convert the DVD contents back in the DV Stream format.

  • MPEG-2 Component issue, no playback

    Hey all, any suggestions are appreciated!
    I had a recent hard drive failure so I had to re-install all my apps (G4 Al PB 1.25GHz 10.4.11). I author showreels in DVD SP4 so I have a lot of .m2v content. I had the MPEG-2 Component on my old system, so just purchased it again: installation went fine but QT Pro 7.5.5 still won't play any of the .m2v files. All those files were on an external so they weren't corrupted by the drive failure - DVD SP4 still reads them fine, just QT won't play them (says 'can't open'/'this is not a movie file'). The 'QuicktimeMPEG2.component' is there in the /System/Library/Quicktime folder, so I don't know what's wrong. It's not a major issue, just an annoyance. Strangely, I can export to .m2v just not play them. Any ideas?
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  • Quicktime MPEG 2 Component

    Hello all,
    I had to reinstall Tiger recently. I did an archive and install, so that all my prefs would carry across, and anything that didn't would still be in the previous system library. I noticed that a lot of Quicktime plugins fell into this latter category, and I had to copy them across into the new system folder. No problem so far.
    But yesterday, when I tried to open a DVD .vob in MPEG Streamclip, which I had always been able to do previously, MPEG Streamclip told me it could open the .vob because the Quicktime MPEG 2 Component was missing. I went to the previous system folder, system/library/quicktime, and sure enough there was the aforementioned component. When i tried to copy it over, though, a dialogue came up with a choice to "authenticate" - but selecting that option did nothing.
    I take it now (but correct me if I'm wrong) that this component is installed as part of Quicktime Pro when you have Final Cut Pro intalled on your machine. I do have FCP installed, and retained it of course when I did the archive and install. I've fired up FCP to see if it installs the MPEG 2 component in the current library, but no joy.
    I know it's only 20 bucks to buy the QT MPEG 2 component from the Apple store, but I feel like that's a bit of a ripoff seeing as I paid a grand or so for FCS and the component should already be there.
    Any tips for how to move QT MPEG 2 Component from my previous system library into the current one, or reinstall it given I have FCS/QT Pro?
    Many thanks in advance.
    Rob

    Archive and Install is not an advisable way to reinstall your operating system. It's fine for things like iTunes but it could make more complicated apps like Final Cut Pro unstable.
    It might be worth reinstalling Final Cut Studio:
    http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm
    When i tried to copy it over, though, a dialogue came up with a choice to "authenticate" - but selecting that option did nothing.
    Did it not ask you for an admin password?

  • Exporting Muxed Files in Quicktime Pro 7 w/ MPEG-2 Component

    I have .mpg files I need to be able to get into iDVD. They are MPG-2 muxed files. I have quicktime pro and the mpeg-2 component. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this. Everyway I try either fails halfway through or I get no audio. I've trying to convert them to Mpeg-4. The answer is probably easy but I am new to Mac. any help would be great.
    thanks

    As you have discovered, QT does not support the export of sound from muxed mpeg files. Fortunately, this freeware will export to several formats. It also allows you to do some editing of mpegs without re-encoding if that is desired: Mpeg StreamClip

  • MPEG-2 component doesn't work anymore

    Hi,
    I now recognized, that the MPEG-2 component doesn't work anymore. I don't know since which moment, but maybe since the last QuickTime update. I reinstalled it, but it didn't solve the problem.

    I can open a m2v fil but there is no content and it displays like a sound file.
    If there is no display screen above the controller (i.e., looks like an audio file), check the Inspector (or Properties) window to see what the QT player thinks is contained in the file. Also, what is the source of the file? Files split by windows users and posted on the internet frequently open in this manner without a display screen. Basically, if the QT MPEG-2 Playback component is not working, the file will not open at all. Also, M2V files are normally paired with a separate AIFF file. If you have QT Pro, open the Properties window and check the "Resource" pointer for your M2V track.
    I can't find where it is installed either.
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