Re: Movie Corruption Issue

Posted by James Beals on
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Steve,
You may need to use QT pro.
Check the options under view.
Play all frames. It is an option with the pro version.
hope it helps
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On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Stephen Bunnell wrote:

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> This is not technically a microscopy question, but I'm desperate:
>
> I use a mac. I have hundreds, if not thousands, of videos exported  
> into .mpg
> and .mov formats over many years of imaging.
>
> Of late, I have noticed that _many_ of my older .mov files are  
> seriously
> corrupted on the Mac. It's not the data. Archived movies are the  
> same. It's
> the player- Quicktime. It no longer can play the old movies.  
> However, 2-3
> years ago, before this problem was widespread, we exported  
> several .mov
> files to .avi. These .avi movies (fortunately) play just fine.  
> However,
> attempt to export the corrupted .mov files now yield .avi files  
> that look
> just like the .mov files- that is to say, they look like garbage.
>
> I have attempted to revert to older versions of quicktime- all the  
> way to
> v7.3. No luck. They're still corrupted.
>
> The corruption is not a computer issue. The same movies are  
> corrupted on
> many others Macs with current system installations.
>
> As you might expect, this makes for less than stellar  
> presentations, when
> half of your movies crash.
>
> Oddly, some movies exported on the same day, using the same  
> software, will
> play, and others will not.
>
> Has anyone else encountered this problem on the Mac? Any thoughts?
>
>     --Steve
>
>
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