Quick Look plays video but not QuickTime Player
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From: Philo D on 20 Apr 2010 08:14 In article <slrnhspiak.42a.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > I downloaded "Patent Absurdity" (High Quality) from here: > http://patentabsurdity.com/download.html > > It is an ogv file and wasn't recognised so I installed the Perian > QuickTime component in my account: > http://perian.org/ > > Now it is recognised and when I select the .ogv icon and hit the space > bar to invoke Quick Look it plays fine. When I double click the icon it > opens in QuickTime player, but the video does not start playing, it just > displays "Loading Movie..." and hangs there. Any ideas? > > Details: > Mac OS X 10.6.3 > QuickTime Player 10.0 (113) > Perian 1.2.1 > > Ian What happens with Quicktime Player 7 ?
From: Warren Oates on 20 Apr 2010 08:17 In article <slrnhspsgf.48j.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > I guess I should look for another .ogv file and see if I get the same > problem. I d'loaded the same "hiqh quality" clip, and it plays fine in QT 7.6.4; info tells me it's using the Xiph Theora Decoder. I have that component in ~/Library/Quicktime. It does have to load first, though, but this happens quickly. QuickView works fine too. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Ian Gregory on 20 Apr 2010 10:19 On 2010-04-20, Philo D <doozy(a)earthling.net.invalid> wrote: > In article <slrnhspiak.42a.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory >> >> Details: >> Mac OS X 10.6.3 >> QuickTime Player 10.0 (113) >> Perian 1.2.1 >> >> Ian > > What happens with Quicktime Player 7 ? I don't know, I don't have QuickTime Player 7. Can it co-exist happily with QuickTime Player 10? Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/
From: Philo D on 20 Apr 2010 11:34 In article <slrnhsrdv9.4re.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-20, Philo D <doozy(a)earthling.net.invalid> wrote: > > In article <slrnhspiak.42a.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory > >> > >> Details: > >> Mac OS X 10.6.3 > >> QuickTime Player 10.0 (113) > >> Perian 1.2.1 > >> > >> Ian > > > > What happens with Quicktime Player 7 ? > > I don't know, I don't have QuickTime Player 7. Can it co-exist happily > with QuickTime Player 10? > > Ian Yes, it is an optional install from the 10.6 install disk. Useful because QuickTime X has fewer capabilities.
From: Ian Gregory on 20 Apr 2010 12:47
On 2010-04-20, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <slrnhspsgf.48j.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, > Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >> I guess I should look for another .ogv file and see if I get the same >> problem. > > I d'loaded the same "hiqh quality" clip, and it plays fine in QT 7.6.4; > info tells me it's using the Xiph Theora Decoder. I have that component > in ~/Library/Quicktime. I Installed QuickTime Player 7 from my Snow Leopard DVD (after installation I couldn't see it in /Applications along with QuickTime Player X, but found it in /Applications/Utilities). When I opened the troublesome OGV file in Player 7 it played fine, I then confirmed that it still does not play in Player X. As I said before, when I attempt to open it in Player X it just displays "Loading Movie..." - info tells me it is playing the file using the Theora Decoder but nothing happens (I left it "loading" on one occasion for about half an hour). To test whether it was a problem with the specific movie file I downloaded another OGV (A 1933 Betty Boop cartoon featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra) and I observed the same behaviour. My conclusion is that the new QuickTime library handles OGV just fine provided you install the XiphQT component (which is how Quick Look can play it) but if you want to open it in QuickTime Player you have to use the old version 7. I wonder if Apple is planning to fix this? Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/ |