On May 2, 2008, at 10:25 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > On May 2, at 5:19 AM, R.D.Preston wrote: > >> I recently downloaded a couple of movie files that are .mp4 type. >> These will not play with any of the standard video players I have, >> which are: >> >> QuickTime Player >> VLC >> Divx Player >> Windows Media Player >> >> What will I need to play these on my system? I'm currently using >> version sys10.4.11, on a Mac Mini from a LaCie FW external. > > Like QuickTime, MPEG-4 is a container not a codec. There are many > different codecs designed to work with MPEG-4 (H-264, DivX, 3ivX, > XviD, ... ) and a few of them do not exist on the Mac. I've run > across Microsoft MPEG-4 version 3 files quite often, and I don't > think they can be played on a Mac. Usually the Inspector menu item > in QuickTime player will give you a clue or two about the codec. >
Thanks, but if it only offers a "...not a movie" warning/alert, and won't even open, I couldn't check it with the Movie Inspector. <sigh> If there's another way to check such things, lemmeNoe. --russ _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
