without having any expertise in this field, i suggest to edit your mov files with an hexeditor and change the value in the header of the mov-file accordingly, so that it can be read by Quicktime.
the option of having to completely reinstall the operating system because of some wrongly set bit in a few files seems really crazy :-( roman On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 08:09 -0800, Dudley Brooks wrote: > Dudley Brooks wrote: > > > Olivier Heinry wrote: > > > >> The last time I tried to pix_record on OSX (on a Dual G5 running > >> Panther, 2Go RAM) , I switched to Gem2pdp + pdp_rec because the Mac > >> couldnt handle it in realtime for a 640x480 window and PDP made it > >> (might be related to PDP multithread capability). > > > > I'm sorry, what is pdp_rec? It won't create, and I don't find it > > listed. The only thing I find that seems to be able to write to a file > > is pdp_rawout. > > I found it as soon as I added the missing tilde at the end: pdp_rec~. > > So I now have pdp_rec~. But when I try to play the output file in > QuickTime, I get the error message "The movie could not be opened. An > invalid public movie atom was found in the movie." The same thing > happens if I try to import into Final Cut or iMovie. > > Google reveals that it's because when QT 7.3 came out, they changed the > value of a "null byte" from 0 to -1 -- thereby invalidating many .mov > files and infuriating many people. The only suggested solution I've > found mentioned is reverting to QT 7.2 (someone recommends 7.1.6), which > apparently involves wiping the HD and re-installing the OS -- *if* you > can find QT 7.2 or 7.1.6. > > I searched for the error message on the pd-list archive and didn't find > anything. Does anyone have experience with this and know a solution? > Olivier, when you use gem2pdp and pdp_rec~ as mentioned in your post, > what do you do with the resulting file? > > Thanks. > > -- Dudley > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list ___________________________________________________________ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
