Hi Tony, If you are wanting to forward the video to someone else, it may be best to convert it to something like MP4 first.
I believe that VLC should also be able to do that, though it is not something I have tried. You can find pretty comprehensive documentation on VLC here https://docs.videolan.me/vlc-user/3.0/en/index.html So have a read through that. Cheers Neil -----Original Message----- From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of "Anthony (Tony) Francis" <antne...@mac.com> Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at 13:28 To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> Subject: Re: [WAMUG] Hi all. Thank you Neil I’ll give it a go, the Video’s that I want to open and forward are of sentimental value to my best friend that recently lost his Wife, so I’m thankful for any help and advice. Kind Regards Tony Boddington > On 13 Jul 2022, at 13:13, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > I often find with various downloaded videos that OSX (Quicktime) won't play them directly. Whilst, if you want Quicktime compatibility, there are various programs that will convert from the original format to MP4 (good for Quicktime), I find that the free app VLC will play most formats without conversion. > > VLC is a well-regarded and well-used app which runs on all platforms (OSX, windows, IOS, etc). You can find here: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ > > I have used it, through a few versions, for several years and have always been happy with it. > > HTH > > > Cheers > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of "Anthony (Tony) Francis" <antne...@mac.com> > Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at 12:00 > To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: [WAMUG] Hi all. > > Good Morning > > Thank you for the continued information regarding the Disc Drive, as I won’t be going to either Mandurah or Perth for a week or two I tried something else for now, I used an old Mac, loaded the Video from the Disc to a Memory Stick, put the memory stick into my current Mac 2020 running MacOs Monterey. I was unable to play the Video on my current Mac as the file? wasn’t recognised,I was asked to choose an application to play the Video, that’s where I came unstuck, I couldn’t find an App that would play the Video, so my question is, what App will recognise and play the older Video’s, I have plenty of Home Movies that I would love to be able to share amongst friends and family. > > Thanks All > > Kind Regards > > Tony > Boddington. > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
