I am pleased that you have some options to try Tony. But if they don’t work out, I could try on my Mac if you are in Perth any time.
I have an external optical drive and I have used Roxio Toast to convert these files to MOV or MP4 files. This was for home videos that I have on DVD’s, so sounds like the same scenario. Or I noticed Roxio recently had Toast Titanium at half price. > On 13 Jul 2022, at 8:36 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Stephen > The Video disc works fine on the DVD I needed to transfer the Video on to a > Memory stick to allow me to forward it, it was when the Video wouldn’t work > on my main computer that I asked the group for a resolution. I now have a > couple of avenues to try, thank you to the members that have responded. The > Video is from a home video Camera which I had transferred to a disc. > Kind Regards > Tony > Boddington > >> On 13 Jul 2022, at 3:37 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi again Tony. >> Those files look like the ones you find on a commercial DVD. >> Try playing it in a DVD player. >> >>> On 13 Jul 2022, at 1:47 pm, Neil Houghton <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Another program that was very popular for ripping and transcoding >>> (converting) DVDs was Handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/ >>> <https://handbrake.fr/> >>> >>> So that could be another option. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> <https://docs.videolan.me/vlc-user/3.0/en/index.html> >>> >>> So have a read through that. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> >>> Neil >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of >>> "Anthony (Tony) Francis" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at 13:28 >>> To: WAMUG <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 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 <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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/ >>>> <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: <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of >>>> "Anthony (Tony) Francis" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at 12:00 >>>> To: WAMUG <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> 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 >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>>> <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 >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>>> <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 >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <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 >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> >> >> Regards >> Stephen Chape >> >> Mac by choice >> Windows because my employer knew no better >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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> Regards Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better
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