QuickTime substitute

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Seabat

I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace. I just have the one clip I
need to view. I REALLY don't want to download, what, a 10MB file size
from Apple just to veiw one clip.

I tried Googling, but I must be having stupid attacks, 'cause I don't
seem to be locating any references to anything.

Thanks for any help.
 
Seabat said:
I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace. I just have the one clip I
need to view. I REALLY don't want to download, what, a 10MB file size
from Apple just to veiw one clip.
I tried Googling, but I must be having stupid attacks, 'cause I don't
seem to be locating any references to anything.
Thanks for any help.
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Irfanview, with the plugins download installed, will do this.

http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/
 
I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace. I just have the one clip I
need to view. I REALLY don't want to download, what, a 10MB file size
from Apple just to veiw one clip.

I tried Googling, but I must be having stupid attacks, 'cause I don't
seem to be locating any references to anything.

What you are looking for is:
Quicktime Alternative 1.2
Sorry, don't have url for it but I'm sure your Google will be successful. If
not, post again...someone will have the address.

Stoney
 
I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace. I just have the one clip I
need to view. I REALLY don't want to download, what, a 10MB file size
from Apple just to veiw one clip.

I tried Googling, but I must be having stupid attacks, 'cause I don't
seem to be locating any references to anything.

Thanks for any help.
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Media Player Classic
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

regards

Dud
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The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are
so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts.

-- Bertrand Russell
 
Seabat said:
I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace.
Click to expand...
[...]

Irfanview, with the plugins download installed, will do this.
Click to expand...

The Irfanview plugin requires QuickTime to be installed.
 
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Seabat wrote:

I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace.
Click to expand...
[...]


Irfanview, with the plugins download installed, will do this.
Click to expand...


The Irfanview plugin requires QuickTime to be installed.
Click to expand...

I've never had QuickTime installed. All I have on my hard drive is the
following:

"C:\Program Files\IrfanView\Plugins\Quicktime.dll"

It came from the plugins download at the Irfanview site.
 
A said:
@corp.supernews.com:

Seabat wrote:


I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace.
[...]


Irfanview, with the plugins download installed, will do this.
Click to expand...


The Irfanview plugin requires QuickTime to be installed.
Click to expand...

I've never had QuickTime installed. All I have on my hard drive is the
following:

"C:\Program Files\IrfanView\Plugins\Quicktime.dll"

It came from the plugins download at the Irfanview site.
Click to expand...

You should let the developer know! Here's what he writes in his plugins
readme:

* 36. QUICKTIME.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play Apple
Quicktime formats:
MOV, MacPICT, QTIF and FLI/FLC.
Note: Apple Quicktime must be installed and the
PlugIn enabled in:
Properties->Video.
Download it from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
 
A said:
@corp.supernews.com:

A wrote:

@corp.supernews.com:



Seabat wrote:



I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace.

[...]



Irfanview, with the plugins download installed, will do this.


The Irfanview plugin requires QuickTime to be installed.
Click to expand...

I've never had QuickTime installed. All I have on my hard drive is the
following:

"C:\Program Files\IrfanView\Plugins\Quicktime.dll"

It came from the plugins download at the Irfanview site.
Click to expand...


You should let the developer know! Here's what he writes in his plugins
readme:

* 36. QUICKTIME.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play Apple
Quicktime formats:
MOV, MacPICT, QTIF and FLI/FLC.
Note: Apple Quicktime must be installed and the
PlugIn enabled in:
Properties->Video.
Download it from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Click to expand...

Heh. I guess I should. I think that maybe his readme needs to be
updated. Or maybe I just stupidly let the cat out of the bag. Ooops.
 
A said:
@corp.supernews.com:

A wrote:


@corp.supernews.com:



Seabat wrote:



I thought I'd read about an alternative QuickTime (.mov) file player
here but can't seem to find it anyplace.

[...]



Irfanview, with the plugins download installed, will do this.


The Irfanview plugin requires QuickTime to be installed.

I've never had QuickTime installed. All I have on my hard drive is the
following:

"C:\Program Files\IrfanView\Plugins\Quicktime.dll"

It came from the plugins download at the Irfanview site.
Click to expand...


You should let the developer know! Here's what he writes in his plugins
readme:

* 36. QUICKTIME.DLL - This PlugIn allows IrfanView to play Apple
Quicktime formats:
MOV, MacPICT, QTIF and FLI/FLC.
Note: Apple Quicktime must be installed and the
PlugIn enabled in:
Properties->Video.
Download it from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Click to expand...

Heh. I guess I should. I think that maybe his readme needs to be
updated. Or maybe I just stupidly let the cat out of the bag. Ooops.
Click to expand...

I've got the quicktime.dll in my plugin folder in Irfanview, but it
won't play the quicktime .mov files! So maybe you do have to have
QuickTime installed.
Have downloaded the other suggestions and will try them out this
weekend.
 
Seabat said:
I've got the quicktime.dll in my plugin folder in Irfanview, but it
won't play the quicktime .mov files! So maybe you do have to have
QuickTime installed. Have downloaded the other suggestions and will
try them out this weekend.
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Coincidentally, I just configured my system to play .mov files the
other day. What I did was to save a move file to my hard drive:

http://www.moderntv.com/modtvweb/contents.htm

scan it for viruses and then double clicked on it. Once the "Open
with..." window opened, I left the checkmark by "Always use this
program to open these files" and then searched for "IrfanView". If you
try this and can't find a listing for it, then click the "Other..."
button and find the IrfanView executable. Once you get the program
selected, just click the "OK" button and there you go. I did this and
was pleasantly surprised to see the .mov file open in IrfanView. You
can even make it full screen (although it's kinda grainy.)

I've *never* installed the Quicktime program (since my last hard drive
wipe and reinstall) because it's nagware. I had done so previously,
but since then I've wiped my hard drive and reinstalled everything
from scratch. Maybe some other program I use installed some of the
modules, although I doubt it.
 
John Corliss <[email protected]#> pawed at the keyboard to blurt
out:


Coincidentally, I just configured my system to play .mov files the
other day. What I did was to save a move file to my hard drive:

http://www.moderntv.com/modtvweb/contents.htm

scan it for viruses and then double clicked on it. Once the "Open
with..." window opened, I left the checkmark by "Always use this
program to open these files" and then searched for "IrfanView". If you
try this and can't find a listing for it, then click the "Other..."
button and find the IrfanView executable. Once you get the program
selected, just click the "OK" button and there you go. I did this and
was pleasantly surprised to see the .mov file open in IrfanView. You
can even make it full screen (although it's kinda grainy.)

I've *never* installed the Quicktime program (since my last hard drive
wipe and reinstall) because it's nagware. I had done so previously,
but since then I've wiped my hard drive and reinstalled everything
from scratch. Maybe some other program I use installed some of the
modules, although I doubt it.
Click to expand...


OK, I just tried this John, and it's a no-go. When IrfanView starts it
gives me a warning message that it can't play these types of files and
that I need to download/update/etc a codec or some such.
 
Seabat said:
John Corliss <[email protected]#> pawed at the keyboard to blurt
out:








OK, I just tried this John, and it's a no-go. When IrfanView starts it
gives me a warning message that it can't play these types of files and
that I need to download/update/etc a codec or some such.
Click to expand...

Just occurred to me what might have happened. I installed
RealAlternative and it came with a type of Media Player Classic. Just
guessing, but that might have contained the codec.
 
Just occurred to me what might have happened. I installed
RealAlternative and it came with a type of Media Player Classic. Just
guessing, but that might have contained the codec
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I find it more likely that the MOV file you managed to play with
Irfanview used a (general or old) codec that was possibly installed with
your OS.

When I did not have Quicktime (Alternative) installed, Irfanview did
indeed play one or two MOV files I had, but not all the others with the
Sorenson Quicktime codec. I find it very unlikely that Irfanview can play
a video without the codec.
Even now that I have Quicktime Alternative installed, Irfanview won't
play MOV, except for the ones it always played.

Another option to play quicktime files is to install Quicktime and then
uninstall it. You can even reset the registry if you want. Irfanvies does
work this way.
 
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