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BaristaCMH - Jan 9, 2006 - 8:29 pm

Hello. I recently was given five discs that have student films on them. They are MPEG files and I cannot open them in quicktime. I have never had this problem before and I need those videos! I get an error message that says "xxxx is a file that quicktime does not understand". Please help!

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TangentIdea - Jan 9, 2006 - 9:50 pm

Try using VLC Media Player (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5758). It usually opens anything that QuickTime can't.

Let me know how it goes.

-Ryan

BaristaCMH - Jan 9, 2006 - 10:13 pm

I did that. It played oK though it seemed like there were under 22 frames/sec (if it were live film) which is really odd. My problem is I need to be able to convert that file. I should have mentioned that.... I have a mac running tiger, but I need to import the files into a PC that is runninga Texas Digital program called Content Server or VCM. Any ideas? Shouldn't quicktime be able to open MPEG's?

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TangentIdea - Jan 9, 2006 - 11:27 pm

They might be MPEG-2 files -- the file extension is the same (.mpg or .mpeg), but MPEG-2 files are encoded in a different way that QuickTime is unable to read. That, or the person who encoded it used a codec other than the MPEG1 codec. I've seen that done, too.

What is your goal with these files? Do you need to play them on the Mac, or do they need to be converted to a different format?

-Ryan

BaristaCMH - Jan 9, 2006 - 11:42 pm

I need them on a PC but when I insert the disc the pc tells me to insert a disc. It does not even recognize there is a disc in the tray. So, I guess I need to convert them on the mac to get them to the PC.

Is there an MPG-2 codec somewhere?

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TangentIdea - Jan 10, 2006 - 9:38 am

Ah, then the problem is not with your media files, it's with the disc itself. You might want to try dragging the files onto your Mac's hard drive and burning a new CD (on a low speed, such as 4x, 2x, or even 1x). If that doesn't work, it might be that your PC's disc drive is going bad.

-Ryan