Yikes! I've tried everything. I have a Minolta Dimage Z6 video camera that
takes video clips. None of my video players will play them. What am I doing
wrong? I have tried to change settings in the video part of the camera and
it doesn't seem to matter. I reset the camera to the default and I don't get
it.
Also, why won't Movie Maker or any other player for that matter, not play a
file that is a .mov file?
--
Cat

You're not doing anything wrong. MOV is Apple Quicktime's proprietary
format. Quite commonly used for the video format in digital cameras.
Somewhat surprising that it wasn't installed with your camera software, but
it is a free download.

When installing it just be careful because Quicktime tries to take over as
default player for many different media file types that would normally be
opened by Media Player or other programs.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html



"NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3357282B-102F-43D5-A091-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yikes! I've tried everything. I have a Minolta Dimage Z6 video camera
> that
> takes video clips. None of my video players will play them. What am I
> doing
> wrong? I have tried to change settings in the video part of the camera
> and
> it doesn't seem to matter. I reset the camera to the default and I don't
> get
> it.
> Also, why won't Movie Maker or any other player for that matter, not play
> a
> file that is a .mov file?
> --
> Cat

RalfG
Thank you so much. Can I convert the MOV format from QT then to a format I
can use with my Movie Maker?
--
Cat


"RalfG" wrote:

> You're not doing anything wrong. MOV is Apple Quicktime's proprietary
> format. Quite commonly used for the video format in digital cameras.
> Somewhat surprising that it wasn't installed with your camera software, but
> it is a free download.
>
> When installing it just be careful because Quicktime tries to take over as
> default player for many different media file types that would normally be
> opened by Media Player or other programs.
>
> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html
>
>
>
> "NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3357282B-102F-43D5-A091-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Yikes! I've tried everything. I have a Minolta Dimage Z6 video camera
> > that
> > takes video clips. None of my video players will play them. What am I
> > doing
> > wrong? I have tried to change settings in the video part of the camera
> > and
> > it doesn't seem to matter. I reset the camera to the default and I don't
> > get
> > it.
> > Also, why won't Movie Maker or any other player for that matter, not play
> > a
> > file that is a .mov file?
> > --
> > Cat
>
>
>

Been doing that myself recently... with varying results.

Try a utility called MP4Cam2AVI to quick convert the .MOV to AVI.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/

Provided you don't need any additional CODECs you can use the AVIs directly
Movie Maker. You can also play the AVI files in Media Player.



"NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsF60E28B-025A-455E-BCB0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> RalfG
> Thank you so much. Can I convert the MOV format from QT then to a format
> I
> can use with my Movie Maker?
> --
> Cat
>
>
> "RalfG" wrote:
>
>> You're not doing anything wrong. MOV is Apple Quicktime's proprietary
>> format. Quite commonly used for the video format in digital cameras.
>> Somewhat surprising that it wasn't installed with your camera software,
>> but
>> it is a free download.
>>
>> When installing it just be careful because Quicktime tries to take over
>> as
>> default player for many different media file types that would normally be
>> opened by Media Player or other programs.
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html
>>
>>
>>
>> "NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:3357282B-102F-43D5-A091-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Yikes! I've tried everything. I have a Minolta Dimage Z6 video camera
>> > that
>> > takes video clips. None of my video players will play them. What am I
>> > doing
>> > wrong? I have tried to change settings in the video part of the camera
>> > and
>> > it doesn't seem to matter. I reset the camera to the default and I
>> > don't
>> > get
>> > it.
>> > Also, why won't Movie Maker or any other player for that matter, not
>> > play
>> > a
>> > file that is a .mov file?
>> > --
>> > Cat
>>
>>
>>

I forgot to ask about those downloads that say they can convert MOV to other
formats. Do they work? and if yes, do I still need to have Quick Time on my
computer?
--
Cat


"NoExpert" wrote:

> RalfG
> Thank you so much. Can I convert the MOV format from QT then to a format I
> can use with my Movie Maker?
> --
> Cat
>
>
> "RalfG" wrote:
>
> > You're not doing anything wrong. MOV is Apple Quicktime's proprietary
> > format. Quite commonly used for the video format in digital cameras.
> > Somewhat surprising that it wasn't installed with your camera software, but
> > it is a free download.
> >
> > When installing it just be careful because Quicktime tries to take over as
> > default player for many different media file types that would normally be
> > opened by Media Player or other programs.
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html
> >
> >
> >
> > "NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:3357282B-102F-43D5-A091-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Yikes! I've tried everything. I have a Minolta Dimage Z6 video camera
> > > that
> > > takes video clips. None of my video players will play them. What am I
> > > doing
> > > wrong? I have tried to change settings in the video part of the camera
> > > and
> > > it doesn't seem to matter. I reset the camera to the default and I don't
> > > get
> > > it.
> > > Also, why won't Movie Maker or any other player for that matter, not play
> > > a
> > > file that is a .mov file?
> > > --
> > > Cat
> >
> >
> >

The conversion programs are all different so you'll just have to test some
to find one that works best for you.

You will need to have the CODECs installed that were used to encode the
video. At least the decoder portion, which Quicktime provides. The .MOV
files from my own camera convert to AVI and play in Media Player just fine
but some movie clips I recieved from other people won't play after
conversion without specific CODECs, that I don't happen to have installed.



"NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C4E4443C-0F46-408B-80EB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I forgot to ask about those downloads that say they can convert MOV to
>other
> formats. Do they work? and if yes, do I still need to have Quick Time on
> my
> computer?
> --
> Cat
>
>
> "NoExpert" wrote:
>
>> RalfG
>> Thank you so much. Can I convert the MOV format from QT then to a format
>> I
>> can use with my Movie Maker?
>> --
>> Cat
>>
>>
>> "RalfG" wrote:
>>
>> > You're not doing anything wrong. MOV is Apple Quicktime's proprietary
>> > format. Quite commonly used for the video format in digital cameras.
>> > Somewhat surprising that it wasn't installed with your camera software,
>> > but
>> > it is a free download.
>> >
>> > When installing it just be careful because Quicktime tries to take over
>> > as
>> > default player for many different media file types that would normally
>> > be
>> > opened by Media Player or other programs.
>> >
>> > http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:3357282B-102F-43D5-A091-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > > Yikes! I've tried everything. I have a Minolta Dimage Z6 video
>> > > camera
>> > > that
>> > > takes video clips. None of my video players will play them. What am
>> > > I
>> > > doing
>> > > wrong? I have tried to change settings in the video part of the
>> > > camera
>> > > and
>> > > it doesn't seem to matter. I reset the camera to the default and I
>> > > don't
>> > > get
>> > > it.
>> > > Also, why won't Movie Maker or any other player for that matter, not
>> > > play
>> > > a
>> > > file that is a .mov file?
>> > > --
>> > > Cat
>> >
>> >
>> >

RalfG,
You're a genius and a nice person, thank you! I have access to some video
clips I had thought were lost or messed up now. I downloaded something
called Quick Time Alternative. So far it's been excellent and worked fine.
I really did not like QT and hoped I could just download some codecs to solve
the problem but this is working fine and only opening the MOV files. When I
open the other files Media Player opens as usual.
This is just in time for foaling season too! Grrrrrrrrreat!
--
Cat


"RalfG" wrote:

> The conversion programs are all different so you'll just have to test some
> to find one that works best for you.
>
> You will need to have the CODECs installed that were used to encode the
> video. At least the decoder portion, which Quicktime provides. The .MOV
> files from my own camera convert to AVI and play in Media Player just fine
> but some movie clips I recieved from other people won't play after
> conversion without specific CODECs, that I don't happen to have installed.
>
>
>
> "NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C4E4443C-0F46-408B-80EB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I forgot to ask about those downloads that say they can convert MOV to
> >other
> > formats. Do they work? and if yes, do I still need to have Quick Time on
> > my
> > computer?
> > --
> > Cat
> >
> >
> > "NoExpert" wrote:
> >
> >> RalfG
> >> Thank you so much. Can I convert the MOV format from QT then to a format
> >> I
> >> can use with my Movie Maker?
> >> --
> >> Cat
> >>
> >>
> >> "RalfG" wrote:
> >>
> >> > You're not doing anything wrong. MOV is Apple Quicktime's proprietary
> >> > format. Quite commonly used for the video format in digital cameras.
> >> > Somewhat surprising that it wasn't installed with your camera software,
> >> > but
> >> > it is a free download.
> >> >
> >> > When installing it just be careful because Quicktime tries to take over
> >> > as
> >> > default player for many different media file types that would normally
> >> > be
> >> > opened by Media Player or other programs.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "NoExpert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > news:3357282B-102F-43D5-A091-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > > Yikes! I've tried everything. I have a Minolta Dimage Z6 video
> >> > > camera
> >> > > that
> >> > > takes video clips. None of my video players will play them. What am
> >> > > I
> >> > > doing
> >> > > wrong? I have tried to change settings in the video part of the
> >> > > camera
> >> > > and
> >> > > it doesn't seem to matter. I reset the camera to the default and I
> >> > > don't
> >> > > get
> >> > > it.
> >> > > Also, why won't Movie Maker or any other player for that matter, not
> >> > > play
> >> > > a
> >> > > file that is a .mov file?
> >> > > --
> >> > > Cat
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>
>