Quicktime Alternative

[Jerry]

I am running Win Vista Ultimate. I have many .mov files that would like to
watch. Quicktime does NOT work in Vista. It was suggested to find VLC
Media Player v8.6b and that would work if in Preference --> Video --> Output
Modules --> Advanced was set to Windows GDI video Output.

VLC runs but with NO Video, only the sound plays. Changing that Preference
did NOT help.

Does anyone know of program that will play .mov files or a codec for WMP to
successfully play .mov in Vista??

Any help would greatly appreciated.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

I have no problem with QuickTime and Vista Ultimate x86.

How exactly does QuickTime not work for you?

 

[John Inzer]

I am running Win Vista Ultimate. I have many .mov files that would
like to watch. Quicktime does NOT work in Vista. It was suggested
to find VLC Media Player v8.6b and that would work if in Preference
--> Video --> Output Modules --> Advanced was set to Windows GDI
video Output.
VLC runs but with NO Video, only the sound plays. Changing that
Preference did NOT help.

Does anyone know of program that will play .mov files or a codec for
WMP to successfully play .mov in Vista??

Any help would greatly appreciated.

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I've seen reports that the following free download
works on Vista...maybe it would be worth a try:

QuickTime Alternative 1.81
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

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[Mac]

Quicktime works here too. Free RAD Video tools can convert MOV to AVI which
you can play in WMP... but I doubt you'll ever get a mov to play directly in
WMP.

http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm

 

[Michael Solomon]

I am running Win Vista Ultimate. I have many .mov files that would like to
watch. Quicktime does NOT work in Vista. It was suggested to find VLC
Media Player v8.6b and that would work if in Preference --> Video -->
Output Modules --> Advanced was set to Windows GDI video Output.

VLC runs but with NO Video, only the sound plays. Changing that
Preference did NOT help.

Does anyone know of program that will play .mov files or a codec for WMP
to successfully play .mov in Vista??

Any help would greatly appreciated.

I think the Gom Player with the QuickTime Alternative codec will do it.
http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
http://codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

Last I checked, VLC, an outstanding media player, was not yet compatible
with Vista but they were working on an updated version.

 

[Milhouse Van Houten]

Yes, it works slowly (taking about 5-7 seconds just to launch for me), but
it works.

 

[housetrained]

I am running Win Vista Ultimate. I have many .mov files that would like to
watch. Quicktime does NOT work in Vista. It was suggested to find VLC
Media Player v8.6b and that would work if in Preference --> Video -->
Output Modules --> Advanced was set to Windows GDI video Output.

VLC runs but with NO Video, only the sound plays. Changing that
Preference did NOT help.

Does anyone know of program that will play .mov files or a codec for WMP
to successfully play .mov in Vista??

Any help would greatly appreciated.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/quicktime_alternative.cfm

 

[Jerry]

Thanks for the response, I will give it a try.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/quicktime_alternative.cfm

 

[Jerry]

I installed "Quicktime Alternative v1.81" and it ran perfectly...
Good Luck

 

[Dave]

Everyone else in this thread is responding with a newsreader. And quoting is
the proper way of replying.
You appear to be accessing these newsgroup via a web interface.

 

[XS11E]

Everyone else in this thread is responding with a newsreader. And
quoting is the proper way of replying.
You appear to be accessing these newsgroup via a web interface.

And trimming excessive text is just good manners.