Playing a Quicktime Video


  1. Posts : 127
    Windows 7 64 bit
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    Playing a Quicktime Video


    My son sent me a video clip that says it's a Quicktime Video and it's from an iPhone. All I get is audio no matter what program or codec I download. I have even tried downloading Quicktime, but nothing works. I tried uploading the file and got a message saying a security token was missing (?).
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  2. Posts : 31,249
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
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    Quicktime has been around a long time, and there should be a Windows format version of the player, (later Windows Versions include native support), but I prefer two alternatives, both of which are free and work with Windows 7

    QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 Download - TechSpot is a free version of the original apple code and should allow you to playback the video on your own player.

    Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN is one of the best media players for Windows, Apple, and Linux, and has native support for the vast majority of Audio and Video formats - it's an application that I install on all systems I build or set up
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  3. Posts : 127
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
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    I'll give them a try. Since I wasn't able to attach the file in question, is there a possibility there's something wrong with the file (s)? There are two and I got the same results from them both. Thanks.

    OK, I installed the Quicktime Alternative and when I double click on the clip I want to view, it wants to use Windows Media Player and now Media Player doesn't want to work. I don't even get the audio I had before. What did I do wrong or what do I have to do to get it to work since it seems programs are competing with each other. I don't want to mess up Media Player as I use it a lot.
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  4. Posts : 31,249
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
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    Apple have a habit of changing their "standards" mostly just so they can patent them and charge all their customers to access them.

    All I can suggest is to Try VLC as it's fully supported and up to date
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  5. Posts : 127
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Well, VLC finally worked for me!! Thank you very much.
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