QuickTime Question

[Paul in Saudi]

I suppose I have used QuickTIme occasionally. You know, you click on a video and it plays, you never really think about it.

So I have a new dashboard camera. If you wait a few moments, you can see my morning commute here:

As you can see, the camera records in AVI format and works pretty well for a $20 POS. I can even play the files on my office Windows machine. The files are OK.

But when I bring them to my Mac at home, I have an odd problem. Double click on icon and the file plays in the thumbnail, not full size. If I click some more I get a full-sized black box with the audio playing, but no picture. I presume I am doing something wrong. Anyone want to set me right on this?

 

[Paul in Saudi]

This one seems to work.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

Do not double click the file try just right clicking and from the drop down menu choose to play with quicktime, what is the result?

 

[Paul in Saudi]

Gimme a minute.

Control + Click, "Open With" QuickTIme = Same strange result

 

[Cory Cooper]

Because it is in AVI format, I suggest downloading VLC and assigning AVI to open and play with it.

Let us know if that helps,

C

 

[Paul in Saudi]

I get VLC from the App store? Type slowly as I am an Old Person.


(Nothing called VLC in the App Store, try Version Tracker?)

 

[Cory Cooper]

Here's a link you can click:

VLC

 

[Paul in Saudi]

Found it on Version Ttracker, give me a long, long time to download it and I will report back.

 

[Paul in Saudi]

My goodness that downloaded quickly! It must be a very small program. In any case, that seems to work, although all the videos are upside down. Given the nature of the camera, that might be a problem with the file. Any thoughts?

In any case, thank you very much.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,


I find this really odd as all my camera vids are AVI format and play in quicktime perfectly. Second screen shot is of quicktime opening a AVI vid and last one is the AVI file playing. So not sure why the posters file would not play correctly ?

 

[Paul in Saudi]

Yep, everything is upside down. I better read the directions.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

You can rotate video using quicktime PRO. Open movie and select "show movie properties" from the "window" pull down. there select the video track and click "visual settings".use the rotation buttons to orientate the video as desired.

Link
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/extending/

 

[Paul in Saudi]

(Actually, I may have had the camera upside down.) Thank you.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

(Actually, I may have had the camera upside down.) Thank you.

Oh well these things happen.

 

[Paul in Saudi]

It is always nice when you feel stupid, it usually means you are not facing a huge, expensive problem.

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

That's very true and we have all been there.