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Old 03-05-2013, 12:28 PM
Craig F Craig F is offline
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Default Re: .mp4 plays in quicktime but not protools?

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Hi everybody.

Found this thread having the same problem. Switching the file end to mov wasn't successful, but really converting the file to QuickTime with MpegStreamclip (super Freeware) http://www.squared5.com made it play - with actually moving pictures in the video window! So that worked for me. You can try that too.
mp4 is a file/codec type that Quicktime can play
Quicktime is not a codec it is a player app
mov is not a codec it is a general file type doc or txt

I'm sorry for the rant but so many people get this wrong
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