Advice on playing old video files

Norman Potting

Well-known member

Nov 5, 2006

13,967

Sussex, Sussex not by the sea and actually nearer

• Dec 3, 2014

• #1

Have some old video files (nursery nativity and the like) that I would like to copy and store on Flickr. Unfortunately the first ( a ".MOV" file but from 2006) won't play on my PC using any of the software I have (Word moviemaker, Quicktime and the like). The file name says "Roxio 35" against it - vaguely recall this was the software that came with my first laptop if that is any help.

Any guru's out there able to offer advice. I have done the "TIOATIOA" approach, will try "hurling pointless abuse at the monitor" later.

 

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75

Oct 4, 2003

11,048

• Dec 3, 2014

• #2

Try vlc player. It will play most things.

 

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dannyboy

tfso!

Oct 20, 2003

3,618

Waikanae NZ

• Dec 3, 2014

• #3

I us a free program called any video converter so you can convert it to mp4 or something

 

Prince Monolulu

Everything in Moderation

Oct 2, 2013

10,201

The Race Hill

• Dec 3, 2014

• #4

As per Joey above, VLC, plays almost anything and it's FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and if you make it your default media player for everything the sight of orange cones everywhere is most therapeutic.



For converting, I use Corel

 

Last edited: Dec 3, 2014

RexCathedra

Aurea Mediocritas

Jan 14, 2005

3,499

Vacationland

• Dec 3, 2014

• #5

Handbrake (Mac) or MPEG Streamclip (multi-platform) convert nearly everything to everything.

 

brakespear

Doctor Worm

Feb 24, 2009

12,326

Sleeping on the roof

• Dec 3, 2014

• #6

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo said:

Try vlc player. It will play most things.

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Prince Monolulu said:

As per Joey above, VLC, plays almost anything and it's FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and if you make it your default media player for everything the sight of orange cones everywhere is most therapeutic.

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