Ok so I wanted to hide a movie file so I changed its extension to .jpg to throw off people who were looking for it. Now I want to watch the file, but I don't remember the original file format. The movie was recorded on a flip camera, but i tried changing the extension to .mp4 (the file format used by most flip cameras supposedly) and it didn't work. I can play the movie without audio, but the audio is the interesting part of the movie. Is there any way to remedy my problem?! Thanks in advance.
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don't know format of movie file, need to figure it out
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Change it to .AVI or .mov and try to open it in quicktime. If it opens, use Apple-J and look at the video track. In the list on the right column it will tell you the video codec.
If it doesn't open, you might want to search for a program that will identify a video based on the FOURCC code.
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Ok, so I added a .avi file extn. If I open it with VLC, I get video no sound, but if I open it with Quicktime, I get audio no video. Any thoughts?
Ok, so I added a .avi file extn. If I open it with VLC, I get video no sound, but if I open it with Quicktime, I get audio no video. Any thoughts?
Did you press Apple-J and find out what the codec is?
I can't give you advice on how to play it if we don't know what the codec is.
I pressed apple-j but it says I need quicktime pro. I don't have quick time pro.
I also used that .3gp extension, but it didn't work.
I also used that .3gp extension, but it didn't work.