Loading mpeg's in Quicktime

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I need some help loading a movie in quicktime. When I try to open the file, I get the following error: "The movie could not be opened. The file is not a movie file."

Following others' advice on a similar thread in this forum, I downloaded the Perian plug-in for Quicktime, and bought the upgrade to Quicktime Pro and the additional QuicktimeMPEG2 upgrade (though I think my file is just an mpeg). But I'm still getting the same error message.

I have been able to play the video with VLC, so I don't think the file is the problem. The reason I'm not just using VLC is that I need to be able to go forward and backward frame-by-frame because I'm using still images for a publication.

Also, if there's an alternative program to Quicktime and VLC that allows moving forward and backwards frame by frame and taking snapshots, that would also solve the problem.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

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[spinnerlys]

Can you open the .mpg (is hat the proper file suffix? If so, it does not necessarily indicate it uses the MPEG-2 codec.) in Movist (free) and open the control panel (Option/Alt+CMD+C) and look under the properties tab what codec it uses and report back?

Btw, with Movist you can move by frame and can even save a screen shot.


PS: You can edit posts by clicking on the

button.

 

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Thanks for your reply. I am able to open the file with Movist, and as you wrote I'm able to move frame by frame and copy images for my project. So I think my problem is solved by using Movist - thanks.

For interest's sake, the Codec is MPEG2, and the format is MPEG2 Muxed Track, 640 x 480. Does that help you understand why I can't open the file with Quicktime?

Thanks for the tip on using the edit button. Is there a way to delete posts also?