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Quicktime problems

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i0Nic

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May 17, 2006
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Hey guys, having some problems with quicktime (version 7)

It shows a white screen during any video playback. I was trying to play some avis so I installed Perian and Flip4mac but they didn't do anything. I then tried playing a mov file and it didn't even play either.

What should I do?

edit: VLC plays everything fine, but I want to use quicktime
 
Open a new user account in System Preferences and see if the problem happens there too. If it doesn't then the problem will be within your original accounts Home folder.
 
It's happening with both avi and mov files, with saved files and streaming.

I made a new account and tested some files out, same thing (white screen - no playback)

Can I just delete quicktime and reinstall, along with a fresh reinstall of perian and flip4mac?
 
Reinstalling QuickTime isn't really an option, unfortunately. It's too heavily embedded in the system to be able to do this easily, effectively or safely. In the QuickTime folder on your hard drive's Library, what is listed there? :)
 
mad jew said:
Reinstalling QuickTime isn't really an option, unfortunately. It's too heavily embedded in the system to be able to do this easily, effectively or safely. In the QuickTime folder on your hard drive's Library, what is listed there? :)
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3ivx D4 4.5.1 for OSX
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
Divx Decoder.component
Divx Encoder.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV import.component
FLV.component
Perian.component


Is it safe to delete the ones I installed?
 
Probably. If I were you, I'd start removing them one by one (remove AppleIntermediateCodec.component last though) when QuickTime is closed and keep trying to get movies to play, just to check if one of them is corrupt. :)
 
All fixed. I just removed each component and then downloaded and reinstalled the latest build of quicktime, and after i rebooted mov files worked fine. Then I installed Perian and flip4mac and now all files are working.

Thanks for the help.
 
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