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Save 'unsavable' QuickTime movies (revisited)
Authored by: finite on Feb 02, '04 04:50:31PM

Using the "Temporary Items" folder works well, and I can transfer and rename QT movies.
However, on some of the downloads, although the icon shows Q movie, I get the message "Couldn't open the file ___.mov because there is an error in the program", and on trying to import into iMovie I get the message "File cannot be imported. QT couldn't parse it."
Has anyone any ideas of how to get round this problem?



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Save 'unsavable' QuickTime movies (revisited)
Authored by: m888m on Feb 17, '04 03:43:22PM

What about this:
Browsing in netscape, using panther, a quicktime movie loads completely, and i navigate to the cache folder. Sort by most recent, and some big files, about 9-11 megs show up. No file extensions on them, but they look like the movies...
But, any one of them that I rename to .mov I get an error in quicktime on opening. So I try .mpg, .mpeg, .avi, .wmv, etc. - nothing works.
Do these need to be joined? What's the deal? They're clearly in the cache in some form, but how can they be opened?



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Save 'unsavable' QuickTime movies (revisited)
Authored by: biedawo on Feb 24, '04 01:21:12PM

The cache files saved by the browser contain the movie, but usually have some extra data before and after the actual movie data.

The tip to use Safari and use the "Activity" browser is probably the easiest bet.



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