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Old 08-23-2007   #18 (permalink)
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Re: Quicktime CODEC

"Brian L Johnson" <no.email@address.invalid> wrote

> If you want to prevent problems with MOV files, and still be able to view
> them, you need to install QuickTime Alternative.


Another strategy is to allow QT on your system but strictly isolate and
never actually use it. Any time I have a MOV file that I want to view/keep,
I first convert it to MPEG or AVI. (Boilsoft makes an excellent converter.)
Then I convert it to DIVX and delete the MOV.

So far I've never had a problem with a MOV file misbehaving: They don't hang
around long enough to...

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Bob
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