I have a file (*.mov) that when I Get Info is actually a QuickTime Movie (Get info -> General -> Kind -> QuickTime Movie) yet when I try to open using QT I get the error "The file isn't compatible with QuickTime Player". I can open with VLC or IINA however.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Thanks
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1
Hi Matt - thanks for the response. Here is the output from MediaInfo.
General
Complete name : /Volumes/4TB Drive/P - Larry - Keep - Movies/Family/Dad's Bday Mar 2004.mov
Format : DV
Commercial name : DVCPRO
File size : 764 MiB
Duration : 3 min 42 s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 28.8 Mb/s
FileExtension_Invalid : dv dif
Video
Format : DV
Commercial name : DVCPRO
Duration : 3 min 42 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 24.4 Mb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:1:1
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Bottom Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.357
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00;00
Time code source : Subcode time code
Stream size : 649 MiB (85%)
Audio #1
ID : 0
Format : PCM
Format settings : Big / Signed
Duration : 3 min 42 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 32.0 kHz
Bit depth : 12 bits
Stream size : 20.4 MiB (3%)
Audio #2
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings : Big / Signed
Duration : 3 min 42 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 32.0 kHz
Bit depth : 12 bits
Stream size : 20.4 MiB (3%)
That seems to be a DV-encoded 4:3 SD NTSC movie with 12-bit/32 kHz audio (usually 16-bit/48 kHz audio was recommended to prevent audio sync issues, BTW). But maybe it is erroneously in a .mov container?
I created file by exporting (via QT Player 7 Pro) PAL .dv to NTSC .dv which Big Sur QT Player played OK. I then got a similar file as yours by changing the .dv suffix to .mov. Then I got "The file isn't compatible with QuickTime Player" alert.
So what if you just change .mov suffix to .dv -- does QT Player then play it?
**** that did it :)
Thank YOU so much.
Also thanks for the "education" too!!!
What video codec does it have (check with Invisor, MediaInfo etc)?? H.264 or H.265 HEVC or something else?? Tagged as hev1 or hvc1, 4:2:2 or 4:2:0?? macOS 11.1 or earlier??
Great! Obviously some app used a wrong suffix and Big Sur QT Player is too pedantic about it (Mojave QT Player automatically converts such file to H.264 .mov).
Kind "Quicktime" file can't be opened with Quicktime Player
