Which player to use for the .MOV format video clips? Recently, all movie clips from Canon cameras switched to a new format (for no apparent reason IMO) from the very popular AVI format to un-popular MOV format. I have tried to play it on several players, from Windows Media Player, to Real, QuickTime and more. None of them has the correct "Codec" to play this format. I am stuck.What would you recommend? What compatible players are you (Windows) guys using??Thanks for your help! Which player to use for the .MOV format video clips? Recently, all movie clips from Canon cameras switched to a new format (for no apparent reason IMO) from the very popular AVI format to... » Read More Which player to use for the .MOV format video clips? Recently, all movie clips from Canon cameras switched to a new format (for no apparent reason IMO) from the very popular AVI format to un-popular MOV format. I have tried to play it on several players, from Windows Media Player, to Real, QuickTime and more. None of them has the correct "Codec" to play this format. I am stuck.What would you recommend? What compatible players are you (Windows) guys using??Thanks for your help! « Show Less
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I don't think it is Sony... I also just recently downloaded videos from a Kodak camera and they also formated to .MOV... which I had to download QickTime player to see.
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Its all of the camera companies. Apparently the .mov format has better quality and compression.
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I was looking for a player as well. I was not happy with the lack of options in quicktime. I actually use itunes to view the videos now. I understand both are made my apple but I find there are more features in itunes...including a better full screen mode. I hope this helps. By the way, do you have the sd940 and are you happy with it?
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Windows Media Player plays .mov, you probably just need to download the most recent version. It's Apple Quicktime format fyi.
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But if it is a non-standard format, it should not be forced on us. At lease the camera should give me an option which format I want to record to. Some Panasonic models do give you options.
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I don't own one myself, but I bough it for a close friend of mine and I played a lot with it, and tried everything extensively with photos and videos. I bought an SD1200 not long ago for another one, and I think the 940 takes some better pictures, but has many more features plus HD video. But can still not understand why they switched to MOV format. Is it related to HD format?
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.mov is a very common format that has been around forever.Download VLC and forget about it.
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I have no experience with "Vista" as such (i use XP myself) but as far as "Quicktime" goes, my older Canon Powershot A480 would store ".AVI" files (640x480x30fps with mpeg-2 compression, i think). My later Canon Powershot SD780 IS on the other hand stores HD video (1280x720x30fps) in Quicktime ".MOV" format (with h.264 codec compression). "Downloading" to the computer should be equally easy either way, it's more a question of "playing it" (what media player software
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Hmmm. I've used it quite a bit on mkv's connected to an hdtv and it was fine, no stutter or lag. I downloaded a sample .rmvb file, 10 seconds long, and it played fine with vlc, but neither esfile explorer's viewer or the built in video application would recognize it. I am not familiar at all with rmvb files, so i do not know if there is more than one type or different quality, but the one i had was about 1.1meg for a 10 second clip at 320x480. hope that helps.
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The 3DPlayer currently supports the following file formats. Video: wmv, avi, mpg, mpeg, mp4, 3gp, mkv, rmvb, rm and flv. Photo: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, and bmp . Newest version of VMP supports MPO and a registered user can upgrade directly from VMP. Once VMP is launched go to "About" and tap on "update". Notes on SmartCard and USB In addition to SDHC cards (32GB max, 4GB max file size), it reads SDXC (&gt;32GB, no file size limit) and exFAT/NTFS formatted cards, e.g. with Sandisk Ultra 64GB micro-SD card (exFAT), and 2GB card formatted with NTFS. Works well for large videos from Bluray-3D. NOTE: Very large 3D movie files placed in the card root may cause a crash so place them in a folder. They will however work either way in 2D. The USB port reads 128GB USB Flash pen using an adapter. I don't know about avchd but the player is continually being updated.
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I just started using the 8gb on an iMac with Leopard. After connecting the Walkman, it appears as a device mounted in the finder. One can just drag-n-drop items to the appropriate folder on the Walkman (VIDEO for movies, MUSIC for, well, music). The problem I'm having is determining the exact type of file formats it supports. It will play music downloaded from iTunes no problem--both protected and unprotected files. It will not, however, play files I rip from a CD with iTunes using its Apple Lossless Encoding. This boggles my mind. I am also having a terrible time trying to get movies to work. The Sony website has a tutorial explaining that video files need to be 320x240. Fine. I used Handbrake to convert a file to this size. It's encoded as H.264/AVC, which the Walkman documentation says is correct. It still won't play. So, it's definitely not as easy as an ipod. But, it sounds a lot better, and that's what counts. Meanwhile I'm sure I'll figure these things out--but the average user's head will probably explode trying to deal with this.
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Ah...I see. I had the Shark007 32-bit drivers installed but didn't yet have the 64-bit drivers installed. I installed the 64-bit drivers and then rebooted. I opened WMP12; however, all my mkv's are still in the "Other Media" list in WMP12. Do you know how to make WMP12 re-categorize the mkv's from "Other Media" into "Videos"?
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Yes you can. This camera records in two formats. .MOV is easier to import but not 100% full-HD. The other format, you have to download a specific player. Do a little research on google and you will get a lot of good tips online. Thanks.
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I would also like more information on encoding to .mp4 I have tried SUPER encoder to convert .avi to .mp4 and the device keeps saying it is an incompatible type. I know MPEG-4 is what it needs, however. Is it a problem in the resolution? Thanks for any help.
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I dont use Real Player so dont know about compatiblity, but since this only work with one type of video format it kinda sucks with that, but once you find a way to convert formats the video is clear and sound is like listening to the music. This is still a great item for its price.
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You can play movies on it, but it is hard to figure out how to do this. Let me explain. I have a USB with 127 movie files on it. I plugged it in to this IVIEW and selected USB as the source. I got the first avi file to play, but I could not figure out to access its subtitles even though the srt file name was displayed. In order to read the remaining 126 files I had to stop the film and then select the USB again. The IVIEW displayed the USB folders much faster than any other player I own. I somehow managed to access a video_ts folder and got that film to play. Again no subtitles could be accessed. When I went back to access some other film files I could not remember what buttons I pushed to view the previous film. There are no instructions from IVIEW on how to use the remote control buttons to access the various video folders. Most of the remote control buttons seem totally useless to me. I pressed every button and it kept saying "feature not available at this time" or some other negative statement. There are many options offered on the right had side of the screen display, but none of these make the film file play on the TV. One would think that selecting the folder and then pressing the PLAY button would work. No it does not. The player seems to have a good brain software with terrible operating instructions and useless remote control. This player does well with avi and other files that are burned on to discs. For my USB film files I always use my Western Digital streamer [the disc menu features work best on the streamer] or my Philips 5990/5992 dvp.
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Hi Joe,I had a previous Sony camcorder with AVCHD compatibility and I was able to convert the file to a MOV. file with no problem. I don't recall off-hand how I did that, though. With the Canon, I wasn't able to see any footage in AVCHD if I plugged in the SD card. Other users might have had better luck than me. There might be a way to convert the footage so it works in iMovie. I'm sure there are apps on the Internet that might work. I hope this helps. Thanks.
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I am having issues also. WMP doesn't recognize the files, KMPlayer plays audio and video but they are out of sync (video is too slow), Quicktime plays audio and video but the video is "jerky" and not as smooth as it should be, VLC was only playing the audio. I'm running out of things to try. -_-
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If you just drag the video file from the camera folder your desktop, it saves as Type of File: AVCHD Video (.MTS). If you double click on the file it automatically opens in Windows Media Player. I usually edit my videos anyway through Sony Vegas, so I have the option of rendering them in what ever format I want to use once they are edited
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I order for one of my friend..he toldthat this device will not support MP4 file We should not rename the file from MP4 to AVI. We should convert the file from MP4 to AVI..Many converters are available online.
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How do I even get the video onto a dvd? When I play it in Quicktime, it plays sound but no movie. When I use Windows Media Player, I get video but no sound. What am I doing wrong?
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well first off you need to know the format of the video,,,basically---.wav? .mp3? .whatever..haha. the pc should automatically open it in media player,,if not open media player,hit file,goto open,,,find your stick under computer/memory stick, and open from there,,,,,or simple way is plug in stick with everything closed,goto computer,,open mem stick,,hit control and [c] at same time to copy,,,then go into my documents,,open movies,,then there hit control and [v] at same time to paste movie to save it. as long as its a compatible format it'll open and play when clicked on....hope this helped
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I've been wondering the same thing. When i try to import videos from the camera to windows movie maker it says they are in the wrong format.