Limited MPEG4 in Rev?

Trevor DeVore lists at mangomultimedia.com
Fri Oct 14 12:35:05 EDT 2005


On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:55 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:

> Just for kicks, I tried purchasing a TV show from Apple's current  
> iTunes
> offerings.  The m4v file plays fine in QT (requires 7.0.3) but  
> attempting to
> play the file within Rev 2.6.5 results in "could not open movie  
> file".  If
> the player object relies on whatever version of QT is installed,  
> shouldn't
> this work?

It should.  Intriguing that it doesn't.

> Playing a protected m4p music file with a player works fine, so I  
> don't
> think the copy protection is the issue (but who knows).
>
> Any ideas?

So you can open this m4v in QuickTime Player but not in Rev, right?   
Have you tried opening the file in any other apps that support  
QuickTime (Director, iShell, etc.)?


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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
trevor at mangomultimedia.com





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