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Entries Tagged ‘quicktime’

How-To: Convert PDF to KeyNote

We had a nice big set of pages in a PDF which we wanted to convert into a KeyNote presentation.  Thankfully, this process is really easy due to Melissa O’Neill’s PDF to Keynote application.  Simply load it up, give it the PDF, tell it where to save the KeyNote file – and you’re done!  Thanks [...]

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How-to Fix: An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie.

Recently I’ve had a problem with Quicktime throwing up the following error when trying to play a video: “An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie.” I’ve searched everywhere for a solution, and couldn’t find one in forums or tech hint sites.  However I think i’ve just solved it – for me atleast.  [...]

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How-To: Sound Not Working in AVI/Divx on Mac OSX

If you’ve downloaded AVI files and tried to play them in Quicktime, only to discover that they don’t play with any audio, then try installing A52Codec.  It provides a codec for AC3 audio in quicktime, with the following features: Multi-channel decoding of AC3 audio (can do full 5.1 decoding). Implemented as a core-audio component so [...]

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