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Entries Tagged ‘quicktime’

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

Jun.05, 2008 in How To, mac osx

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.  I just [...]

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

Apr.20, 2008 in How To

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 it is [...]

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