Sharing Videos Mac to PC (urgent)

JDawggS316 · 02-06-11, 03:54 PM

Hello all, this is a somewhat urgent request as it involves my wedding videos. The person who recorded my wedding did so through a Mac and has copied these movies onto my external HDD (Seagate USB 3.0 1 TB).

The movies are not playing on my PC now, just the audio is all.

I know it has something to do with a certain Apple codec, but is there a way, whether it is free or costs a little money, to be able to either convert or watch these movies on my PC (Windows 7)?

Thanks!

Shell · 02-06-11, 04:21 PM

The person who recorded your wedding needs to learn to use a more common codec, Win7 has quite a few.

Use VLC or CCCP/MPC.

JDawggS316 · 02-06-11, 04:32 PM

Neither one worked unfortunately

Shell · 02-06-11, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JDawggS316

Neither one worked unfortunately

Well you should call him and remind him he's an idiot.

Something VLC can't play... that's quite an accomplishment.

Volumetrik · 02-06-11, 04:58 PM

Install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

JDawggS316 · 02-06-11, 05:00 PM

The codec I found out is icod.

Volumetrik · 02-06-11, 05:05 PM

Never heard of that before. Ask the guy who filmed to convert it on HIS mac, since windows cannot convert this format.

JDawggS316 · 02-08-11, 10:10 AM

So the file format is a .mov video with an Apple codec of icod.

I've tried everything under the sun and it seems near impossible.

Any other suggestions?

habbajabba · 02-08-11, 10:45 AM

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/files/
The player and the codecs are standalone and can be dumped into the same folder. Not sure if it will play it though. Worth a shot. Apple formats are as absurd as window ones (wmv).

Acidburn · 02-09-11, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Volumetrik

Install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

this should have solved it for you
unless he used some odd encoding

02-06-11, 03:54 PM	Thread Starter #1
JDawggS316 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US	Sharing Videos Mac to PC (urgent) Hello all, this is a somewhat urgent request as it involves my wedding videos. The person who recorded my wedding did so through a Mac and has copied these movies onto my external HDD (Seagate USB 3.0 1 TB). The movies are not playing on my PC now, just the audio is all. I know it has something to do with a certain Apple codec, but is there a way, whether it is free or costs a little money, to be able to either convert or watch these movies on my PC (Windows 7)? Thanks! __________________ Case: Bitfenix Prodigy (White) Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K GPU: EVGA GTX 670 2GB SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB PSU: Corsair HX650 Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz LP Cooling: Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling
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02-06-11, 04:21 PM	#2
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02-06-11, 04:32 PM	Thread Starter #3
JDawggS316 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US	Neither one worked unfortunately __________________ Case: Bitfenix Prodigy (White) Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K GPU: EVGA GTX 670 2GB SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB PSU: Corsair HX650 Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz LP Cooling: Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling
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02-06-11, 05:00 PM	Thread Starter #6
JDawggS316 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US	The codec I found out is icod. __________________ Case: Bitfenix Prodigy (White) Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K GPU: EVGA GTX 670 2GB SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB PSU: Corsair HX650 Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz LP Cooling: Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling
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02-06-11, 05:05 PM	#7
Volumetrik Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Montreal, CA / Alburgh, VT	Never heard of that before. Ask the guy who filmed to convert it on HIS mac, since windows cannot convert this format. __________________ Core i7 920 D0 @ 4.0 Ghz 12 GB Super Talent 2k EVGA 4-Way Classified EVGA 580 GTX 3GB 60GB Mushkin SSD 1TB WB Caviar Black Cooler Master HAF X HX850 Corsair Volumetrik' Heat
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02-08-11, 10:10 AM	Thread Starter #8
JDawggS316 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US	So the file format is a .mov video with an Apple codec of icod. I've tried everything under the sun and it seems near impossible. Any other suggestions? __________________ Case: Bitfenix Prodigy (White) Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K GPU: EVGA GTX 670 2GB SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB PSU: Corsair HX650 Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz LP Cooling: Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling
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02-08-11, 10:45 AM	#9
habbajabba Member Join Date: Oct 2005	http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpc-hc/files/ The player and the codecs are standalone and can be dumped into the same folder. Not sure if it will play it though. Worth a shot. Apple formats are as absurd as window ones (wmv). __________________ Intel Northwood @3.06 GHz Biostar microatx 2 GB DDR2 675 Evga 8400gs Samsung 2232GW 2ms 22" Altec Lansing 2.1 w/remote Pioneer sata DVR-212D Burner Win7Ult 32bit WD cav blue 320gb Samsung F4 2tb WD cav blue 500gb CP850avrlcd ups
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