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magical thyme

(14,881 posts) Sun Aug 10, 2014, 10:28 PM Aug 2014

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So somebody emailed me a cell phone video in .mov format

any clues how to download and view it? When I double-click on it, I get a bunch of google gibberish...

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So somebody emailed me a cell phone video in .mov format (Original Post) magical thyme Aug 2014 OP

VLC will play almost anything Ron Obvious Aug 2014 #1

where do you get it? magical thyme Aug 2014 #2

I see you already solved your problem... Ron Obvious Aug 2014 #4

ha! downloaded codecs. it worked magical thyme Aug 2014 #3

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

1. VLC will play almost anything

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 10:31 PM

Aug 2014

VLC is my favourite video player. It's nice and lightweight and plays almost anything.

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

2. where do you get it?

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 11:10 PM

Aug 2014

is this something I can download? Or a gadget that I need?

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

4. I see you already solved your problem...

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 11:50 PM

Aug 2014

VLC has the advantage of not requiring any separate codecs to be installed.

It works on lots of platforms too: http://www.videolan.org

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

3. ha! downloaded codecs. it worked

Reply to magical thyme (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 11:26 PM

Aug 2014

not much of a video, but I can see a little. she said it was dark. she wasn't kidding, lol!

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