Picture No Sound .Mov File

[bodfoc]

When I try and open a .mov file I've just downloaded in quicktime I get the following message
"Some necessary quicktime software is missing. It may be available on the quicktime web site."
If I press play I get sound but no picture. So I tried playing it in VLC. In VLC I get the opposite, picture but no sound.

Any help would be appreciated!

[VLC_help]

Open VLC, open file, press Ctrl+i and check advanced tab for what audio codec is used.

[bodfoc]

The video is divx, the audio mpga? However I don't know what this means? Do I need to download a codec from somewhere?

Cheers

[CloudStalker]

Update your sound card drivers and switch the audio output within VLC (Preferences > (tab) Audio > Output modules > (Advanced options) > Choose "DirectX Audio output", save and restart VLC. If there's still no sound then try "Win32 waveOut extension output" from that same drop-list.

[bodfoc]

Thanks for suggestions, I did exactly as you said but still no sound. Anything else I can try?

[John Lance]

I am having at least a similar problem. This is apparently with newer ".mov" files.

I downloaded some files from Digidesign at: http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?lan ... emid=25669

They say Windows as an option, but they really mean Apple in any event. The "Windows" files are ".mov" files, and the Mac files are ".sit" files.

The video portion plays and the sound does not. Skipping along the time event line using the mouse will cause little sputtered bits of audio to appear.

Stream and Media Info shows absolutely nothing except in the statistics page. All zeros for Video. All zeros for Audio. All zeros for Streaming. Input has "Read at media 1477kB", "Input bitrate 0", "Demuxed 72kB", and finally "Stream bitrate 0kb/s".

I know my computer is set up correctly and these are the first sets of ".mov" files I've not been able to view and listen to with the current version of VLC.

I will not install the Apple Quicktime crap on my machines.