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OK - I've found that only by dl'ing via USB cable (vs. copying from the chip via SD card reader) appears to work. Files captured via "Image Capture" seem to open and play fine- however I've attached a .jpg and a .mov just to be sure. When you have the time I would appreciate it if you coul...

Thanks a lot Teetrinker for your patience in answering my questions. The thing that is most puzzling about this problem is that the file- as it comes from the camera- IS a .mov, or at least it says it is! Aren't all .mov's the same and thereby compatible with QuickTime and VLC too?

[quote="Teetrinker"]If VLC and QuickTime can't play your mov file it is probably broken. A moov box/atom is needed in a mov/mp4 file. Open the mov file with a hex editor and search for the moov box/atom, if you can't find one, you file is faulty. Thank you so much for the quick response bu...

Greetings all. Sorry if this has been covered but I did lots of reading and did several searches around here as well as all over the net- for the solution to this problem and just can't seem to find anything concrete. When trying to play a movie file designated ".mov" from my Pentax Optio ...