VLC playing a joined QT video spawns second slient display

[hudsonUK]

Hi everyone, not 100% certain if my question is really quciktime or VLC but I'll ask anyway and see what happens

I am using Windows XP and the latest version of QT Pro and VLC (Updated last week anyway).

I am creating subtitles and creating a .mov file from QT pro but then using VLC to play them - Frankly the results are better for overlayed titles in VLC.

No problems with QT or VLC on playback or using the subs internal or external as SRT file.

However, when I join two .MOV files (Act 1 and Act 2) together in QT and save the file, playing back in VLC plays the first portion fine then spawns a new window at the point of the join titled "Hardware YUV Directx output". Video and Subs show in that window without sound.

Is this a feature of the QT file that VLC is not capable of handling ?

Regards
Michael

[DJ]

You can't (shouldn't) join files and expect players to play the result.

[hudsonUK]

I had not really thought about what QT was doing until I came up against this and wondered if anyone knew "Yep, doesn't work, won't work" or such like.

When I realised that the file really contained two movie tracks and two sounds tracks I didn't expect it to play, just hoped

I guess from your reply it's "If it worked you're lucky".

I will investigate the QT route more to see if it can produce a file that makes more sense to VLC as a .mov with a single track rather than the double track join I've made.

Thanks

[DJ]

The object in any reasonably decent editing package is to work in one format (preferably one in higher resolution than the one you intend for the final) and do all your editing and then output to the format of choice.

[hudsonUK]

The object in any reasonably decent editing package is to work in one format (preferably one in higher resolution than the one you intend for the final) and do all your editing and then output to the format of choice.

Good point, although I am working with what I have. With a bit more investigation I think my solution will be to use the export function of Quicktime into a MOV file which will produce a single track file. This then works OK in VLC as well as QT.