In article <gonefishin-0BF614.16012622072009@unknown.ams.astraweb.com>,
wlg <gonefishin@thelake.com> wrote:
> You may recall my anguish in trying to "fix" Quicktime so I could again
> play my old IV50 videos (and hopefully capture the rest of the series),
> with no success. Someone suggested running QT Pro under OS9 (oh, yeah,
> I'm a Mac guy), but QT states clearly that Pro will not run under OS9.
> O.K., to get around to the point, I'm considering buying a cheap Netbook
> so I have some way to get at those, as well as a some other Windows only
> software. Checking eBay, I see that many (most?) Newbooks run Linux,
> and that poses the question of whether one of those critters would be a
> solution, or just another problem. I know zip about Linux; will it run
> the Windoz programs that will play IV50? What about QuickPAR and other
> basic decoding software? Some are advertised as running Windows XP,
> which I would be comfortable with, but they are also much more
> expensive. I will appreciate your thoughts or suggestions, as well as
> those of any others reading this that may have some experience with the
> subject. TIA!
Something I don't get. Why do you need the Pro version (just add
serial) of QT to see the vids? The regular version (4) of qt works just
fine in classic with the IV codecs. If you can boot into 9 or run
classic from tiger or below (on PPC systems) you should just need the
codecs which I can post for you if you don't have them. If you run an
Intel Mac there are other options. Let me know more.
Buying a new comp just to watch a few old crappy vids sounds like a
waste of money. I hope you fix it so you can see *all* your vids on one
comp.
I don't know linux.
I used to know Windows. LOL
Extra info---------
VLC plays IV32 but not higher (so far) in Mac OS X and Linux and
Windows (without installing codecs).
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10210434
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.php?cat=video
I didn't know it could play real media. Learn something new every day
LOL. I didn't know it could record from iSight either. Learn something
new again. Must be a new day! LOL.
--
Grant
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