How to unlock/convert proprietary Quicktime videos?

[Citrus]

Is it possible to unlock or convert proprietary Quicktime videos? I have a set of educational videos that I would like to burn to DVD or watch on my iPod but they require special software for playback. If I try to open the files in any other software, such as Media Player Classic it fails to render the file. I tried converting the files using SUPER but that fails as well. I opened the videos in GSpot and it says:

Container:
qt: Apple Quicktime (.MOV/.QT)
File Type: Quicktime (.MOV)
Mime Type: Video/Quicktime

Is there anything I can do to convert the files or view them without their crappy software?

[Baldrick]

Tried Quicktime pro or mpeg streamclip?

[redwudz]

What player or software are you using to play them properly?

Not the best method, but if you can play them properly, you can record them, possibly with a screen capture program. Some programs that might help: https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/desktop-screen-capture

Or another member may have a better method.

And welcome to our Forums.

[t0nee1]

You can use MPEG streamclip as Baldrick suggested ,but you must have Quicktime or QuicktimeAlternative (what I use) installed to view and convert.....

[Citrus]

The videos don't even play with Quicktime player. I tried MPEG Streamclip but when I open the file it says "File Open Error: Unrecognized file type" and then I select Open Anyway and it then says "File Open Error: Can't find video or audio tracks".

The bundled software seems to use a special version of Quicktime embedded into the actual program and is able to play the videos.
Heres a link to the software: http://www.macprovideo.com/player/

[Cornucopia]

It's not really a "special" version of Quicktime. There's only 1 current version of Quicktime.

What this seems to be is a set of QT components and track types that are part of a muxed QT .MOV file that use a combination of Sprites and QT Java along with an Encryption/Decryption layer. It modifies the user interface of QT player, such that it can't support many of the usual functions of standard QT player. It also ties the media with your machine/internet link--basically just another form of DRM.

A video screen cap is probably your best bet.

Scott

[Citrus]

CamStudio the best way to go?

[jman98]

Screen capture is your only solution. Nobody has ever figured out a way to strip DRM out of QT files that use it.