no preview / play function

[MacSilentG]

Hi,
I have been using ffmpegX for several years now without any problem. Today how ever, I'm not able to convert my avi's to dvd. I can't even try the preview or play option. When I push these buttons, for a second the window opens where I usually see my piece of movie but after 1 second it closes again. Only at the tab 'filters' I get a message, saying:
'Eror locating symbol - dlcompat: Symbol "_JVTDecoOpen" not found'

I have tried several avi's, also avi's which I already converted to DVD

I removed my ffmpegX and re-installed it.

Nothing works.

Can you help me please?

[Case]

Are you by any chance running Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 7.1.5? The "_JVTDecoOpen not found" error seems to be related to the latest QuickTime update on some systems.

[Dolly]

1'm experiencing the same problem re. preview, running Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 7.1.5? Mplayer shows the same error message before quitting. "_JVTDecoOpen not found". The Apple discussion forum has a thread on QT 7.1.5 update. It appears that several programs are not compatible. Hope ffmpegx developer will fix this for us people still on Panther. Thanks.

[MacSilentG]

Yes, now you mentioned it ... it was directly after my latest quicktime-update

...what now?

[major]

Are you on Intel or PPC? On my computer (Intel iMac) I don't get any errors after the Update to Quicktime 7.1.5.

[Dolly]

I'm on PPC G4. 10.3.9. So far, it still will convert to XVID. I tested a MP4 and a MKV file last night. Although there are no previews which is handy. Do you think updating to 10.4 on PPC will help? Thanks.

[MacSilentG]

I'm also using a PPC G4 10.3.9.

I noticed I can convert my avi's but I have to use frequently subtitles and without a preview-function this isn't handy for me.

Can I go back to Quictime before the upgrade?

thanks

[Dolly]

Not sure if this is the appropriate forum for this but since it is related to Preview not working properly:

Here is the link to go back to Quicktime 7.1.3:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=886460&threadrate=1&messageid=4217942#4217942

Takes about 45 minutes depending on your system!