.MOV format problems.

[thanosda]

I have a video which was taken with an iphone and then sent from a Mac pc to mine which is windows 7, and i can not read it or edit it. I want to edit it but i''m not capable of doing so because it's format is .MOV, i tried many times to convert it to .mp4 or .avi but nothing seems to work. If anyone could answer me i would appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

[poisondeathray]

MOV is a container. What codec is being used? Use mediainfo (view=>text)

[thanosda]

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Home\Desktop\IMG_2008.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 21.4 KiB
Duration : 43s 380ms
Overall bit rate : 4 035 bps
Recorded date : 2012-12-27T16:11:43+0100
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-27 15:11:43
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-27 15:11:56
Writing application : 6.0.2
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
com.apple.quicktime.make : Apple
com.apple.quicktime.creationdate : 2012-12-27T16:11:43+0100
com.apple.quicktime.location.ISO6709 : +43.7440+007.4249+105.888/
com.apple.quicktime.software : 6.0.2
com.apple.quicktime.model : iPhone 5
Model : iPhone 5
©xyz : +43.7440+007.4249+105.888/
Make : Apple

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 43s 380ms
Source duration : 43s 402ms
Bit rate : 17.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Rotation : 90°
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.469 fps
Minimum frame rate : 24.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.279
Stream size : 88.1 MiB
Source stream size : 88.1 MiB
Title : Core Media Video
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-27 15:11:43
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-27 15:11:56
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Source : Roll 1\IMG_2008.MOV

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 43s 380ms
Source duration : 43s 421ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Channel positions : Front: C
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 337 KiB
Source stream size : 337 KiB
Title : Core Media Audio
Encoded date : UTC 2012-12-27 15:11:43
Tagged date : UTC 2012-12-27 15:11:56
Source : Roll 1\IMG_2008.MOV

[poisondeathray]

It's just standard h.264 video, aac audio - you can edit it with any NLE e.g. vegas pro, premiere pro

Free editors like avidemux should be able to open it as well

You can play it with normal media players e.g. VLC, MPCHC, SMplayer

You can convert it with something like TEncoder, WinFF, avidemux

It's variable frame rate video (VFR)- so editing it may cause sections to go slightly out of sync. You would have to convert it to CFR before editing in most applications

[thanosda]

When i double click on the video Vlc opens and does not play anything whereas Media player says that : Windows Media Player can not play the file. It is possible that the reader does not take care of the file type or the codec used to compress it.

[aedipuss]

you could try installing apple quicktime or quicktime alternative

[poisondeathray]

Looking at it a bit closer

File size : 21.4 KiB
Duration : 43s 380ms

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Stream size : 88.1 MiB
Source stream size : 88.1 MiB

This can't be the real video, it's too small. Either it's damaged, or something (lots) missing

Can you confirm the size of the video ?

[thanosda]

The video was sent to me, the other one can watch it but when i recieve it it's dead.

[poisondeathray]

It's probably damaged or corrupted. Can the other person send it to you again ?

[thanosda]

He did quite some times. But nothing seems to work.

[thanosda]

Thank you the videos were damaged every time he was sending them so i told him to send from the first device, so they worked.