For some reason, my computer has developed a serious allergy to Quicktime videos. I have several music videos, movie trailers, and a few other random video files that are Quicktime .mov files, and whenever I open one of them, either in Quicktime or Media Player Classis, my computer locks up solid as a rusted hinge. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling QT and MPC, but it was no help at all. These are the only video files that cause the lockup, so something is going on inside my comp that isn't liking .mov files. Can anyone help?
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1.) Quicktime licks donkey anus, why are you running vids with that horrid format?
2.) What OS? If you're on XP, try a system restore to a week ago or something. You've probably pooched something in the registry.
3.) Uninstall/reinstall your vid card drivers. Didn't you have issues with this a while back?
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AMD Athlon Xp 1600+
Windows XP SP2
ATi Radeon 9800SE
The only reason I have ANYTHING in .mov format is because it's mostly streaming movie trailers and/or music videos that I find the source for and download so I can watch them in full screen whenever I want. I'm thinking Nathan's reason could be what is going on. Nando, I just recently cleaned out all the fans and junk, but my case doesn't have a panel on one side, so maybe I'll do it again.
On the flipside, is there anyway to convert .mov files to something that will play with WMP?
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Originally posted by NathanI GOT IT!!!!1!!!!1!1!!!!111111!!1
YOU HAVE AN ATI AND THEY ALL SUX0RZZ!!!!
Seriously though, how old is the video card? (I'm not familiar with when what ATI came out when...) Maybe you should think about upgrading to a nVidia Geforce something or other...
I like my GPU, but that's not the issue. It's only about a year old, and as I posted before, I just updated the drivers. I'm not sure what the issue is, maybe I'll swap in a friend's GPU real quick-like and see what that does.
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Manufacturing defects do happen and things can break, especially after the warranty(sp?) has expired do these kinds of things tend to show up and i'm sure you don't have anything more than a year warranty. Trying a friends GPU out is a good idea, if you have a motherboard with on-board video you might also want to try that. (for testing purposes only...)
PS: I had to start the debate but to each his own.PNW E30 CREW ///
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