This entry was posted in on by Only the audio plays when you play a.mov video file in VLC, QuickTime or Windows Media Player? Looking for a way to come out of this situation? If so, you are in the right place. This thread explains a solution to fix audio only issue in MOV files. Symptoms “Hey, all, I’m trying to play some high resolution QuickTime movie.mov files on the Windows version of Quicktime pro and I get sound but no picture just a blank screen while the audio plays Please help! Thanks.” “My friend created some.mov files with his Mac.
Now I’m trying to play them in my Windows 8 machine with Windows Media Player and I only hear sound but not image. There must be an encoding issue. But how do I fix it?” “I have received a couple of MOV files from my friend, but when playing them in QuickTime or VLC I can hear them but not see them. They are in HD created on a high-end Mac system and I am running Windows 8 on a PC. Downloading the latest DivX software made no difference. Could someone please suggest how I might proceed?
The person who sent them cannot help. Many thanks.” Our solution In all these scenarios MOV files play only sound without showing any picture, we thought it may have been a codec problem.
MOV is a container format which can hold different video codecs. If your media player doesn’t support the video codec it uses, you will run into audio only issues without image. To work around this issue, we would recommend transcoding MOV files to a format that is best suitable for use in your media player program. Is able to do the trick. It will help you to re-encode mov files to a playable file type. Read on to find a step-by-step guide on how to fix MOV sound only issues via using this converter app.
Guide How to fix MOV audio only issues via transcoding them to a playable file type? Software requirement HD Video Converter The steps: Step 1: Start up HD Video Converter as the. When its main interface pops up, click ‘Add File’ button to import your source files.
Useful tips: 1. This Converter supports batch conversion, so you can load multiple video files to it for conversion at a time. By ticking off ‘Merge into one file’ option, you can combine the selected clips into a single file. Step 2: Select H.264 MP4 as output format H.264 MP4 is a widely-supported file format, so we select H.264 MP4 as target format to avoid audio only without image issues. There are a few of H.264 MP4 options for user to choose from. You can select one as output format under ‘General Video’, ‘HD Video’ or ‘4K Video’ column. In addition to the widely-accepted H.264 MP4 format, you can also choose MOV as target format for QuickTime player and WMV as output format for WMP.
Step 3: Custom video and audio settings If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels. 3D settings are also available. Step 4: Start When ready, click ‘Convert’ to start format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the exported H.264.mp4 files. Nothing could be simpler or more immediate.
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If an audio or video file doesn't play on Mac Older or specialized media formats might require other software. Apple apps such as QuickTime Player, Photos, and Keynote work with many kinds of audio and video formats. If an audio or video file doesn't play on Mac Older or specialized media formats might require other software. Apple apps such as QuickTime Player, Photos, and Keynote work with many kinds of audio and video formats.
The inabilibty of MKV compatibility with QuickTime player makes the problems of using QuickTime player to play MKV files on Mac always existed just as below: 'Hi, I want to play MKV files on my Mac with QuickTime player. I've already downloaded DivX Codec for mac but QT still can't open MKV.' 'How do I play MKV files in QuickTime with DTS sound?' 'I registered my quicktime 7 pro and it says that the mkv file I am trying to open is not a movie file. I was told that quicktime 7 pro would open these files. Any suggestions?'
Although you can't not directly open MKV files with QuickTime player on Mac, but there are many alternative solution to fix this head-scratching issue, the following article has listed 3 different solutions: Install free QuickTime components - Perian Perian is a free, open source, QuickTime component that supports many popular media types. File Formats Video Types Audio Types AVI DIVX FLV MKV GVI VP6 VFW MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2 DivX 3ivx H.264 Sorenson H.263 FLV/Sorenson Spark FSV1 VP6 H263i VP3 VP8 HuffYUV FFVHuff MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video Fraps Snow NuppelVideo Techsmith Screen Capture DosBox Capture Windows Media Audio v1 & v2 Flash ADPCM Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska) MPEG Layer I & II Audio True Audio DTS Coherent Acoustics Nellymoser ASAO Although Perian can be a powerful assistant for QuickTime player to play MKV files, however, it has many limitations: 1. Firstly it is discontinued and no longer supported although you can still download it. Secondly it does not work in QuickTime Player X, it only works in QuickTime Player 7. Thirdly even if it works due to the differences between QuickTime and MKV, it has to read the entire MKV file before it is properly available to play, you can start playing before it is fully loaded but you cannot fast forward beyond what has been loaded) Play MKV with QuickTime alternative player There are many powerful free video player app such as VLC Player for Mac, KMPlayer for Mac and MPlayer for Mac that has enhanced media compatiblity with various different file formats. Although those players can play certain MKV file types, however, you may encounter other issues such as MKV files audio not working, some MKV files not opening, video play lagging, skipping or chopping, etc.
Convert MKV for QuickTime player supported format If above listed solution does not work, then the most effective way is transcoding MKV to QuickTime Player supported video, audio file formats with suitable profile settings with a reliable tool called.
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