Re: A PC application I can't open
on 15/08/05 20:18, Laurie McDonald at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day to all A big thank you to all the great helpers we have! And those who offered possible solutions to the .mpe suffix problemI had, including Robert Howells, Greg Sharp (President Australian Mac Users Group) and Nancy McIntyre in particular. She simply said 'Well, if nothing else works, try changing the suffix by adding a 'g', which I tried, and it opened in QuickTime clear and sharp. So remember if it happens to you, just alter .mpe to .mpeg. I remember the days.when it was only PC users who had these sort of problemswe bought Macs cos they were cleverer than that ;p -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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G'day to all A big thank you to all the great helpers we have! And those who offered possible solutions to the .mpe suffix problemI had, including Robert Howells, Greg Sharp (President Australian Mac Users Group) and Nancy McIntyre in particular. She simply said 'Well, if nothing else works, try changing the suffix by adding a 'g', which I tried, and it opened in QuickTime clear and sharp. So remember if it happens to you, just alter .mpe to .mpeg. Laurie McDonald Begin forwarded message: From: Laurie McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 13 August 2005 11:59:29 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: A PC application I can't open G'day I've received some attachments from my brother with the suffix .mpe. When I double click I'm told that Real Player can't open it because I don't have the right version of QuickTime (v7.0.1 installed). What is this evil that Gates and Co. are foisting upon us? Am I supposed to spend my hard-earned on QTPro? Help please. Laurie McDonald member#234 Refuse Novocain... Transcend Dental Medication.
Re: A PC application I can't open
Hi, On 14/08/2005, at 5:04 AM, Laurie in WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I've received some attachments from my brother with the suffix .mpe. When I double click I'm told that Real Player can't open it because I don't have the right version of QuickTime (v7.0.1 installed). The file mapping in 10.3.9 with QT 7.0.1 on my puter says mpe is QT. But if Real is trying to handle it, and it must be just a clip if it's come as an attachment, why not just rename it as .mpeg and give it a go? Nancy M
A PC application I can't open
G'day I've received some attachments from my brother with the suffix .mpe. When I double click I'm told that Real Player can't open it because I don't have the right version of QuickTime (v7.0.1 installed). What is this evil that Gates and Co. are foisting upon us? Am I supposed to spend my hard-earned on QTPro? Help please. Laurie McDonald member#234
Re: A PC application I can't open
Quicktime standard v7.0.1 will run on OSX 10.3.9 and above. This might open that file without buying quicktime Pro . Bob On 13/08/2005, at 11:59 AM, Laurie McDonald wrote: G'day I've received some attachments from my brother with the suffix .mpe. When I double click I'm told that Real Player can't open it because I don't have the right version of QuickTime (v7.0.1 installed). What is this evil that Gates and Co. are foisting upon us? Am I supposed to spend my hard-earned on QTPro? Help please. Laurie McDonald member#234 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: A PC application I can't open
I didn't mention that I'm on 10.3.9 and tried it using QT 7.0.1 Laurie On 13/08/2005, at 12:06 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Quicktime standard v7.0.1 will run on OSX 10.3.9 and above. This might open that file without buying quicktime Pro . Bob On 13/08/2005, at 11:59 AM, Laurie McDonald wrote: G'day I've received some attachments from my brother with the suffix .mpe. When I double click I'm told that Real Player can't open it because I don't have the right version of QuickTime (v7.0.1 installed). What is this evil that Gates and Co. are foisting upon us? Am I supposed to spend my hard-earned on QTPro? Help please. Laurie McDonald member#234 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: A PC application I can't open
On 13/8/05 2:44 PM, Laurie McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't mention that I'm on 10.3.9 and tried it using QT 7.0.1 I did a Google Search and found the following .mpe File Type:MPEG Movie File Description:Video encoded in MPEG format Open With:Mac / Windows: Apple QuickTime Player; Microsoft Windows Media Player I don't know why Quicktime can't play it but since it is an MPEG Movie format have you tried playing it in VLC. Another thing you could try is using something like ffmpegX and see if you can convert it to a viewable format. Finally Flip4Mac allows you to view WMV. It might work, but unlikely. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org
