How Do I Get an MOV File to Play?

2010-02-24 Thread Michael B. in Cincinnati
Mavens of Malus Domestica: I have a CD that comes with the textbook that I use in a class that I teach that has MOV files that I need to play for the class. When I double-click on them on my Ubuntu machine, they play very well. When I put the CD into my G4 with 10.4.11, it mounts the CD, but does

Re: How Do I Get an MOV File to Play?

2010-02-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 24, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: Am I missing a file, or is this cockpit error? I think it's a cockpit error. The fact that it's opening Classic shows that your preferences for the .mov filetype are wrong and you're preference for .mov is an OS 9 application.

Re: How Do I Get an MOV File to Play?

2010-02-24 Thread Bill Connelly
On Feb 24, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: I click on Play Quicktime, but the dialog box disappears and nothing happens. Am I missing a file, or is this cockpit error? Any suggestions are welcome, and thanks in advance. The experts know more, but I was wondering if

Re: How Do I Get an MOV File to Play?

2010-02-24 Thread Michael G.M.
On Feb 24, 4:42 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: the Change All... button beneath to change this preference for   all .mov files. Kris, Very clever and so, so helpful. Excellent tips! On a related note, I was trying to play a DVD movie tonight on my eMac and for some reason the DVD