Hi again Tony. Those files look like the ones you find on a commercial DVD. Try playing it in a DVD player.
> On 13 Jul 2022, at 1:47 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > Another program that was very popular for ripping and transcoding > (converting) DVDs was Handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/ > > So that could be another option. > > > > > > Hi Tony, > > If you are wanting to forward the video to someone else, it may be best to > convert it to something like MP4 first. > > I believe that VLC should also be able to do that, though it is not something > I have tried. > > You can find pretty comprehensive documentation on VLC here > https://docs.videolan.me/vlc-user/3.0/en/index.html > > So have a read through that. > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > > > -----Original Message----- > From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of "Anthony > (Tony) Francis" <antne...@mac.com> > Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at 13:28 > To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: [WAMUG] Hi all. > > Thank you Neil > > I’ll give it a go, the Video’s that I want to open and forward are of > sentimental value to my best friend that recently lost his Wife, so I’m > thankful for any help and advice. > > Kind Regards > > Tony > Boddington > >> On 13 Jul 2022, at 13:13, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Tony, >> >> I often find with various downloaded videos that OSX (Quicktime) won't play >> them directly. Whilst, if you want Quicktime compatibility, there are >> various programs that will convert from the original format to MP4 (good for >> Quicktime), I find that the free app VLC will play most formats without >> conversion. >> >> VLC is a well-regarded and well-used app which runs on all platforms (OSX, >> windows, IOS, etc). You can find here: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ >> >> I have used it, through a few versions, for several years and have always >> been happy with it. >> >> HTH >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> Neil >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of "Anthony >> (Tony) Francis" <antne...@mac.com> >> Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at 12:00 >> To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Subject: Re: [WAMUG] Hi all. >> >> Good Morning >> >> Thank you for the continued information regarding the Disc Drive, as I >> won’t be going to either Mandurah or Perth for a week or two I tried >> something else for now, I used an old Mac, loaded the Video from the Disc to >> a Memory Stick, put the memory stick into my current Mac 2020 running MacOs >> Monterey. I was unable to play the Video on my current Mac as the file? >> wasn’t recognised,I was asked to choose an application to play the Video, >> that’s where I came unstuck, I couldn’t find an App that would play the >> Video, so my question is, what App will recognise and play the older >> Video’s, I have plenty of Home Movies that I would love to be able to share >> amongst friends and family. >> >> Thanks All >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Tony >> Boddington. >> -- 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> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> >> -- 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> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better
-- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
