Ubuntu 7.10 and quicktime files?

caa1980 · 10-22-2007, 06:33 PM

How do I run Quicktime files in Ubuntu 7.10? I did Install the codects the Documintation told me to do now any media player I use to open a Quicktime file crashes. What do I do?

jag2000 · 10-22-2007, 09:01 PM

What documentation did u follow?

I followed this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu and it worked fine for me. I can play DVD's watch video clips etc..
Let us know what you followed nad if your using mplayer or totem etc..?

caa1980 · 10-23-2007, 11:32 AM

Thouse where the directions that I had followed. I have Totem and VLC and bouth programs crash when trying to Play Quicktime files all other media types play just fine, (AVI, WMV, MPEG).

caa1980 · 10-23-2007, 01:26 PM

I started by Installing ubuntu-restricted-extras and then I installed the w32codecs. All media playes fine except the quicktime wich crashes in any media player I use.

fragos · 10-23-2007, 06:26 PM

Try installing or reinstalling package libquicktime1. The most trouble free media player I've found is mplayer.

caa1980 · 10-24-2007, 11:16 AM

made no difference still using quicktime files crashes any media player I use.

caa1980 · 10-24-2007, 11:45 AM

Hear is what hapens at command line when useing VLC with a .mov file.

vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): found Box:
main warning: can't store message (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character): read box: "
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 140 (XVideo)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
Serial number of failed request: 83
Current serial number in output stream: 84
pure virtual method called
terminate called without an active exception
Aborted (core dumped)

caa1980 · 04-26-2008, 09:20 AM

I also tride Linux mint based on Ubuntu 7.10 on that same system. Linux mint has the codecs loaded. It still wouldn't play the media files. Eather it's an error with the newer codecs on my system or the Kernal.