can't play .mov files

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How do I play .mov video files. I have restricted-codecs and nonfree-codecs and w64codecs installed as well as ffmeg, mplayer, vlc, pretty much everything I need to play these files. But nothing works.

$ ffplay DOBRO_FOR_THE_COMPLETE_BEGINNER.movFFplay version 0.5-svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6, Copyright (c) 2003-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Apr 10 2009 23:20:33, gcc: 4.3.3
DOBRO_FOR_THE_COMPLETE_BEGINNER.mov: no such file or directory

$ ffmpeg -i DOBRO_FOR_THE_COMPLETE_BEGINNER.movFFmpeg version 0.5-svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Apr 10 2009 23:20:33, gcc: 4.3.3
DOBRO_FOR_THE_COMPLETE_BEGINNER.mov: Unknown format

please! any help help would be greatly appreciated.

[Rog131]

Re: can't play .mov files

Examples how to get information from a clip:

Clip is: /media/sdc6/clips/teaser_l.mov


VLC

VLC > Tools > Media Information




ffmpeg

ffmpeg -i /media/sdc6/clips/teaser_l.mov 2>&1 | grep Duration

Duration: 00:02:03.99, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 913 kb/s

ffmpeg -i /media/sdc6/clips/teaser_l.mov 2>&1 | grep Stream

Stream #0.0(eng): Video: svq3, yuvj420p, 480x204, 23.98 tbr, 119.88 tbn, 119.88 tbc
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: qdm2, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16

mediainfo

mediainfo --help

MediaInfo Command line,
MediaInfoLib - v0.7.18
Usage: "MediaInfo [-Options...] FileName1 [Filename2...]"

> Topic: Mediainfo application on Linux

With the mediainfo:

General
Complete name : /media/sdc6/clips/teaser_l.mov
Format : QuickTime
Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
Format settings : Compressed header
File size : 13.5 MiB
Duration : 2mn 3s
Overall bit rate : 914 Kbps
Movie name : KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Encoded date : UTC 2005-02-21 20:20:35
Tagged date : UTC 2005-02-21 20:20:44
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
Copyright : 20th FOX-Japan

Video
ID : 1
Format : Sorenson 3
Codec ID : SVQ3
Codec ID/Info : Sorenson Media Video 3 (Apple QuickTime 5)
Duration : 2mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 849 Kbps
Width : 480 pixels
Height : 204 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.976 fps
Maximum frame rate : 29.970 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.362
Stream size : 12.5 MiB (93%)
Encoded date : UTC 2005-02-21 20:00:33
Tagged date : UTC 2005-02-21 20:20:44

Audio
ID : 2
Format : Qdesign 2
Codec ID : QDM2
Codec ID/Info : QDesign Music 2
Duration : 2mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 353 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 5.21 MiB (39%)
Encoded date : UTC 2005-02-21 20:00:33
Tagged date : UTC 2005-02-21 20:20:44

Here the mediaplayers are playing the mov (SVQ3/QDM2) without problems. If you have the Windows - is the mov playable at there ?


Links:
> QuickTime wiki
> Sorenson codec wiki