problems with iapple videos.MOV

[Edwin L. Culp W.]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. <edwinlculp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm having a hard time playing and/or changing all the i* videos that I'm
> > being sent as video.MOV.
> >
> > The uname is:
> >
> > FreeBSD home.encontacto.net 9.1-STABLE FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE #441 r248654M:
> > Sun Mar 24 05:39:07 CST 2013
> > root at home.encontacto.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO
> > amd64
> >
> > I get similar errors to the ones below on all of the apple videos that I
> > have and can't play or conver them.  All my normal formats such as avi,
> > mp4,even flash.  Any suggestions appreciated.
> >
> >
> > error from vlc
> >
> > [0x824c4c458] avformat demux error: Could not open
> > /root/MaiteBrinca25-03-2013.mov: Unknown error: 1094995529
> > [0x82544c458] mp4 demux error: MP4 plugin discarded (no moov,foov,moof
> box)
> > [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x82542b420] moov atom not found
>
> If you .mov has no moov atom, then it's not a valid .mov. The moov
> atom is an index of all the content in the mov, and is typically right
> at the end of the file - it's typically written after the file has
> finished being encoded by whatever encoded it.
>
> If it's not there, you're largely stuffed. There are utils out there
> that profess to attempt to reindex, your mileage will vary using them.
> The most important thing to note is that all .mov files have moov
> atoms, if your's do not, you have corrupted .mov files, you should
> re-fetch them, not fix them.
>
> To satisfy yourself that it is not all .mov files, use a known good sample:
>
> > $ fetch
> http://static.clipcanvas.com/sample/clipcanvas_14348_PhotoJPEG.mov
> clipcanvas_14348_PhotoJPEG.mov                100% of   97 MB 1594 kBps
> 00m00s
> > $ md5 clipcanvas_14348_PhotoJPEG.mov
> MD5 (clipcanvas_14348_PhotoJPEG.mov) = 89c464a96a399c8e03fe92a652855a06
>
> This file works fine in mplayer/ffplay/ffmpeg.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tom
>


Thanks Tom,

Yours works fine, as I expected.  The mov's that don't work for me are
filmed with an Apple iPad where they play perfectly but don't on any of my
freebsd boxes here in the office.  They are all different versions and
setups.   So what I tried to do was to convert them to any other format
with any of the multiple tools that I have.  I really don't know where to
look but I'm going to try a few other ideas and if they work I will
definately share in case anyone else has a problem.

Thanks again,

ed