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AndyEm
AndyEm asked in Computers & InternetHardwareOther - Hardware · 7 years ago

USB flash help?

I am transferring pictures and video files from my mom's computer to mine. She has a mac and I have windows.

I'm using a flash drive to move the files, and it's working great except for the video files. They are going onto the drive great, but when I try to open them on my computer it can't play them. What's wrong?

Update:

I have tried changing the media player, and I have quicktime.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Have you tried changing the media player for the file in which it opens

  • spare_widget
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    I'm assuming there is a problem with the codecs used to create the video files on the Mac are different from those on a Windows machine (not totally sure, tbh)

    I would suggest you download VLC player - which plays just about anything (I'm assuming you're using the accursed Windows Media Player [gack, curse, spit])

    http://www.downloadster.org/lp/vlc-player/356/

    VLC player reliably plays most files

  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    It will be the codecs that format and package the video file, try downloading Quicktime from apple.

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