Old Apple Quick time 1.0 movies

schlueter.TakeThisOut@gmx.org (Martin Schlueter) wrote in message news:<schlueter-1802052223280001.TakeThisOut@192.168.99.40>...
 > In article <a210ddbe.0502180832.608cb91.TakeThisOut@posting.google.com>,
 > Martin.Nikel.TakeThisOut@freshfields.com (Martin Nikel) wrote:
 >
  > >I believe the
  > >movies were Quicktime 1.0. Does anyone know of a way to view these
  > >files without having to rebuild an old Mac?
 >
 > You should be able to watch these with any modern computer - if its a Mac.
 > The problem is not the QuickTime version but the file format.
 >
 > ciao
 >
 > Martin

Thanks for that. I guess I'll have to find a Mac then.

Martin.

p.s. If the file is retrievable on a PC, and I have Quicktime,
shouldn't the movie be able to play in Quicktime? Aren't the codecs
the same between the mac and the PC?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Hi,

Movies created qith QT older than 3.0 contained a resource fork
in which part of the movie data was stored. This is why you will
never be able to play these movies on a PC, since a PC doesn't
support resource forks. If you want to play the movie, you have
to copy the movie to a Mac directly or make sure that the
resource fork is copied correctly.

If the movie file is on a floppy disk, find a Mac with a floppy
drive. If this is not an option, use software that reads Mac
floppies on a PC to create a disk image (MacOS format). Copy
this disk image to a Mac and open the image with Disk Copy. You
should be able to play the movie from the disk image.

The file is not retrievable on a PC. If you try this, either the
resource fork will be left behind or you will end up with two
separate files containing either fork.

Best,

Mark

Martin Nikel wrote:
 > schlueter RemoveThis @gmx.org (Martin Schlueter) wrote in message news:<schlueter-1802052223280001 RemoveThis @192.168.99.40>...
 >
  >>In article <a210ddbe.0502180832.608cb91 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>,
  >>Martin.Nikel@freshfields.com (Martin Nikel) wrote:
  >>
  >>
   >>>I believe the
   >>>movies were Quicktime 1.0. Does anyone know of a way to view these
   >>>files without having to rebuild an old Mac?
  >>
  >>You should be able to watch these with any modern computer - if its a Mac.
  >>The problem is not the QuickTime version but the file format.
  >>
  >>ciao
  >>
  >> Martin
 >
 >
 > Thanks for that. I guess I'll have to find a Mac then.
 >
 > Martin.
 >
 > p.s. If the file is retrievable on a PC, and I have Quicktime,
 > shouldn't the movie be able to play in Quicktime? Aren't the codecs
 > the same between the mac and the PC?

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