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Jessica - Apr 20, 2008 11:53:37 am PDT #5792 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Anyone else have a Flip Video camera & a Mac? Suddenly none of the files I've downloaded from it have audio! (Including old files which I *know* had audio because I (a) watched them with it and (b) there is audio on the cut-down Quicktime versions.)

There *is* audio if I watch the videos directly on the camera, but neither Quicktime or VLC recognizes any if I try to play them on the computer (either from the desktop or directly from the camera). Was there a Quicktime update recently that might have blown away some older audio codecs? These files are AVI generic MPEG-4s.

Typo Boy - Apr 20, 2008 11:59:40 am PDT #5793 of 25501

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I have to admit I like Zoho Documents much better than google docs. For one thing the keyboard works more like off-line documents. The tab and enter key work more like Excel, and less like an html table. For another I like the greater variety of sharing options finer grained control.

Also, plain old more features.

Rob - Apr 20, 2008 7:32:23 pm PDT #5794 of 25501

Anyone else have a Flip Video camera & a Mac?

I do. You need to install an additional codec to get the sound. The installer is on the camera, or you can download it from here

Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 3:51:53 am PDT #5795 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Rob, is that the Dec 2007 update? If it is I've already installed it (a few times), but I'll bookmark your link and try again when I get home.

Rob - Apr 21, 2008 9:10:47 am PDT #5796 of 25501

I'm not sure, I just go the camera a few weeks ago. I didn't install the editing software, but I think I did install the codec. I'll take a look at the camera when I get home and tell you exactly which file I installed.

Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 9:15:50 am PDT #5797 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've had mine since January (and I installed the software w/ the codec then), and it only just this past weekend started giving me problems.

Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 10:09:06 am PDT #5798 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Rob, I just got this from Flip support:

We have recently become aware of some compatibility issues revolving around Flip Video and the latest QuickTime update. With the release of QuickTime 7.4.5, Apple introduced a coding change which has affected the audio format of the Flip Video Program. Apple is aware of the issues and is working to resolve it. In parallel, Flip Video is working with Apple to better understand the issue and see if we can expedite a solution from our side.

Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2008 10:11:15 am PDT #5799 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

QT 7.4.5 was a much bigger update than the version number would indicate. There were lots of changes under the hood, mostly to improve security.

Rob - Apr 21, 2008 10:14:12 am PDT #5800 of 25501

Hmmm, I must not have installed that Quicktime update yet, as I had sound.

Sean K - Apr 21, 2008 3:07:48 pm PDT #5801 of 25501

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I have a shiny new(ish) MacBook Pro.

Yay.

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