Does Movie Studio 16 Open MOV Files? I'm On 13 And It Doesn't

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• Does Movie Studio 16 open MOV files? I'm on 13 and it doesn't

steve-flood wrote on 3/31/2020, 9:12 PM

I'm on Movie Studio Platinum 13. I do demos of bands playing live and use whatever videos I'm given. I get a lot of .Mov files and Movie Studio 13 does not open .Mov files.If Movie Studio 16 does open .Mov files consistently, I'll pay and upgrade.I don't see specs that show that on the site where they sell it, so I'm asking here.I believe Vegas does now. But I'm not sure about Movie Studio.Thanks for your help!

16 Answers Go to solution Back to post EricLNZ wrote on 3/31/2020, 10:09 PM

From memory VMS13 needs Quicktime to handle mov files. Do you have Quicktime installed?

steve-flood wrote on 3/31/2020, 10:11 PM

Just want to know if VMS 16 will handle them.I've got a work around I use w/13, but I'm tired of working around.(Quicktime is not supported anymore in Win 10, whether it works or not fwiw.)

EricLNZ wrote on 3/31/2020, 10:41 PM

QT works for me in Win10.

I'll check on VMS16 and come back as I have to locate some mov files unless you have a short one you could upload somewhere.

Also sometimes altering the file suffix from 'mov' to 'mp4' tricks software. Have you tried that?

steve-flood wrote on 3/31/2020, 10:49 PM

I believe Quicktime does work, but it'll break before long.Apple doesn't want to be compatible.Unfortunately I have any .mov's that are short enough at the momentYou're right, sometimes changing the extension does works.I'm using handbrake to convert files now and that does work.But I'd like it if the program I'm using would import people's phone videos reliably without workaroundJust want to eliminate a time consuming thing to do. 

EricLNZ wrote on 3/31/2020, 10:54 PM

I found some iPhone mov files from a few years ago and VMS16 opens them as follows:

I assume qt7plug.dll is a Vegas plug-in but I cannot be certain as I have QT installed. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will pass by and comment.

EricLNZ wrote on 3/31/2020, 11:03 PM

@steve-flood Easy answer - download the 30 day trial of VMS16 Plat and check for yourself with your files.

Musicvid wrote on 4/1/2020, 9:46 AM

steve-flood wrote on 3/31/2020, 9:49 PM

I believe Quicktime does work, but it'll break before long.Apple doesn't want to be compatible

QuickTime 32-bit 7.6 for Windows, the last-produced version, can still be downloaded and works with Movie Studio 13. It hasn't been developed or updated by Apple in eleven years.

https://support.apple.com/downloads/quicktime

I think you've been reading some very old postings, perhaps some of mine.

EricLNZ wrote on 3/31/2020, 10:03 PM

@steve-flood Easy answer - download the 30 day trial of VMS16 Plat and check for yourself with your files

[Edit].

steve-flood wrote on 4/1/2020, 9:58 AM

@steve-flood Easy answer - download the 30 day trial of VMS16 Plat and check for yourself with your files.

I was afraid to because I was worried about interfering with my current install, but I'll try it on a slowish laptop I have. The laptop won't process a bunch of tracks at once, but it doesn't need to. All I need to do is see if it opens the .mov's. Thanks for the "push off the cliff"!

vkmast wrote on 4/1/2020, 9:59 AM

Worth reading also @NickHope's comments on .mov/.MOV files in one of his invaluable FAQs here. Most of them should apply to VMSPs as well.

vkmast wrote on 4/1/2020, 10:17 AM

"Deprecated features" are currently only in VEGAS Pro 17.

Musicvid wrote on 4/1/2020, 11:03 AM

Noted.

FayFen wrote on 4/2/2020, 12:08 AM

I don't have QT on my system.

VSDC video editor open mov files just fine, also the freeware Shotcut editor open mov files.

I have no idea how it's done.

EricLNZ wrote on 4/2/2020, 2:00 AM

@FayFen I assume from your comment mov files don't open in your VMS16?

FayFen wrote on 4/2/2020, 5:49 AM

@FayFen I assume from your comment mov files don't open in your VMS16?

Correct,

EricLNZ wrote on 4/2/2020, 5:51 AM

@FayFen I assume from your comment mov files don't open in your VMS16?

Correct,

Interesting. I was under the impression 'mov' gets handled by 'so4compoundplug.dll' if QT's not available.

FayFen wrote on 4/2/2020, 9:21 AM

@FayFen I assume from your comment mov files don't open in your VMS16?

Correct,

Interesting. I was under the impression 'mov' gets handled by 'so4compoundplug.dll' if QT's not available.

You are correct again but...

It was advised to "False" it's setting for better VMS stability, as I hardly use mov that's what I did.

But... Now that you asked me to check I did, and what I found that enable it will read few mov's but not all that I have. Some will pop and ask for QT to be installed.

This will not load

Complete name                            : E:\Arrow Right.movFormat                                   : MPEG-4Format profile                           : QuickTimeCodec ID                                 : qt   2005.03 (qt  )File size                                : 6.51 MiBDuration                                 : 5 s 792 msOverall bit rate mode                    : VariableOverall bit rate                         : 9 425 kb/sEncoded date                             : UTC 2015-09-17 18:25:12Tagged date                              : UTC 2015-09-17 18:25:15Writing library                          : Apple QuickTimeTIM                                      : 00:00:00:00TSC                                      : 24TSZ                                      : 1

VideoID                                       : 1Format                                   : RLEFormat/Info                              : Run-length encodingCodec ID                                 : rleDuration                                 : 5 s 792 msBit rate mode                            : VariableBit rate                                 : 9 415 kb/sWidth                                    : 1 000 pixelsHeight                                   : 1 000 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio                     : 1.000Frame rate mode                          : ConstantFrame rate                               : 24.000 FPSColor space                              : RGBABit depth                                : 8 bitsBits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.392Stream size                              : 6.50 MiB (100%)Language                                 : EnglishEncoded date                             : UTC 2015-09-17 18:25:12Tagged date                              : UTC 2015-09-17 18:25:15

OtherID                                       : 2Type                                     : Time codeFormat                                   : QuickTime TCDuration                                 : 5 s 792 msFrame rate                               : 24.000 FPSTime code of first frame                 : 00:00:00:00Time code, striped                       : YesLanguage                                 : EnglishEncoded date                             : UTC 2015-09-17 18:25:15Tagged date                              : UTC 2015-09-17 18:25:15

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