[RESOLVED] Cannot Play h264.mov Files

[terryZ]

i spent the last week downloading all the "This Week in Tech" (TWit) video podcasts (torrent files) so i could watch them today. they are .h264.mov files.

i have XP HOME, iTunes 4.6.0.15 and Quick Time 6.5.2.

the h264.mov files won't play.

i've have since found out that the new Quick Time 7 is required to play this format. i followed the "new quick time available" link in my QT window and downloaded the new iTunes/QT install file.

i tried to install the combined iTunes 6 and QT 7 ... it left me with iTunes uninstalled and the old QT software still there. no sign of anything new.

so, i figured i'd uninstall iTunes before the new install. iTunes refuses to uninstall. i go to add/remove programs and ask to uninstall it. the whole uninstall process completes but iTunes is still there. so is QT.

i uninstalled QT first then tried to uninstall iTunes. it objected to the uninstall because it couldn't find QT.

i have tried every combination but nothing gets rid of these 2 programs!

i finally decided to BUY the new full QT7. however, the 'BUY' consists of just buying the release code for the player ... which, of course, i can't install.

i've tried playing the h264.mov files in nero showtime and video lan as suggested on the TWiT site itself. they both play the audio but not the video.

so, in addition to spending all week downloading the torrents of all TWiT video podcasts, i've spent over 2 hours this morning and 3 hours last night trying to get some software to play these files.

if anyone knows how to get iTunes and QT OFF my machine (so i can install the new QT7 player - i don't care one way or the other about iTunes which i've only used to dl 6 songs) or if there is a player other than QT to play these files, i'd greatly appreciate it.

thanks in advance

[fink]

I've been using Videolan player to view most of those types of clips

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

It's a very good program for all vid files and it's free.

[General Winters]

Or Mplayer, plays .h264 files , http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/des...s.html#windows

[terryZ]

i have videolan but it just plays the audio. i've checked and i have version 0.6.2. maybe there's a new version online. i'll check. thx.

[terryZ]

bingo! upgraded videolan to version 0.8.2. video appears! thanks, fink.

now if i can only find a way to cleanly UNinstall quick time and itunes.