I have a really old Avid codec QT file I'd like to be able to read (and
re-encode, etc.) but I'm having trouble reading it on modern machines.
It's a file I created (apparently in 1998 according to the creation date) on
a pre-Mac OSX Media Composer (probably ABVB based). When I just tried to
open it (today) on a current Mac OS it showed a white screen and the message
about missing components, etc. So I installed Avid Codecs LE etc. and now it
plays the audio and doesn't complain about anything missing but QT player
shows black where the video should be. I tried moving it over to a WIN
machine where QT with Avid codecs is also installed but it doesn't recognize
it as a supported file there (the file extension on the file is .MooV and I
tried changing it to .mov etc. but I realized this file might be from before
QT was even cross platform?) I'm recovering this file from a Mac OS format
CD burned back in 1998 and I believe the file itself is undamaged and there
doesn't seem to be any problem with the disc (the file copies off the disc
fine under Mac OS X...)
On Monday I can try importing it into current Avid MC software but I'm not
too optimistic about that working either... Anyone have experience /
suggestions for reading such an old Mac Avid QT file ? Thanks.
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