[MacDV] *.mpg won't play now

[Brian Olesky]

On 5/7/05 2:32 PM, "Thom Holland" <tholland at san.rr.com> wrote:

> Brian, etal,
> 
> I am running 10.3.9 and QuickTime Version 7.0.0, Player Version 7.0
> (v7.0). I then get the following alert message when I try to run a *.mpg.
> 
> QuickTime cannot open the file: "BadDay.mpg" it is not a file that
> QuickTime understands (-2048)
> 
> Suggestions?

I'm running the same version of QT you are, and didn't have a problem with
the move to 10.3.9. However, I often do download .mpg files that give me the
same message you're getting and I use the excellent VLC player to view them.

It's a free download at: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

HTH,
Brian