[X4U] QuickTime 7.0.3 not playing complete clip

[Michael Winter]

On Dec 14, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Eugene wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 10:14:43AM CST, kp <phlbrck at gmail.com> wrote:
> : They all play normally with VLC, but the question remains what
> : QT control do I have set improperly?
>
> It's not you.  Or QuickTime.  The problem is that the larger
> MPEG file is not encoded correctly.  QuickTime sticks with the
> spec and so does not play the file to "completion".  VLC Player
> tolerates these kinds of problems and will play the corrupted
> MPEG file in its entirety.

Running them through MPEG Streamclip has always fixed the problem for  
me (find at the usual download sites). Open up the offending clip in  
MPEG Streamclip, and tell it to "Fix Timecode Breaks" (bottom of file  
menu). It may even warn you about the problem when you first open the  
clip.

-Mike