.mov wont play in mpc

[afterburner]

hi all, i have media player classic ,quicktime alt 1.44,realtime alt,ffdshow installed an my win xp pc. every movie file plays fine except .mov files unless i drag the file into my browser. i also tried to convert the file with winavi but it gives me an error message saying "failed to render graph".
mpc always says "failed to render file".i have searched allday for a solution but cant find one. any help would be appreciated

[Enchanter]

Quicktime should be able to play any .MOV files. Have you tried using the player?

[afterburner]

i haven't tried the actual quicktime player as i believed that the quicktime alternative ver 1.44 that i have installed also plays any .mov file.

[afterburner]

thanks for all your help everybody, but i just changed the file from .mov to .mpg and hey presto it plays in wmp.

[Enchanter]

That's some solution. But whatever works.

Cheers!

[setarip]

"i just changed the file from .mov to .mpg and hey presto it plays in wmp."

I believe that the ONLY way that would work is if the file was, in actuality, an MPEG file or a .3IVX file that had been renamed with an ".MOV" extender...

[afterburner]

ye it was 3ivxfile .but now winavi wont convert it . then i tried virtual dub to check it but that doesnt recognise it either

[setarip]

1) Download and install the .3IVX codec

2) Change the extender to .AVI

[afterburner]

ok cheers i ll try that

[setarip]

"ok cheers"

My pleasure ;>}

[afterburner]

@setarip
i tried it and then converted the file to dvd format using winavi but the video and audio are out of sync.
i have virtualdub,mpeg-vcr,dvdshrink,ultraiso and vcdgear what would be the easiest way to separate the audio & video then resync

[setarip]

Before discussing the appropriate software:

1) Load the (now) .AVI video file into VirtualDubMOD

2) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"

3) Post (here) EVERYTHING you see (BOTH video and audio information), or post a screen capture .jpg of the information box

[afterburner]

i tried opening the file in virtualdub but it says "file type not recognised"
cheers