How to enable legacy codec in OS X 10.6.4

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How to enable legacy codec in OS X 10.6.4

Posted by Gwen Sputore on January 17, 2011 at 1:09 am

Hi,

Trying to enable Legacy codec with no luck. Am really after Apple Motion JPEG-A, which you could get to in QT Preferences and ticking a box (not now)!

I tried enabling from terminal, although I got a enable message I didn’t get Motion JPEG-A, not sure what it unlocked actually.

If some one can help that would be great.

I’m, on Mac OS X 10.6.4

Thanks
Gwen

zingarra

Prashanth Prakash replied 13 years, 9 months ago 8 Members · 27 Replies
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Chuck Reti
January 17, 2011 at 3:53 am

Apple Support is your friend:
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1149

Which says:

Take the following steps to enable additional encoders:

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
Choose View > QuickTime.
Click the Advanced button.
Select the checkbox next to Show legacy encoders.

Hope this does the job.
David Roth weiss
January 17, 2011 at 3:59 am

Not there anymore Chuck…

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Gwen Sputore
January 17, 2011 at 4:03 am

Yeah it’s not there any more. Any suggestions on how to enable???

Is Motion JPEG-A also not around?

zingarra
David Roth weiss
January 17, 2011 at 4:49 am

[Gwen Sputore] “Is Motion JPEG-A also not around?”

I looked for you Gwen, and indeed it seems you have discovered something, and so it seems we’re all going to be living with no Motion JPEG-A from now on.

I wonder what other codecs have gone the way of the dinos now that there is no more legacy codec checkbox?

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
Gwen Sputore
January 17, 2011 at 5:37 am

Thanks for looking. Hopefully that’s the only one I will miss.

zingarra
Rafael Amador
January 17, 2011 at 9:46 am

Common, how do you think QT would stop supporting all those codecs just like that?
I’m on Snow Leopard and FC 7.0.3 AND I HAVE ALL THE LEGACY CODECS AVAILABLE.

Did you installed QT 7?
rafael

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Gwen Sputore
January 17, 2011 at 10:03 am

Didn’t load the software myself but QT7 is in the utilities folder and can launch and use it no issues, so I assume it was QT7 was installed correctly.

Are you on OS X 10.6.4?

Any ideas on what else could be going on.

zingarra
Tom Wolsky
January 17, 2011 at 10:58 am

It’s not in QT export, but I have Motion PEG in MPEG Streamclip.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
Rafael Amador
January 17, 2011 at 11:49 am

I have the full codecs list available everywhere.
This is in QT:

I’m in 10.6.6 but I don’t think is not a Mac OS related issue.
I have set QT 7 as the DEFAULT PLAYER for everything.

rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com
Tom Wolsky
January 17, 2011 at 2:27 pm

Must be coming from someplace else. It’s not in the standard QT package. This is what I have. In Streamclip I have an Apple Motion JPEG codec, but it doesn’t appear in the QT7 player.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

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