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  • Quicktime Error message on Avid Media Composer. Can not get Avid to read .MOV files

    Posted by Jessica Mayes on June 13, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    I can not get .MOV files imported into Avid. I have only had Avid for less than a day, so I may be overlooking something, but how can I get .MOV files imported on Avid? I can not find the solution online.

    I keep getting these error messages, from Avid:

    “The procedure entry point QTCF_CFHTTPMessageSetHEaderFieldValue could not be located in teh dynamic link library QTCF.dll ”

    and

    “QuickTime is not installed on this system. It is strongly recommended you install the latest version. Some effects will not function properly without it.”

    Quicktime is installed. I have uninstalled and reinstalled it but I can not get Avid Media Composer to read the files. Does anyone know why I am getting these error messages?

    Stacy Lincoln replied 14 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Stacy Lincoln

    June 13, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    I found a post from someone having a similar problem with a PC. Here’s his suggestion:
    Do a search on your PC for QTCF.dll. How many copies do you find, and where are they located?
    For example, on my PC, I’ve got one copy at:
    C:Program Files (x86)QuickTimeQTSystemQTCF.dll
    That’s normal.
    He suggests you may have a dangling copy of an older version of Quicktime somewhere you need to delete. This search could find it. Worth a try!

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