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Re: Resource Fork & Quicktime

> I ftped a large quicktime file (recorded in MyTV) to a
remote computer via
> the commandline ftp. Attempting to play the movie in
Apple's QuickTime
> Player results in an error message: "Couldn't open the
file 'snippet.mov'
> because there is an error in the program.". I am guessing
this is because
> the commandline tools chomped the resource fork? The file
is the same size
> on both ends and using 'cp' at the commandline generates
the same error on
> my machine. Any suggestions? I thought quicktime was an
interchange 'format'
> and thus wouldn't depend on a resource fork?


You need to "flatten" the movie to make it independent of
external resources. The QuickTime Player Pro (and other QT
software) should have an option when saving to do this...


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