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rotuts · Sep 1, 2010, 11:01 AM

I have QT Pro 7.6.4

it copies and pastes .avi and .wmv very nicely but not it seems .mp4

when a try to copy a .mp4 it does not appear on the clipboard.

is there a way around this?

many thanks!

Uncle Skeleton · Sep 1, 2010, 11:06 AM

Is it because the mp4 is copy protected (like you bought it from the iTunes store)?

rotuts · Sep 1, 2010, 11:09 AM

Nope not from the iTunes store I can export it to other file types

how can one check to see if a file is copy protected?

thanks!

Uncle Skeleton · Sep 1, 2010, 01:30 PM

I don't know, I don't have any to look at.

I can copy mp4 files here (7.6.6). What is the origin of the mp4? Can you copy other mp4s? How can you tell it's not on the clipboard?

rotuts · Sep 1, 2010, 01:45 PM

Well I dont know where it came from and I have very very few.

I only recently notived that when I was using copy/paste with an mp4 it pasted something that I copied previously which some times ended up being text.

I then discovered that under Edit in the finder you can show clipboard.

this was a curiosity to me.

but its odd you can export if its copy protected.

thanks for your input.

Uncle Skeleton · Sep 1, 2010, 05:03 PM

I've found that with WMVs I can drag them from one movie document to another, but when I copy/paste the same thing I end up with a text version of the movie (it's name or something). I chalked it up as a bug. Maybe if you try drag and drop instead of copy/paste it might work...

rotuts · Sep 1, 2010, 05:15 PM

this is so interesting to me

I cant say I know how to drag and drop a movie

check the clipboard as I mentioned to you before re the .wmv

Ive had no problem with them

I did a search on my HD for .mp4

some work fine with copy/paste some do not

can really say if anything is CP!

thanks for your iterest!

Uncle Skeleton · Sep 1, 2010, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by rotuts

this is so interesting to me

To me as well. It is always good to know the new nooks and crannies they're hiding important info inside the files. BTW thanks for the tip on "show clipboard" I didn't know about that.

I cant say I know how to drag and drop a movie

Make a selection (just like for copy/paste), then drag from the image of the movie window into another movie window (or to another app like to the desktop). The dragged movie selection will be pasted into the destination movie at the current playhead position (again just like copy/paste; actually from a programming perspective, drag-and-drop is implemented through another pasteboard, called the dragging pasteboard).

some work fine with copy/paste some do not

can really say if anything is CP!

Interesting. If you find one that shows the problem and you don't mind sharing it and it's not too big, can you post it somewhere?