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I installed quicktime 7.7.9 for windows to my laptop running windows 11. Then I run video files with extension mov. It pop up a message asking me to find quicktime components but I can't find that page. Before, I recorded a basketball game about 5 minutes duration with my iPhone 14 Plus. Then I transfer the file to my laptop to save storage space. But I can't view that file. What can I do ?
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iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 18
QuickTime for Windows is officially unsupported since 2016, and was written for Vista and Windows 7. Later versions of Windows may not be (fully) compatible. QuickTime 7.x does not support H.265 HEVC (which your file probably has). H.265 HEVC support came later.
You do not need QuickTime to play MOV files. However, MOV files can have video using various codecs, including H.264 AVC and H.265 HEVC. Unfortunately, it seems that Microsoft didn’t include H.265 HEVC support in a default Windows install, instead offering a H.265 video extension as a separate download.
I think it was a pay download at one time, that may have changed now, not sure.
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nmzlz57r3t7 (2018. Not sure how this one is different, but it seems newer.)
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n4wgh0z6vhq (2017. Not sure how this one is different, but it seems it was released a year earlier.)
With even more modern codec AV1, we’ll soon get another round of similar adjustments.
Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices - Apple Support
Lastly, for playback only, consider other media players, e.g. VLC, which offers different decoding capabilities than Microsoft’s own Media Player.
QuickTime for Windows is officially unsupported since 2016, and was written for Vista and Windows 7. Later versions of Windows may not be (fully) compatible. QuickTime 7.x does not support H.265 HEVC (which your file probably has). H.265 HEVC support came later.
You do not need QuickTime to play MOV files. However, MOV files can have video using various codecs, including H.264 AVC and H.265 HEVC. Unfortunately, it seems that Microsoft didn’t include H.265 HEVC support in a default Windows install, instead offering a H.265 video extension as a separate download.
I think it was a pay download at one time, that may have changed now, not sure.
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nmzlz57r3t7 (2018. Not sure how this one is different, but it seems newer.)
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n4wgh0z6vhq (2017. Not sure how this one is different, but it seems it was released a year earlier.)
With even more modern codec AV1, we’ll soon get another round of similar adjustments.
Using HEIF or HEVC media on Apple devices - Apple Support
Lastly, for playback only, consider other media players, e.g. VLC, which offers different decoding capabilities than Microsoft’s own Media Player.
QuickTime components missing for MOV files on Windows 11
