jbarr

How do you view your recorded movies on your PC?

Use the MSImport program to copy your recorded movie files off of your Memory Stick. (See "Jim's Tips #2" for how to set this up.)

OK. The files get stored in the /MQ_ROOT/100MQV01 directory on the Memory Stick with cryptic names like "MOV00001.MQV". Just use MSImport to copy the file to your PC (like your Desktop or some other folder.)

Next, rename the file to something more meaningful, and here's the important part: rename the file extension from .MQV to .MOV! The files are QuickTime-compatible files and will play very nicely using the QuickTime player. Note: It looks like QuickTime version 6.x plays .MQV files without renaming the extension, but Sony ships v5.x with the Clie.

But wait...there's more!

What if you don't have QuickTime? Though QuickTime is popular, not everyone has it installed, and Windows Media Player, by default, cannot decode the QuickTime format. One solution is to convert the file from a .MOV file to a .MPG MPEG-1 format using TMPGEnc, and the resulting file will be fully Windows Media Player compatible. The problem is that TMPGEnc doesn't read QuickTime files by default, so you need a plugin. Based on some information found at VCDhelp, download the QTReader plugin for TMPGEnc Just unzip the file and stick it in your TMPGEnc directory and you can now select .MOV files from your Browse dialogs.

TMPGEnc has a TON of settings to tweak, so the scope of TMPGEnc goes far beyond this tip, so please go to VCDhelp for help with TMPGEnc.

Oh, and if you really want to go all the way, you can burn the resulting MPG file to a CD-R in VCD format using something like NERO and view your video on your TV using a VCD-compatible DVD player! It isn't the best resolution, but it does work!!!

Bonus tip:
You may not know this, but in order to record video, you must have a Memory Stick installed. This may not be obvious at first!

Happy viewing!

For this and other tips, do a search on this forum for "Jim's Tips" or visit my web site, jimstips.com

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T800

Confused!?

If you install the Quicktime app as supplied on the disk that comes with the NX, it still can't play the clie file (renamed to mov or not)!? It needs some update from the web but is unavailable!?I also tried the TMPEng solution and that just gives me a white movie with no sound!?

Can anyone shed some light for me
please?
XP Home btw.

Thanks
T800

xlr8

quicktime 6 is free and it plays mqv's even though u have to select all file types. I've got win XP pro and it works fine with quicktime 6. (u may have to uninstall quicktime 5 if u cant use the update button, though the update button should work)

www.apple.com or www.quicktime.com (not sure if the second works)

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filegrabber

OK- here's a question. I have done this and viewed a couple of videos on my PC- problem is that I deleted one video from the Clie and when re-installing it to the correct directory it will not play in the NX Movie Player- the PC still recognises it as a Quicktime file even though I have renamed it to the original .MQV file name.

It's as if renaming it has changed the file properties completely. Any ideas???

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filegrabber

I have tried the Image Converter as well and that worked but the resulting video just skips from the start to the end and causes a soft reset.

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cbulock

Not sure if this is the problem, but I noticed that the file names are case sensitive. I had a hard time figuring out why it would n'twork once, but it was because I didn't use caps.

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X420ACTIONX

Dumb question, but how do you change file extensions from MQV to MOV???

cbulock

Go to rename the file. In Windows you can do this by right-clicking on it and selecting rename. Then edit the file name from Whatever.MQV to Whatever.MOV

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X420ACTIONX

Dude, I was doing that but the file ends up to be blahblah.mov but still MQV file

cbulock

Do you have the option in Windows set to hide the file extensions? If so, you might need to turn that off. I'm guessing that the full filename is blahblah.mov.MQV . That option is found in Windows Explorer under Folder Options.

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X420ACTIONX

I found out that u could also use quicktime pro to convert the MQV. file to AVI or even mpeg-4 and use TMPGEnc to convert to MPEG

rhonda_ranka

It took me about 4 hours to figure out how to view Clié movies on my PC, and that's after I found the useful references on this site. The Quicktime shipped with my Clié couldn't play the renamed .MQV files until I upgraded to version 6.1 via the link. However the Quicktime player doesn't work too great on my 330MHz AMD K6 powered PC and I long to get them converted into MPEG or something more versatile. Trouble is I don't fancy labouring for even more hours on this task.
Thanks for the help though.

Unregistered

I have gone witless trying to view my movies on pc.. Owned this dang thing for nearly a year!

I spent forever trying to "convert" it to .mov format. lol. Can we rename me from .jdjit to .happy?

I think I love ya. thanks!

Dian

Eddy

without renaming the file, you can still view the clip under *.MQV as long as you open the file with QuickTime 6. Also window will prompt you if you want to associate this file extension with QuickTime 6. Therefore all *.MQV files will be QuickTime playable but also will run with MoviePlayer at the same time.

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