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Mac and Converting .MOV (Quicktime)

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SKI.ING
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I work in After Effects and when I export a comp as a .MOV file, I'll go to open it and my Mac will convert it before playing. Yet the file appears to still be a .MOV file it just says (converted) before the file tag. So why does it do this? And if I want to use the file back in a larger After Effects project do I use the original MOV file or the converted one. They are both Quicktime files so I'm just confused.
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isaacwrong
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Pics, You make no sense
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eheath
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You're probably exporting an animation codec so quicktime has to convert it to a viewable codec to play it.
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Holte
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That's one of the more irritating things about Quicktime 10. Download Quicktime 7 and use it instead.

Here's more info: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202884
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SKI.ING
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HolteThat's one of the more irritating things about Quicktime 10. Download Quicktime 7 and use it instead.

Here's more info: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202884


Yep, thank you for the link!
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