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Question

DVD Flick Problem

Apr 22, 2015 6:12PM PDT

I have used DVD Flick for sometime, but at the moment I have a couple of files it won't accept, with an error message 'no usable video track'
They are normal MP4 files as far as I know, and play OK on my laptop. I have also tried them converted to AVI (with Video Toolbox), using a couple of different video codecs for the output (Divx, MPEG4), with the same result.
Has anyone any idea what is the problem? (In terms the non-expert might understand if possible)

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There are no normal MP4 files.
Apr 23, 2015 1:13AM PDT

MP4 is a container so what's inside may not be supported. Try transcoding it to something tame with HANDBRAKE. There are so many tutorials on what a MP4 container is, and transcoding that I'll pause here.
Bob

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DVD Flick
Apr 23, 2015 4:53PM PDT

Thanks for the reply, as I said I'm no expert. I did convert (to AVI), ensuring that used a supported codec. Is what you suggest different from that?

Thanks again
John

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That's what I suggested.
Apr 24, 2015 3:34AM PDT

I can't tell if you used HANDBRAKE but this seems to work here. Also, if you are putting more than one video in DVD FLICK there seems to be trouble if one video is encoded one way and another another way. Usually fine but seems to confuse DVD FLICK.
Bob

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Better ...
May 14, 2015 5:35PM PDT

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