How to Fix QuickTime Player Can't Open M4V
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QuickTime can't open M4V files, SOLVED!
For Mac or Windows users, when you are trying to open M4V video with QuickTime media player, you may encounter the following trouble.
“Hi, I have recorded a movie which is in M4V format using my digital camcorder on my baby’s birthday party. Later, I transferred that video to my Mac system installed with latest macOS Sierra. When I try opening the M4V video using QuickTime, it refuses to open. The video is really important to me. Please suggest any solution on how to play M4V files on Mac QuickTime. Thanks in advance.”
Apple provides you with a number of media handling options in Mac OS X, with QuickTime being the core service for playing videos. At times, when you have recorded a M4V file that simply will not play in QuickTime player. Sometimes, while opening .m4v file, you may even receive errors that prevent you from viewing its contents.
Why QuickTime won't play M4V files?
M4V is a complex video container with different audio and video codecs. That’s the main reason why QuickTime can't open M4V video. Along with the absence of codecs, there could be many other reasons behind QuickTime not opening .m4v files such as:
- Incompatible media player: Trying to play M4V videos on unsupported media player could corrupt the file and make it unplayable.
- Damaged storage device: If the storage drive where .m4v video files are stored get damaged due to increase number of bad sectors, software conflicts, etc., then those videos cannot be opened.
- Other reasons: Virus attack, transfer error, improper video conversion, and many unknown reasons could lead to M4V file corruption and refuses to open the video.
How to fix QuickTime player can't open M4V with Remo Repair MOV?
The M4V video file that is corrupted and won’t play on QuickTime or any other media players will be fixed only with the aid of Remo Repair MOV. The software can easily repair corrupted M4V file on Mac by automatically separating both audio and video streams. Later, it adjoins both the streams to create a playable M4V video. It comes with an easy-to-use interface which provides step-by-step instructions to make QuickTime won't play M4V files fix process easier.
Not only M4V files, Remo Repair MOV even fix and open MP4 video won't play on QuickTime player with utmost ease. The software is capable of repairing M4V, MP4 and MOV files that are corrupted due to oversize. It effectively repairs video files stored on different storage devices like hard drive, USB drive, SD memory card, pen drive and many more. The software even facilitates user with an option to view the portion of fixed video before buying the licensed version.
Steps to fix QuickTime can't open M4V with Remo Repair MOV
Download free evaluation copy of Remo Repair MOV and install it on your Mac or Windows computer. Both the version of Remo Repair MOV have a similar operation to repair QuickTime player can't open M4V files.
Step 1: Launch Remo Repair MOV and click “Open” button to select the M4V video that is not opening on QuickTime player and click “Repair” to start fixing the video.
Step 2: The tool fixes all the issues in the selected M4V file to make it playable again which you can monitor by looking at the progress bar.
Step 3: Click “Preview Repaired File” to view the portion of repaired .m4v file and save the fixed healthy file back to your drive by clicking “Save Repaired File” Repaired File” button.