iMovie 10 mp4 export will not play in QuickTime format

Hey team. I'm running El Capitan 10.11.4, and I just finished an 11-minute film project in iMovie 10.1.2. To export the project, I went on the button share, select 'File', recorded in movies, and after finished, I found my film in the appropriate location in the .mp4 format.

I tried to open the movie in QuickTime and it won't. QuickTime gives me a message 'conversion' and a bar for a moment and then the error message "could not open moviename.mp4 to see if there is additional software that will allow QuickTime Player open the movie in QuickTime player, click on tell me more." When I click on Tell Me More, said Apple's site I'm likely outdated and needing a third party converter.

What Miss me? What do I need? (So ready to do!) Thanks for any help!

Hi, Betht.friends,

Option #1: In the dialog box share, under quality, try to select the best (res pro).  This will give you a movie with a .mov extension.   It will take more time to share and the file size will be much larger, but quality should be better.   See if Quicktime which will play.

Alternative #2: Use Streamclip free downloads or handbrake to convert your video into Mpeg-4/AAC with H.264 codec.

#3 solution: Download the latest version of Quicktime.   Keep your old as well.

I hope this helps.

-Rich

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