MOV File Not Showing Video

MOV is a QuickTime multimedia file format on Mac OS X which is most suitable to download films, record videos and supports various video editors. To play a movie, this MOV format combines both audio and video tracks. Sometimes, your precious MOV files will become unplayable or .mov file shows no video or it will stuck while playing, etc. Let us see some scenarios that causes MOV file not showing video in below section.

Situations in which MOV file does not show video

There are numerous reasons that render .mov file shows no video but has audio. Mostly this happen with MOV files that are being played in QuickTime player on Macintosh computer. Here are some commonly seen scenarios in which the MOV fail to play its video track:

  • When the Mac OS on which the MOV file stored is upgraded to a higher version then the old Codec of the video file is not supported in the upgraded version and there will be no video in .mov file.
  • Sometimes, playing MOV files on various media player causes no video .mov due to malfunctioning of the media player or compatibility issues.
  • Improper way of transferring MOV video from any gadget to Macintosh based system could damage the video and in many cases no video in .mov file but only sound gets played.

Apart from the above mentioned reasons you may also face synchronization issues, improper system updates, using untrustworthy video editing applications and many other wherein .mov file shows no video on your Mac PC.

No need to panic! Try these alternatives to fix the problem

Before attempting to resolve the issue by following below listed instructions, make sure you backup your MOV file.

  • Simple method is to convert the MOV to some other video file format such as AVI and check whether both tracks audio and video are playing well.
  • Another solution play the MOV files in VLC player which is a most popular media player that supports different types of video formats.

Still MOV file plays only audio without showing picture?

The only way to make the video playable is to fix the issue without any delay.  If you are looking for efficient MOV file repair software, without any confusion you can go for Remo Repair MOV which will solve all the problems related to MOV file like corruption, broken files, damage, inaccessibility, etc. very easily and effectively.

Remo Repair MOV is an advanced utility to repair MOV file not playing video in just mere seconds as it has strong in-built algorithms. Though the internal design of the wizard is very complex but it is presented to the user with easy to use interface so that even a novice user can use this handy application to fix MOV.

Why Remo Repair MOV?

Remo Repair MOV is a powerful tool to fix .mov file shows no video issue in a simple manner. It is a risk free utility that fixes MOV without damaging your original file contents because it extracts source file contents and only takes the reference of the file to fix the problem. This toolkit separately repairs sound and picture file and later adjoins them to make it playable. Also supports unplayable MOV file repair from portable storage devices including memory cards, USB drives, flash drives, pen drives, hard drives, digital cameras and so on.

Round the clock technical support is provided for this software to help user any time related to issues while installing the program or using the application.  At any time, you can resume repairing process of MOV video using “Save Recovery Session”. It is compatible to run on various Mac OS X such as Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard, etc.

 

Steps for repairing MOV file not showing video:

Step 1: Download Remo Repair MOV tool and install it on your Mac computer. Run the installed application and follow the main screen steps. Choose MOV file which is to be repaired. After selection, click on “Repair” to fix the MOV file which is not showing video.

Figure A: Main Screen

Step 2: The fixing progress can be tracked by viewing at the progress bar.

Figure B: View Fixing Progress

Step 3: After completion, the tool displays your MOV video file description. Click on "Save" to save the repaired file.

Figure C: Preview & Save Fixed File