Fix MOV Error Failed to Load the QuickTime Movie Headers

“Hi, I had compressed few MOV files on my Mac machine to send them as email attachment to my friend. But when I tried to play the video in QuickTime after compressing, error message popped up saying ‘Failed to load the QuickTime movie headers’. Is there any procedure to fix this error with MOV files? If any, then someone please share it with me.”

QuickTime movie files are the best container format to store motion pictures or video data. MOV file from QuickTime can hold videos with excellent pixels and these files support to play in other multimedia players like VLC, CamStudio, etc. However, MOV files may sometime display error like cannot load file header in QuickTime player when header is corrupted due to various reasons. Movie file header is a crucial part of video file as it includes various information of that video file like date of creation, Codec used to create this video, file size, file type, etc. Thus if MOV file header gets damaged, then QuickTime will not play the video; instead it might display error like failed to load the QuickTime Movie headers.

Prime factors that cause MOV file header corruption are listed here:

• Incorrect compression or converting of MOV file may leave its header in corrupt state
• Use of incorrect Codec to play MOV file in QuickTime can sometimes damage MOV file header
• Errors while recording MOV file using hand-held gadgets can corrupt file header making the video unplayable
• Interrupted download or transfer of QuickTime Movie files over internet will result in corrupt header
• Malware or virus attacks can sometimes cause damage to MOV file header
• Abrupt termination of QuickTime player while playing any movie file or presence of bad media spots on system hard drive where MOV file is been saved, etc. are other reasons for damaged MOV file header

When such MOV file with corrupt header is tried to play in QuickTime player, it refuse to play the video by displaying error message, failed to load the QuickTime movie header. However, if backup of unplayable QuickTime movie file is present, then one need not worry. What if there isn’t any backup and this error showing MOV file is very important? In that case, try using some reliable video file repair software to resolve error failed to load the QuickTime movie headers and to play your valuable movie file quickly.

QuickTime movie header repair software:

Trusted by many computer users and developed by team of experts, Yodot MOV Repair is the best utility to fix MOV file after it shows failed to load the QuickTime movie headers error when tried to play. This repair tool has caliber to resolve QuickTime MOV file header corruption just by scanning the file with its advanced scanning algorithms. Along with MOV, it can easily fix MP4 and M4V video files that refuse to play in QuickTime player. Using this tool one can fix MOV, MP4 and M4V video file displaying error messages such as QuickTime movie file format not recognized, movie file failed to render, audio-video out of sync, no Codec available to render this file, etc. This tool can be employed on Macintosh machines like MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini and Mac Pro running with OS X Snow Leopard, Mountain Lion, Lion and Mavericks operating systems. In addition, this tool can repair video files on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and 2003 OS based computers.

Follow these steps to fix QuickTime movie header failed to load error:

• Download Yodot MOV Repair software on your computer and install it
• After running the program, in main screen browse for error showing movie file that needs to be repaired
• Next, hit on ‘Repair’ button to trigger scanning process
• Once scanning process completes, view the details of repaired movie file using ‘Preview’ option
• At last, mention a destination folder to save this fixed QuickTime MOV file to desired location

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