Repair after Picasa Will Not Play MOV File

Picasa is a media file organizer designed especially for photos; this application can be used to edit various media files. Even though Picasa is primarily intended for managing and sharing photos, one can use it to organize videos, songs and various media files. You can also share several media files via Picasa web album to numerous social media sites.

Many people will often synchronize and play number of media files including QuickTime movie files (.MOV) present on system in Picasa. However, in few circumstances most of the users may tackle problems while playing MOV files in Picasa. There might be different reasons for such difficulties; let us resolve one by one. In case .MOV video file format is not enabled in Picasa media file list, then it won’t play respective MOV video file. So, follow below mentioned steps to enable MOV video format in Picasa:

• Open Picasa -> Click on Tools menu -> Select Options
• In Options dialog box click on File Type Tab, tick the box before QuickTime Movies (.MOV) option and click on OK button
• Exit Picasa and launch it again to play MOV file

If MOV file is playing fine, then problem is resolved. However, if same problem persists after enabling MOV file format, then it might relate to mismatched codes between Picasa and MOV file. Thus, install well-matched video codec’s and fix the issue. Even after all these troubleshooting steps not made Picasa to play MOV video file, then that MOV file might have got corrupted and become unplayable. MOV file may gets damaged due to virus attacks, improper download, storage device corruption, header corruption, abrupt termination of Picasa media player while paying / editing MOV file and many more factors that prevent MOV file playing on Picasa media player. In order to resolve issue when Picasa will not play MOV file, then you should rely upon appropriate video file repair software.

Picasa MOV file repair software:

Yodot MOV Repair is the most recommended program to diagnose issues related to MOV video files on Windows and Mac systems. This software can be utilized to fix problem after Picasa does not play MOV files due to corruption / file damage issue. You can employ this video file repair tool to safely mend MOV video files using best scanning technology and read-only strategies that do not modify file video/audio frames during video file repair process. Along with MOV files not playing on Picasa, you can also fix MOV file not opening in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, VLC, QuickTime, MX player, WMP and other media players. Moreover, this utility can also fix other video formats such as MP4 and M4V efficiently. Additionally, you can run this software on all most all Windows (Vista, 7, XP, 8, Server 2003 and 2008) and Macintosh (Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion) operating systems.

Simple steps to mend when Picasa not playing MOV files:

• Download and install Yodot MOV Repair application to Windows system
• Launch installed software and follow on-screen instructions
• Now, choose unplayable MOV video file in Picasa from system hard drive using ‘Browse’ option
• By clicking ‘Next’ button, MOV video file repair process triggers
• MOV file repair status can be viewed in progress bar available
• Upon completion of repair procedure, preview the fixed MOV file
• Finally, browse for desired destination location to save repaired MOV file on system hard drive or other external storage devices

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