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I am relatively new to the Mac and have not not been able to figure out how to open files with extension .mv that people send me. everytime I open, I get like chinese (or seemingly chinese characters). If I say open with, I have no idea which application to open with?

Thanks for your help.
 
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I'm not sure I could even identify that movie extension. It seems to be either a movie file from an SGI system or a script from Miva Corp. If the file had some from via QuickTime, it would normally be a .mov extension and you could open it in QuickTime player.

I'd ask the people who are sending it, what they think they are sending.
 
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Nico said:
I am relatively new to the Mac and have not not been able to figure out how to open files with extension .mv that people send me. everytime I open, I get like chinese (or seemingly chinese characters). If I say open with, I have no idea which application to open with?
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It sounds like you're opening it with TextEdit or something - try opening it with QuickTime or VLC.
 

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