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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 update crashes *.mov files even after removing KB2975719 - HELP

    Latest update: not just pre iOS 7.1 I see now, some newer videos also fail in the same way.
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    Windows 8 iPhone Videos Corrupted(?) On Computer

    A few of us have this problem. See here: http://windowsforum.com/threads/windows-8-1-update-crashes-mov-files-even-after-removing-kb2975719-help.200194/
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 update crashes *.mov files even after removing KB2975719 - HELP

    I've spent far too long on this today - but further exploration suggests the problem only happens on videos recorded on iOS versions prior to 7.1. For 7.1 and later it seems fine. So, perhaps a slight bug in the MOV output prior to iOS 7.1 which sends Windows wacky.
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 update crashes *.mov files even after removing KB2975719 - HELP

    Further exploration discovers: If I take a problematic file and strip the metadata out of it using the ffmpeg command line tool and this command: ffmpeg -i in.mov -map_metadata -1 -c:v copy -c:a copy out.mov (from...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 update crashes *.mov files even after removing KB2975719 - HELP

    PS - The problem also seems to cause the "file open..." dialog from VLC to crash (presumably because it has the same problem as Explorer). A partial work-around is to use the DOS command line to rename the files to have a different extension (eg .M0V with a zero). They then lose their proper...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 update crashes *.mov files even after removing KB2975719 - HELP

    Yes, it seems that the "black Tuesday" November 2014 update contains a replacement for KB2975719 which has a similar or worse problems relating to .MOV files. Viewing some folders with .MOV files in Windows Explorer will lead to it crashing immediately. In other folders you can view them as...
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