Quicktime Movie Problem

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  1. Comander Pam

    Comander Pam Well-Known Member

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    When ever I make a video with my digital camera it automaticaly saves it as a quicktime movie. But lots of programs don't support quicktime. And I can't figure out how to save it as something diffrent.


    20 credits to the first one to figure it out

    this is the video

    http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/com...nt=100_1083.flv

    please read all postss before replying.
     
  2. SplitChaos

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    (I presume you mean you want to convert a QuickTime file (extension .mov or .qt) into a Windows Media file (extension .asf or .wmv))
    1. You should check the QuickTime file’s codec. Open the file in QuickTime, click movie, then choose 'get movie properties'. On the left drop-down menu choose video track. On the right drop-down menu choose format. The codec is listed on the 'data format' line. If it’s a cross-platform codec like Indeo or Cinepak (meaning it can be in either a QuickTime or avi container) then go to step 3. If it’s a QuickTime-only codec (like Sorenson or 'video'), then go to step 2.
    2. If it’s a QuickTime-only codec the conversion has to be in two steps. You have to convert it to an avi first, then you can convert it to Windows Media. Your two options are to use QuickTime Pro ($30 from Apple) or Rad Video Tools (free). From some of the posts on the board, it appears Rad sometimes has glitches converting audio; if that happens to you then just get QuickTime Pro. When doing your conversion to avi, I advise choosing a lossless codec or no compression, so that there is no loss in quality. (The avi file may be big though).
    3. If you’re from step 1, just feed the QuickTime file into Windows Media Encoder; if you’re from step 2, feed the intermediate avi into Windows Media Encoder. Then just encode! If you have Windows XP you can substitute Windows Media Encoder with Windows Movie Maker, but you won’t get as many options.

    Links:
    QuickTime Pro: http://www.apple.com/quicktime
    RAD Video Tools: http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm
    Windows Media Encoder: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...er/default.aspx

    Notes:
    For those who like to tinker with things you could convert to MPEG-1 instead of avi using TMPGENC from http://www.tmpgenc.net and the QuickTime plugin from http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/svcd.html
    Then step 3 would be the same.
    Also if you want to play with older asf/wmv codecs you can get Windows Media Encoder 7 at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en
    or the older Netshow Tools (google for nstools.exe - Microsoft doesn’t carry it on their site anymore)

    this answer was copied from an anonymous person at http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/4026p1.html
    just giving credit where do
     
  3. FlanteJuice

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    Thats really weird , sorry Dont know what todo
     
  4. Comander Pam

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    thanks but i can't get the get movie properties thing to show up.
     
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    are you on a mac or windows
     
  6. Comander Pam

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    windows

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    It says that i need pro.

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    someone?
     
  7. Comander Pam

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    anyone?
     
  8. ZenShen

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    If you send me the quicktime file, I can convert it to whatever format you need.
     
  9. Comander Pam

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    thanks but i have other movies also. and I want to do it by my self. thanks anyway.
     
  10. ZenShen

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    I'll suggest WinAVI movie convertor :)
     
  11. Comander Pam

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    whats that. if i have to download it give me a link.

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    new problem too!!! Is there a way to convert songs from Itunes into a format i can use in windows moviemaker?
     
  12. Comander Pam

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    someine
     
  13. Comander Pam

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    bump
     
  14. Comander Pam

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    how come noone has an answer???
     
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    AsPiCk_666 Well-Known Member

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    get a video converter
     

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