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WMV to Quicktime (iMovie)
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Hey, I am entering a video editing contest and the files that they gave were in WMV format. I need to get it into iMovie and I'm guessing the easiest way is to change it into an MPEG video. Does anyone have a somewhat simple way of doing this? Thanks!
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I did a quick Google search. There are lots of Windows utilities to do it. You might need to borrow a PC.
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Originally posted by speedballs:
Hey, I am entering a video editing contest and the files that they gave were in WMV format. I need to get it into iMovie and I'm guessing the easiest way is to change it into an MPEG video. Does anyone have a somewhat simple way of doing this? Thanks!
wmv is a M$ owned format, on a Mac you can only playback such files, no conversion.
try to find someone with a PC - don't! convert into mpeg!! that's not meant for editing!! best would be to convert into .dv, you probably need an external fw drive… or, on dvd-r you can catch ~ 20min of dv stream
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A company called Telestream is supposed to release a WMV importer/exporter for Quicktime for Mac soon for around $100 USD.
http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_mac.htm
Also if the WMV is NOT version 9 then VLC can convert it into DivX or MPEG4.
Use the Advanced Output checkbox to access the settings for an output movie.
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Originally posted by Tee:
Also if the WMV is NOT version 9 then VLC can convert it into DivX or MPEG4.
Use the Advanced Output checkbox to access the settings for an output movie.
Problem here is that it is a editing contest. converting to Divx or Mpeg4 and then converting back to a DV fle so he can edit would kill the footage quality wise. There would be artifacting to no end. best bet is what someone else said already find a PC and convert directly to a DV file. Chances are it is already a DV file with the WMV codec and it shouldn't take to long. The other option is to put it on a PC with a firewire port and send it back to a MiniDV camcorder and reaquire in iMovie
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you could probably do it via a screen capture utility...I have been meaning to acquire one of these for a similiar purpose myself...maybe somebody here knows some likely suspects ?
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Originally posted by pcd2k:
you could probably do it via a screen capture utility...I have been meaning to acquire one of these for a similiar purpose myself...maybe somebody here knows some likely suspects ?
Snapz Pro X2 works quite well for capturing movies playing in WMP/RealPlayer/Quicktime Player/Apple DVD Player, etc...
www.ambrosiasw.com
The controls of the application are a bit cumbersome (IMHO) but it usually does a great job of grabbing video and audio.
It's kinda pricey at $79US for the version with movie capture.
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