question for techie types

Mon, 2007-06-18 23:16

#2

You need one of them converter things. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we'll find peace. - Jimi Hendrix

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Mon, 2007-06-18 23:39

#3

Enzo v2.0

Don't know about converting, but if the problem is you can't watch something you want to watch, you can download software to play it. I'm not an expert, but I think .mov is the quicktime file format. You can download the quicktime player free from here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ As an alternative, VLC will probably play it too. VLC is good because it's a small, free programme which plays pretty much anything, no probs: http://www.download.com/3000-2194_4-10672218.html Ben

Mon, 2007-06-18 23:51

#4

Enzo v2.0

NOTE: By "I'm not expert" what I'm saying is..."I googled .mov and the first few results suggested it's Quicktime, so I googled Quicktime and posted the link." In other words, if you follow my recommendation and it doesn't work, it's the internet's fault. Good luck.

Tue, 2007-06-19 09:26

#5

maddan

.mov files *are* compatible with windows, just download quicktime (it's free but you have to get itunes as well - but that doesn't matter because itunes is great).

Tue, 2007-06-19 09:37

#6

maddan

googling "convert mov files to wmv" reveals the following: this, this, this, this, this, and this, one of which may even work if your lucky

Tue, 2007-06-19 10:23

#7

Enzo v2.0

Yeah, the link I posted is for the quicktime download. I have itunes and I hate it but I'm stuck with it because I've got an iPod. A guy at work has a different MP3 player (some kind of PeudoPod) made by Creative. It's well good.

Tue, 2007-06-19 10:53

#8

maddan

aww - I like itunes (although it's a bit of a memory hog so not so great on less wizzbang computers). I used to work for Creative Labs you know, although I had nothing to do with their mp3 players.

Tue, 2007-06-19 11:16

#9

ivoryfishbone

my daughter has a creative - partly thanks to dan's advice on here! and it is a brilliant thing ... thanks for the advice btw ... i have two digital cameras and one seems to upload in a format that windows movie maker likes and the other uploads as .mov files which it doesn't ... seems like i have to pay for a converter otherwise it splatters advertising all over my film ... bugger it ... will just have to redo the filming and upload on the other camera i reckon ... cheers anyway xxx

Tue, 2007-06-19 11:47

#10

maddan

My friend Will (where there's a Will there's a way) -who does this sort of thing as part of his job- recommends MediaCoder, which is free and I just watched it convert a .mov file to a .wmv7 file. it's here: http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ and here some info about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaCoder It looks pretty nifty.

Tue, 2007-06-19 12:00

#11

Enzo v2.0

Hey Dan- Please can you ask Will if that mediacoder is a good way to convert .avi to something that'll play on a normal DVD player? It's something I've wanted to be able to do for a while.

Tue, 2007-06-19 12:44

#12

ivoryfishbone

everyone should have a maddan on the mantelpiece i reckon ...

Tue, 2007-06-19 12:49

#13

ivoryfishbone

could there be a maddan action figure like the one i just bought of a member of fall out boy?

Tue, 2007-06-19 13:13

#14

maddan

Curiously, I also know a man who makes action figures (his name isn't Will, it's Jim) - I've asked him to make one of me before, but he still hasn't done it.

Tue, 2007-06-19 13:25

#15

maddan

I don't think it'll actually write a dvd for you (software to do that should have come with your dvd writer) - but there's a page on it here (automatically translated from the french, apparently) If you have a Mac, iDVD will do all that anyway. Or you could just write a VCD onto a normal CDR, most CD writing software (EasyCD, Nero) will do that even in the free versions.

Wed, 2007-06-20 12:50

#16

ggggareth

Now he's just showing off.

Fri, 2007-06-22 07:20

#17

pepsoid

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