Conversion to WMV file

Is it possible to convert MOV file to WMV file?
If so, what is the best way/ application would recommend?

I have never had any problems using AppGeeker to convert MOV to WMV on Mac, i am using a iMac with 10.5.8 Leopard.
And there is also another way available to handle this converison - upgrade QuickTime to its Pro version, but it cost your some of money.
Handbrake could convert MOV files, but it seems to no longer be updated.

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Working with WMV files in FCP 5 Timeline

I know Flip4Mac Studio Edition allows for importing and exporting into and out of FCP 5 in WMV format. What I'm not sure of, is can you do intensive editing on the WMV files in FCP 5 without any glitches. Will FCP run smoothly?
I am asking because I work at online company that will be receiving wmv files on its servers. This is a high volume workflow with an intense turnover rate. We are receiving hour long clips and re-editing them down to 2 minutes. There is no time to go through lengthy WMV to MOV conversions. We need to receive, edit, and output all in WMV.
Can FLip4Mac with FCP 5 edit an intense environment like this? Where everything is done in WMV? Or Is Flip4Mac primarily for converting WMV into MOV so that editing in FCP is done with MOV files, and then at the end exporting as WMV again.
Is FLip4Mac the only solution. Are there others? After recommending and praising Macs, I may be on thin ice if FLip4Mac isn't a sufficient workaround!!
Thanks Curtis

Saving a WMV as MOV in QuicktimePro is simply putting a MOV wrapper on the WMV so FCP will better handle it. It's a Save As not an export so there's no additional compression.
Ultimately you will have to render though, most likely because it's not one of the video formats natively handled by FCP (DV, DVCPro50, etc). It's not just the physical settings, the "video" codec itself must be supported. BTW if you were to edit in HDV you'd have to render too for output (to create new GOP structure in that case though).
Hi Craig,
Thanks for the advice, a few things though....
"Flip4Mac Player Pro allows you to edit WMV in FCP."
The problem is that I need to render when I import
WMV files into FCP, even though I have matched all of
the parameters in the sequence settings (ie. pixel
aspect ratio, frame rate, frame size, etc.)
I don't know for sure, but my understanding is I have
to render because there is no WM9 option under the
"compressor" parameter in the Sequence Settings.
Because of this it is impossible to import WMV files
without rendering even with FLip4Mac, because I have
it installed and can still export as a WMV file.
Have you discovered a way to import WMV files into
FCP without needing rendering? This is critical for
me because the environment I'm in doesn't allow for
long render times, as it will slow down the workflow
of the whole newsroom.
"I can also open WMV in QuicktimePro (with Flip4Mac)
and save the file as MOV. I find it works smoother
that way."
But doesn't it degrade the quality when you convert
to .MOV? And for me, going from WMV to MOV back to
WMV will result in degradations at each step won't
it?
Curtis

Best way to modify a WMV file and save to computer

I have a 200 MB WMV file for a 4 hour meeting presentation. I want to split it up and save it into 4 separate 1 hour presentations. With a little editing in the middle to remove breaks and downtimes.
I can do everything but the Save. Whenever I save it, it either is in really poor quality and 50 MB or it is okay quality and 500-5000 MB. Quality doesn't have to be great but I should be able to read 12 point text when expanding it to full screen.
How do I get my final copy to be of equal quality as the original and proportionallly small file size.

I agree with Steve. While WMV is a supported format, the CODEC's used will initially heavily-compress the footage, and require some intense horsepower to internally convert to that DV-AVI.
Were I faced with your Project, WMM would be my first stop. If I needed Effects, or more editing capabilities, then I would convert that WMV to DV-AVI externally, Import that, but would probably Export/Share to DV-AVI, and use the free MS Media Encoder (name just recently changed, so my link no longer works with for the new version), as PrE (and PrPro) is not the ultimate WMV Encoder.
Remember, your material is already heavily-compressed, and no amount of conversion, whether internally, or externally, will recover the lost data and quality. Keeping things in WMV with WMM will keep it as good as it gets, and that is why Steve, and I, recommend it for this sort of Project. WMV's are great for delivery, but heck to edit.
Good luck,
Hunt

Wmv files too dark

Hi Everyone,
I'm using VisualHub for wmv file conversion but the images are very dark.
I do standard broadcast level adjustments on all my projects but I'm thinking that I need to adjust the gamma level to eliminate very crushed black levels.
If this is correct, what gamma correction level do you recommend when converting .mov files to wmv?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Chris

You might find this little app to be useful.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15394
It's called GammaToggleX and it will temporarily change your monitor to show Mac or PC gamma.<
Cool, thanks, Leigh.
I just wish to point out that chasing the gamma of the Mac/PC displays can be slightly misleading. If you crunch contrast or brightness settings in your encoder, you are actually altering pixels in the output file. You can't get them back without re-encoding from the original media.
And millions of computer twits do not have their displays properly set up anyway.
bogiesan

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I'm a relative newbie to FCE and have just used it to work with short videos from my AVCHD camcorder.
Recently, I sent a bunch of Hi-8 video tapes to an online conversion service, and they were returned to me as a series of 3GB (2 hour) WMV files. What format do I need to convert these into to be able to edit everything down to a single DVD's worth?
I thought using Prism to convert the WMV to MOV would work, but when I try to import (or drop) a MOV file (also 3GB) into FCE, I get a very long spinning beach ball. Should I have used another format or codec?
Or, should I work with smaller files? Is there any easy way to split up the MOV or WMV files into smaller chunks?
I was hoping to finish this project by Christmas, but I can't even get to a decent starting point!
Thanks for any guidance.
John S

Thanks!
It's the first time I've used a conversion service, so I didn't even think to try to specify the output format.
That may be the best approach; otherwise I'll go with the QT DV suggestion. The quality is pretty poor to begin with, since these are from a 1990-era camcorder.
Thanks again!
John

Importing .wmv files from adobe photoshop elements

My mother-in-law created a slideshow with adobe photoshop elements 6.0 and I can get into into a .wmv file but can not import it to imovie. I saw another post about changing the code on the PC but can't seem to find a place to do that on the program. This is a one time thing and I don't want to pay for a conversion software that I will never use. Any ideas? I thought about just burning a DVD of the slideshow and then trying to import it that way, will that work?

I saw another post about changing the code on the PC but can't seem to find a place to do that on the program
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Converting .WMV files to iTunes and iMovie 08 compatible files -- Possible?

I have QuickTime Pro for Windows (XP Home, SP3). I also have a MacBook Pro 17" notebook (OS X 10.5 Leopard) with iLife 08, an iPod Touch, and an iPhone 3G. I want to be able to view (and sometimes edit) -- on my MacBook Pro -- videos (with audio) that exist as .WMV files which I have downloaded from a friend's website to a Shared Folder on my PC (which is connected to my MacBook on a LAN). I'll probably break down and spend the $30 to upgrade QuickTime on my Mac to QuickTime Pro so that I won't have to work through a Shared Folder, but that's neither here nor there for the moment. What I wanted to do was to use QT Pro to convert the .WMV files to an Apple-compatible format, but it doesn't seem to be able to do that. It will go ahead and APPEAR to convert the file during Export, changing the file extension from .wmv to .mp4, for example, but the exported (converted?) file won't play in the QuickTime Player. I can press the Play button, and the marker moves as if the file were playing, but no movie appears on the screen and no audio is heard. Will I have to get third-party software to effect the conversion?

http://flip4mac.com
Purchase one of the upgrades and use QuickTime Pro (iMovie '08 is still not supported).

Time Machine backing up huge files after opening wmv file in QuickTime

Good evening to everyone;
I have noticed that after I open wmv file (or any file that needs conversion) in QuickTime; the next TM back up backs up 10+ GB to my Time Capsule. Can anyone pls explain to me where can I find this big file so I can exclude it from the back ups?
And maybe why are they even created?
Not sure if it is relevant but I also have Perian 1.1 and Flip4mac latest version installed, which lets me open all kinds of files in QuickTime.
Thanx a ton

Might be that the Quicktime cache is hiding the data. In the Users>Libraray>Caches>Quicktime>Downloads, you'll probably see a pile of items. I've never gotten rid of all of them, but you can give it a try. Post back if you find anything interesting out.

How to convert WMV files? (On Win XP)

Hello,
I understand that if I want to watch my WMV files on my iPod, i need to convert them to a suitable format.
How can/should I do this on Windows XP? I've got quite a few lectures I'd like to watch on the go.
What video formats does the iPod support, and what software should I use to do the conversion?
Thank you,

See this for help: Guide to converting video for iPod (Mac/Windows).

Why don't WMV files Act like MPG files?

I use a mid 2012 Mac Pro; run OS X 10.9 Mavericks. When I was using OS X 10.5.8 Leopard the icons on my WMV files were flipped to show a picture of the video; just like all my MPG files. Why doesn't Mavericks do that? And is there a way I can flip the icons on my WMV files to show a picture again?

How do I convert a file to a QL/QT X v10.3 compatible file?
1) This depends on the software you have installed on your system. Basically you need to either have one of the purchase Flip4Mac products installed on your system or a conversion app that has built-in codec support and the source file will have to be unprotected. I have Telestream's Flip4Mac Studio (includes basic import and ecport codecs) so I can use QT 7 Pro, MPEG Streamclip, QT X v10.3, the Mavericks Finder level AV Convert software, or the free Flip Player to perform these conversions. If you don't have a paid Flip4Mac codec installed for use with apps that access you system QT codec components configuration, then you could try a free app like HandBreake or on of the commercial converters available for the Mac.
2) If you already have the Player Pro (or greater) codec package installed on your system, then you can simply open your unencrypted WMV file in the QT X v10.3 player and it will automatically be converted to an H.264/AAC MOV file.
3) If you already have the Player Pro (or greater) codec package installed on your system, then you can simply select one or more WMV file icons in the Finder that you want to convert and then select the Context Adaptive menu (Control-Click menu) and select the "Servoices > Encode Selected Video Files" option. This option will open a widow allowing you select a few conversion options like "High/Low" quality settings for targerted H.264/AAC display settings or the selection of the Apple ProRes 422/PCM codec best used as an inermediate codec if you plan to edit the converted file in a video editor at a later time.
4) If you already have the Player Pro (or greater) codec package installed on your system, then you can simply open your unencrypted WMV file in the free Flip Player and export your file(s) to app or device targeted presets.
5) If you already have the Player Pro (or greater) codec package installed on your system, then you can simply open your unencrypted WMV file in the either QT 7 Pro v7.6.6 player or free MPEG Streamclip app (if installed) for export to device targeted M4V, "Movie to MPEG-4" MP4, or compatible "Movie to QuickTime" MOV files (e.g., H.264/AAC, MJPEG/PCM, etc. compression format files.
6) If you don't have a WMV support codec package installed on your system, then you can try opening the file in the Free HandBrake app and us it to convert to one of available Apple compatible presets or create a custom preset of your own. (Note: I have only used this with common WMV downloaded files like WMA 9 audio with WMV 8 video in the WMV container.)
7) If you already have a commercial converter with WMV support built into the application installed on your system then you can use it to perform a conversion of your WMV files.
How do I create an icon manually?
1) Basically you select a compatible image file of a compatible size and shape and drop it to the "Info" window (Finder "Command-I" shortcut) icon area. I would normally recommend a JPEG image of VGA-like dimensions and in the shape you prefer. For instance, you can export/capture a frame from your movie and convert it to a JPEG image having the same aspect as your video with a 640 pixel width at 72dpi, create a 640x640 JPEG image if you prefer a more "record" album-like icon, create aposter or DVD case-like JPEG image if desired, or anything in betweem. Just be aware that if the images are too large in an incompatible format, they will be rejected when you try to drag 'n drop them to the info window. (I.e., it would be ridiculous to try and use an 8-, 10-, or 12-megapixel image as your icon.)
2) Where compatible, you can also assign a custom designed metadata "poster-frame" wich I believ is still used by the finder as an icon image. (Don't quote me on this yet as I have not confirmed it yet under Mavericks as it is taking som much time to just run down what is and is not still working video-wise un this new system.)

Converting wmv files for ipod

I have a couple of wmv files that I would like to put on my ipod. I upgraded to QT Pro and chose export then chose movie-ipod. I get the video to play after the conversion but there's a watermark that says something about created with flip 4 mac trial version. I thought I created it with QT Pro?!?! Please don't tell me I have to buy the flip 4 mac pro version and that I wasted $30 on the QT Pro! Or am I (hopefully) doing something wrong or do I need to change a setting somewhere? Thanks so much!!
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8) IPod Video 30G

I thought I created it with QT Pro?Wrong. If you want to import a WMV file and convert it to QT, you need the $29 Flip4Mac (Windows Media proprietary) codec. (And if you want to export QT files to the WMV format it will cost you another $20 for the proprietary export codec.) Same holds true for DivX v6.5 if you want that proprietary codec too. Also be advised that the Flip4Mac components only support WMV v9 and not the MS/WMA/WMA2 audio formats found in v9.2, 10, and 11 (which seem to be in popular use with DivX video in AVI containers of late. So, if you plan to use a lot of media created on Windows machines, be prepared to install a number of components (some of which will not be free) and have a lot of disappointments when you come across compression formats that have never been ported for use on a Mac, only work in OS 9, and/or are not available in universal binary format if needed.

Converting QT to WMV files for PowerPoint presentation on PC

Hi All,
I have a client on a tight budget who wants to incorporate some talking heads into their Powerpoint presentation on their PC. I did a test with a full resolution Quicktime file but they could not play it.
My plan is to export as a Windows Media Player file but I'm not sure if there are any settings that I should be aware of before I deliver.
I am editing in DV 720 x 480. Can I keep this file size and just export at full quality?
I have both VisualHub and Flip4Mac software.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Chris

Thanks for the reminder on the size, Jim.
quick question. I've done a test using the Flip4Mac preset - One pass VBR, Presentation (high) and the clips play fine of their PC. The client is happy, But, and this is a big but for me.... I can see some green leaking through around the heads. I have worked very hard on the key using the DVGarage plug-in and it's clean on my computer.
Is something happening during the conversion to wmv? The bitrate on the presentation preset is only 80 with a peak bit rate of 160, a far cry from the 1600k cbr that you suggested. I need to deliver today and I'm not sure if I should be experimenting too much at this stage, but, on the other hand, they will be using a projector.
I could really use some advice.
Cheers,
Chris

Streamclip launches with WMV files

So I have a new intel MBP and I'm waiting for an universal binary of Flip4mac WMV player. I have MPEG Streamclip downloaded for home DVD conversion to DV.
Anyway, whenever I click on a wmv file in Safari it downloads the file and Streamclip launches and gives an error message.
Now, it's annoying enough to have to trash these WMV downloads, but to have to quit streamclip everytime is driving me nuts.
Why is Streamclip even launching and is there some setting I can change to fix this? Will eventually downloading flip4mac solve the problem?
Thanks

Don't click on a WMP file.
Use the browser status menu (bottom of the browser window) and hover your mouse over a suspected link. If your see a WMP file extension (.wma, .wmv, .asf and a few others) you don't click
Open one of these downloaded files and use the Get Info window to change the default open with app. Set it to none.

Important wmv / files converted from wmv to avi into imovie - PROBLEM!

Hi there,
I feel like I'm going insane with this.
I had the same problem on '08 as I do on '09.
I make youtube videos and I am trying to open some clips that were edited on a PC by other youtube users (who have emailed them to me for a group project). They won't open in imovie. If I convert the file to .avi or .m4v or even .mp4 using Handbrake, they still won't import into imovie.
I don't know what to do and there aren't that many threads about this online.
The closest I've got is this information I found on one thread:
iMovie '08 will only allow you to to import files containing compression formats that can be edited. If your AVI file won't import, it likely means that the audio and/or video data is not editable. To import it, you will have to first convert it to any of the acceptable compression formats. For video this means DV, AIC, M-JPEG, Photo-JPEG, MPEG-4, or H.264.
Can anyone help me?
I've wasted such a lot of time on this.
I have Flip4Mac (free) and I can't export a wmv file on it unless I buy Quicktime Pro but I'm loathe to buy it on the offchance by converted file still won't open in imovie
I hope to hear from someone soon.
Many thanks,
Emily

Hi Em and welcome to the forums!
On this one issue I may be able to help:
I have Flip4Mac (free) and I can't export a wmv file on it unless I buy Quicktime Pro
Nope, QT Pro does not export to wmv, but the PAID FOR version of Flip4Mac does that conversion!

Can I import wmv files into iDVD?

I have a client who just handed me some windows media files. Can I import those into iDVD without converting them?
Cheers.
Tom

Hi
It needs to be converted.
.wmv
iMovie is by concept meant to work with miniDV camcorders . . any other 'imports' need a conversion or are not supported... a quick solution would be purchasing a plug-in from www.flip4mac.com, 49$, which allows the conversion of .wmv (a PC format) into something useful for iM (dv-stream) ...
or, ask the emailer to send it in some other codec .. mpg4 for example .. which will be converted by iM 'out-of-the-box' ... and, to work with iM, the video should fulfill a few standards .. 720x480 pixel resolution, 30 frames per second ... otherwise, you will experience a dramatic loss of quality ..
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