Convert mov to format for non-mac family members!
I have 2 short videos that I need to convert so that non mac family members can view them. (I know, I should disown them). How do I do this? When I go to export and it appears that I am saving as jpeg, it doesn't work. Is jpeg only for stills?
Thanks!
JPEG is an image format.
Any modern machine can run the free QuickTime Player app and use it to view your iMovie exports.
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I am surprised that Apple did not build a converter into Mt. Lion.
Apple does have a converter built into Mountain Lion. It is call "Quicktime." However, in order to use this converter, you must first make sure the compression formats are playback compatible with QT. Basically, there are three levels of QT compatibility. The lowest is "Playback." These file can be played by QT but may not be conversion or edit compatible with QT. The second level is QT "Conversion" compatible. These files are playback compatible and can be converted to other compression formats using QT. "Edit" compatible media files are "Fully" compatible with QT since the can be played, converted and/or edited by QT. The main problem here is that AVI is a "legacy" file format that has not been officially supported by Microsoft for more than 11 years when it was replaced by Windows Media multimedia file/compression formats. Many of the original compression formats used in AVI files have never been transcoded for the Mac platform, use beyond system 9, or use beyond PPC platforms. In addition, some commonly used AVI codecs are proprietary or use non-standard (hybrid) profile and level combinations. In short, there is little wonder that Apple has been distancing itself from this outdated file type as it re-writes and upgrades its own QT structure to support more standardized, more scalable, more modern high definition file types and compression formats. It is really unfortunate that users continue to use this outmoded file type simply because it is freely available, easy to use, or they are simply too lazy to move on to a more modern or more efficient file types and/or compression formats.
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Hey JimS01810,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1329
Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats), so you can't use a Mac-formatted iPod to move your music to a Windows PC.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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I have an IPod Touch that has been formatted for a Mac. All instructions I have been able to find use ITunes or Device Manager to reformat the device for Windows. This cannot be done if Windows doesn't recognize the device. Is there another way to set the device back to the factory settings directly on the device without using ITunes?
Ipod touch is not formatted one way or the other at all.
Just sync it to the new computer using itunes.
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Install software on your PC such as MediaFour's MacDrive to enable it to read/write Mac formatted disks.
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In Finder's Menu, select Go menu>Go to Folder, and go to "/volumes". (no quotes)
Volumes is where an alias to your hard drive ("/" at boot) is placed at startup, and where all the "mount points" for auxiliary drives are created for you to access them. This folder is normally hidden from view.
Drives with an extra 1 on the end have a side-effect of mounting a drive with the same name as the system already think exists. Try trashing the duplicates with a 1 or 2 if there are no real files in them, and reboot.
If it does contain data...
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On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:14 PM, ssprengel <[email protected]> -
Is Web gallery even an option for non .mac domains? I host my personal website on godaddy and am wondering if the coolness that is the new Web .mac gallery can be "published" to godaddy.
Hi Dave, the beauty about ajax+XML is exactly that you don't need a complicated markup to render flashy pages, the XML part is handled by iPhoto itself and you just need the script to do whatever it wants with your photos, trust me, you don't need a .Mac account or anything more that the script and a plain and common web server, there's no behind-the-scenes magic.
But don't trust me, go here: http://www.ontoinfo.com/2006/09/22/javascript-flying-pictures-effect/ follow the instructions, make sure to copy the script from their link at their second paragraph and just paste it on your address bar, and that's a ONE-LINE script, much smaller that a tiny picture in size, and you can run that script on any website on the web, provided they got many pictures so you can enjoy it, no special web server or behind-the-scenes magic, just paste it on your address bar.
It's common to find stuff that you hadn't upload on most web servers, and I don't think Apple would be so naive to put them freely available on user accounts.
I don't spend my lunch uploading a gallery either, I just use the free Picasa plug-in on iPhoto and it gets uploaded in a couple of minutes, it may not be that flashy, but has more features and control than .Mac, Picasa as you might know is Google, and they master at web applications (ajax too BTW).
I was a .Mac user for years when it was free and even when they made it a pay service I stayed for a year, still in my own opinion not worthy. Also I got three iPods, The one I use everyday (a 60GB) is full and have never paid a premium or a subscription for it, iTMS is not available in my country for that matter, but if it were, I would gladly pay .99 for a song, but not $69 for a script and 10 useless GB (that's me).
Yes I've tried iWeb twice, once when it came out and the other a week ago, I didn't like it then, and a week ago found it pretty disappointing, some new stuff but still renders the most horrible markup ever, a simple page takes 10 times to render. Rapidweaver does a much better job.
On the other hand, and despite the huge disappointment of iWeb, iMovie and the .Mac fiasco, I love iPhoto, it is really and noticeably faster and the keyword engine is great. Also I would pay $80 for Pages and Keynote each, and Numbers is a good start.
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Can I burn photos onto a DVD/CD for non-Mac users?
Can I burn photos onto a DVD/CD for non-Mac users?
You can burn a plain CD/DVD by just dragging the photos there; but, that may or may not be playable by everyone. To be sure that the result would be playable in any computer or CD/DVD player, it would be better to use either one of the apps already on your system - such as iPhoto. I don't use that myself - I use other third party software - but take a look at iPhoto help. And, you could make it more interesting by creating a slideshow - also in iPhoto, or iMovie. To give it the final cool touch, bring it into iDVD to give it a polished look if you'd like. You can burn it then from any of the above.
If you happen to have Toast (an excellent burning app), you could use that as well (that is my preferred way to work). In Toast, you have multiple choices: burn a data CD/DVD for Mac only, for Mac & PC, etc, burn a picture CD, video DVD, etc, etc. -
HT204382 how to convert movies from flip for use in final cut pro
How do you convert movies from a Flip video camera for use in final cut pro?
DVDs are in a socalled delivery format (mpeg2), which isn't meant and made for any processing as editing...
in recommended order, choose one of the following tools/workarounds:
DVDxDV (free trial, 25$, Pro: 90$)
Apple mpeg2 plugin (19$) + Streamclip (free)
VisualHub (23.32$)
Drop2DV (free)
Cinematize >60$
Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
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connect a miniDV Camcorder with analogue input to a DVD-player and transfer disk to tape/use as converter
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/convertdvdstodvs
(advice is for imports to iM... )
none of these methods or tools override copy protection/DRM mechanisms.. advice on 'ripping' is a violation of the ToU of this board ..
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Converting mts to format for Imovie
Still trying and trying to find an answer. So I have tried http://www.iskysoft.com/topic-mts/convert-mtsm2ts-files-to-imovie-on-mac.html which says it will convert it to a version for imovie so I downloaded trial so that I could try it. TOok an mts file Converted it to the version for imovie. Tried to drag and drop it into imovie. Nope wont do it. Tried converting it to the MPEG format in this trial version nope wont drag and drop into imovie either.
Im willing to buy a converter but want to make sure it will work. Have found nothing thus far that I can figure out how to convert an MTS file to a version that can be dragged and dropped into Imovie.
Sigh so frustrated by this.
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Maybe I am just slow but have had no success so far.
I have spent literally hours so far tonight trying to solve this problem.mts doesn't need a 'conversion' just a re-wrapping.
two options
• ReWrap2M4V - google for it, it's a free automator script; to make it run, you have to install two other items, basically to get a functioning installtion of the ffmpeg package - sounds tricky, just follow installtion advices, easy. re-wraps any mts within split-seconds
• AVCCAM - is a QT-plugin provided by Panasonic; it teaches any QT-based app to handle mts; after DL in installation, use most popular tool Mpeg Streamclip to open your mts; then, without any settings nor conversions, goto 'save as' and choose mov. -
Converting QuickTime to format for Windows Media Player
I have some QT movie clips on my Mac that I need to play on a PC which does not have QuickTime installed. The computers I need to use these movies cannot have QT installed on them because my employer does not support QT, only using Windows Media Player.
So, how do I convert the QT clips I have on my Mac in to something that will play on a PC Windows Media Player ? Is it possible? I'd like to convert them, put them on a CD or DVD and then play them on the PC using Windows Media Player either from the CD/DVD.You could use Flip4Mac with iMovie. Which you probably have. It's easiest with QuicktimePro though.
Flip4Mac PlayerPro converts WMV to mov ($49)
Flip4Mac Studio converts MOV to WMV ($99) and includes PlayerPro too.
Flip4Mac Studio Pro adds 2 pass encoding (more control over data rate) and WMV HD (HiDef) ($179)
The Flip4Mac series are all plugins that work in other programs QuickTime based programs.
You'd open your MOV file in iMovie for example and use the Share export feature Advanced and save as WMV. It'll ask you for settings which depends on what you're actually using the WMV for (broadband, dial up, play from a PCs hard drive). -
Problems With An iPod Formatted For a Mac
I have a 30GB 5G iPod and i formatted it for my mac but now i can't use it as a portable drive to move files from my pc to my mac, do i have to reformat it for a pc to use it to transfer files?
Hi Anthony,
As you have found out, Windows does not have any native support for Mac formatted drives so your freshly Mac formatted iPod will not be readable on a Windows machine.
However Macs can read Windows formatted iPods just fine, so to answer your question, if you reformat back to DOS (Fat32) format using a Windows machine and iTunes loaded on the Windows machine to perform the "Restore" which will reformat it, you can then plug it into your Mac and sync it to your Mac library, the iPod will remain Windows formatted, and if you enable Disk Mode on the iPod it can be used as an external drive on both Mac and Windows systems.
The only other solution I know of is paying for software to run on the Windows machine to be able to read Mac formats.
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Hi,
I have never asked this before but I would like to have a betterunderstanding, I have seen this a lot, when you buy a new external hard drive that says “ready formatted for mac”or in some tutorials on the internet they recommend ... “format for Mac before you use your new HD ” and I have noticed that in some cases I have not formatted my new external HDs and they just worked, so I was wondering what’s the difference between a formatted HD for PC vs Mac.
Can some explain the differance between a formatted HD for PC vs Mac or direct me to where I can find some info about formatting types?
Does this mean that I cannot use the same hard drive for both a PC and Mac? In otherwords this means that I cannot switch a HD back and forward between a PC and a Mac? I haven’t tried this since I’m afraid to corrupt the files other HD itself but it would be nice to know if this is possible.
Can some explain a little bit about the different format types?
ThanksMac uses a filing system called HFS+ [Hierarchical Filing System Extended] for writing files to a drive. Windows uses a filing system called NTFS [New Technology Filing System]. The older Windows system was FAT(32) [File Attribution Table-- 32-bit]. Mac can read and write to HFS+ and FAT32 but can read only from NTFS (without third-party plug-ins). Most commercially-available external drives are formatted so that Windows users can put the drives into service without any preparation for their machines; this means that most drives from BestBuy etc are formatted FAT32, which creates no problems for general usage with a Mac. In order to use such a drive for Time Machine you would have to re-format to HFS+. That is the message you would get if you decided to use such a drive for Mac backup. The Time Machine process would happily do that for you to prepare the drive. However, it is possible to do that hands-on yourself by using Disk Utility. When a drive isuch as a LaCie or G-Tech is purchased from an Apple Store or Apple Reseller the drive is already formatted HFS+ for Mac users which is why the box label would read that it is ready for Mac (but not for Windows!).
As a rule of thumb, I clean a drive before I ever begin to write files to it by using Disk Utility to erase and format. That way the drive is doulble-checked for bad sectors before use where your important files will be stored. If you have already written files to a drive then it cannot be re-formatted without wiping it clean because the allotment sectors have to be prepared on an empty drive. Don't be confused about partitioning since a drive already formatted in HFS+ using the GUID Partition Table can be partitioned 'on the fly' (so to speak) without erasing the files. -
Why can't Apple make 'publish changes only' for non .mac users?
The recent iWeb update to 1.1 and the now increasingly obvious differential between .mac and non .mac features has prompted me to post here today.
I can understand comments, passwords and search facilities being a .mac only experience because it requires server side technology. I can also understand that .mac users get enhanced features like slideshows as well.
But why is the fundamentally *basic* option to 'publish the changes only' not available to non .mac users?
I know uploading to .mac uses a different protocol to uploading via FTP, but I don't think it is about that. Obviously the software engine in iWeb 1.1 can now track the pages that have changed, and flag those for uploading. So if the facility to do this is not available with non .mac uploading, is this some form of crippleware? Can any software engineers comment on this or am I talking off the top of my head? [And please mods, don't delete this post - I use the word 'crippleware' in its harshest form, clearly I can still use iWeb to make fantastic websites - I am asking a technical question here.]
Michael
A Trusty Quicksilver G4 Dual 1GHzOK, from reading this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=486335&tstart=0
There is a pattern: An error occurred while publishing file “/blah/blah", while file "/blah/blah" seems to be random from one person to the next, but they all share one thing and that is communication protocol.
For iWeb to be able to publish changes to .Mac, it has to:
1. identify if the file exists
2. do the following:
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2b1. if checksums match, don't copy
2b2. if checksums don't match copy it to .Mac
At least I think that's what going on, I don't have .Mac so that is best I can think of. Perhaps, some Apple SW engineers can jump in here.
Now, the bad part is iWeb has to (and I'm assuming iWeb uses WebDAV):
1. go thru each file locally
2. crawl its way into .Mac (WebDAV is a slow protocol) to find the the counter part.
3. when it finds a file that matches a client side file, it has to (some how) do checksum on-the-fly across the net work (which is slow and congested)
#3 is I think where it failed, there are many factors here: 1) networks congestion 2) latency 3) protocol overhead 4) checksum calculation time etc...
iWeb eventually times out because any/all of the above.
It's nice that WebDAV can author to the host yada, yada, but it's so SLOOOOOW.
What I would do is for every publishing, I would build a files and their checksums keep it on the host (or local, must be hidden).
For subsequence publishing, I would (use a fast protocol like FTP) download this pre-built files/checksums list. Locally, do a full publishing, making checksum comparison, the result is delta changes; upload only those. Build a new files/checksums list upload that too.
What I mean to say is offload everything that is possible to local machine, bandwidth is PREMIUM!
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