Importing QuickTime, WMV, and MPG movies

Is it possible to import QuickTime, WMV, or MPG movies into
Captivate? Or can Captivate only import FLV movies.

Hi again
I've personally not encountered a need for converting.
However, on her blog, Silke Fleischer (Former Adobe Captivate
Product Manager) talks about a converter that may be recommended.
It's called SoThink Video Converter and you may examine or order it
by visiting the site.
Link
to Silke's blog post
Link to SoThink.com
Cheers... Rick

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go out and gather together all players you can run on Lion:
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All I want at the moment is to play these two files, though I would like to combine them into a movie at some stage.
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http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_playerpro.htm
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