MPEG-4 video converter

This is going to sound a little backwards, but does anyone know of a reliable program to change my MPEG-4 files into avi, wmv, or other files? I want to do some editing, 'cause the sound is off on some of my movies, but my video editor won't take MPEG-4 files. (These are not files that I purchased on iTunes, but files that I converted into MPEG-4 and then deleted the originals of.) Thanks for your help!

I found this one:http://www.squared5.com/ Check it out. I had trouble transposing my mpeg1muxed with sound and it did the trick. It converts a lot of formats.
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