Need Help Converting movie files!!!!

I created a 66mb movie in IMovie 08 that I need to save and convert to be less than 50mb and be view by Windows Media Player. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Amy

http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv.htm
You'll have to buy the $50 version to convert to WMV, unfortunately.

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Help converting Mov files

Hello all,
I need help finding a download or solution that will help me convert my mov files to some format that imovie 6 will understand. I transferred them from my camcorder via USB and now they are in a folder on my desktop and they are all listed in Mov files and cannot be opened. Thanks for any advice you have to offer.
Valerie

You should get MPEG Streamclip as it will do exactly what you want. It is a free download:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
Files designated .mov don't tell you anything about what format they are actually in, .mov is a 'container' that can hold different formats. If you open the original .mov file in QuickTime and then go Window>Show Movie Inspector, you will see what format the file is in. If these are clips from a still camera, they are probably MPEG-2.
So you will also need Apple's MP2 playback component as Streamclip needs it for MPEG2 -> .DV conversions. It is $20, and available here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
Download both. Open Streamclip and drag a .mov file to its window. Select the option to convert to DV. You can set it for NTSC or PAL, depending on where you live. If the .mov clip is rotated, you can correct that. The clip will save as .dv and you can just drag it into your iMovie.

Can't find geometry tab on Compressor 4.1.3 and need to convert mov file to 800x600 res

I just bought Compressor 4.1.3. because I was told it's the only way to convert movies exported from finalcutprox to custom resolution. I need 800x600 and I looked up a tutorial that says the custom res option is in the "geometry tab". However, that was for an earlier version and I cannot find that tab on this latest version. Can somebody please tell me how to convert files to custom res in Compressor 4.1.3.? It's very important, and I paid 50 dollars just to do it. I'd appreciate any advice people have.
Thanks so much!

Perhaps it would be best if you could post a screen shot of your original video. For example, open it in QT Player and hit command i. Take a screen shot of the image and the movie inspector.
All of the functions and their adjustments that used to be grouped in Geometry in previous versions of Compressor are now located in the integrated video pane of the Inspector.
Russ

Need help exporting .mov files for editing in PE3

hi,
i'm trying to export HD .mov files from an Aiptek GO-HD camcorder that seems to record in QT format with some funky codecs. I need to export it into a format that i can edit on a PC using Premier Elements 3.0. The few tests i've run have shown a huge increase in size when exporting from .mov to .avi (100m to 30 GB).
Does anyone have any suggestions or experience doing this?

You just need to open the .mov file with Elements.
You don't need to convert it using QuickTime Pro
first.
Premiere may "convert" it to some other format to
allow editing (I don't know) and that would only take
some time at import.
HD files are anywhere from 10 to 60 MB's per second
(some even higher) so a DV version will drastically
increase in file size.
What, besides editing, is the goal of your work?
that doesn't work with this camcorder. apparently the encoding is called QT, but it really isn't. i have to export into something else in order to edit.
the goal of my work is to convert choppy family video into something clean that i can share with friends and family via CD / DVD (not streaming on net).

Need help importing MOV files into iMovie

I am trying to import MOV files from a USB disk -- into iMovie's event library. When I click on the files on the USB -- they are grey and won't import. They will play in QuickTime. What could the problem be? I have the latest OS and am up to date.

Can you maybe try converting them? Download the free program called Miro Video Converter from the Mac App Store. Drag the video into the window and set the output format as mp4. iMovie should import that properly.
Sorry I couldnt be more of a help.
Let us know!

Need help converting project file from Creative Cloud to CS6

Hello.
I started a project file on the Adobe Creative Cloud and I am trying to convert the file to CS6 (as that is what all my editors have). I have all of my time codes generated in Creative Cloud and I need the easiest solution to share the file across platforms with out corrupting it. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
-A*

I am the director of the project- so I am not very technically inclined to answer these questions, but will try my best. My lead editor dropped out of the project leaving me very confused and I am trying to establish a new workflow based off of her existing project file.
The original project was started in Adobe Creative Cloud. I am now trying to use Adobe CS6 and I am trying to figure out if we can convert a file from Creative Cloud > CS6. If you can provide a list of questions for me to ask my previous editor I can direct them to her and try to provide a more concise answer. Thanks for your help.

I need help converting a file to a word document to edit it

How do I convert the file to a word document for editing?

Hi LaTrina,
You can use the ExportPDF online service to convert a PDF file to Word format. The process is pretty straightforward, but this document will tell you what you need to do: Getting Started with ExportPDF
Please let us know if you have additional questions.
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Need help viewing mov. files in Quicktime 10, with Mac OS X, 10.6.7

I have Quicktime 10.0, and laptop with Mac Os X, version 10.6.7. I can't view certain mov files. So I looked up info online, that said to download Quicktime verson 7 to run with Version 10.0. When I downloaded Quicktime 7, I was told I could not install it because I already had Quicktime 10.0. Could definitely use some help!

Thank you so much! I successfully download the other version of Quicktime.
But, I'm still unable to view my mov file. I looked at the 'more info' tab and the Codecs is: MPEG-2 Video, Linear PCM, Timecode.
Any ideas of how I can get this file to play in Quicktime, or open in Final Cut?

Need help with .mov files that won't open

Here's the situation...
I have 2 dvdr's with 4 .mov files on them. when i try to copy them to my desktop it tells me that
"the finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "BonJovi_Who_SaysDV NTSC.mov" could not be read or written. (Error code -36)
I have to gain access to these .mov files tonight or I'm gonna be a real shithead. I just got the discs fedex'd to me today so I didn't put it off til the last minute. Can anyone offer any possible solutions? If so, please help.
Java

Putting aside copyright issues in (naive?) belief you have a legitimate use of the material, your problem lies in the file or disk. One of them is either corrupt or not compatible with the drive you are trying to read it on. Try it on another computer (even a PC) and if you can read it on that computer make a new copy of the file on a new disk or a firewire drive (or USB stick if it fits).

I need help converting my file

convert to excell
Is to hard to get any help from you I would like a refund on my subscription

After Effects has no problem opening projects from either platform.
As Szalam has said, the issue here is that your friend is using an earlier version of After Effects than you. You're using After Effects version 13 (CC 2014).
If your friend is using version 12 (CC) than you can just save him a CC version of the project. You can save to the previous version of After Effects using the Save As command.
If your friend is using an earlier version than 12 (CC), you will need access to earlier versions of AE so that you can retro-save your project back to the version he requires.

Need help converting .chm file to .doc

Can anyone tell me how to convert a .chm file to MS Word .doc
file?

Yes and it is not by cross posting.
Please see my reply to your post in the RoboHelp HTML forum.
Please do not cross post. Why not? The reasons we ask are:
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the posts in each category so we will see your question wherever
you post it.
2] When someone else searches for answers to the same
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answer may well be part of another thread. To avoid that, the
person responding may add a link from the second post to the thread
that has the answer. That is additional work that takes time. The
people supporting the forum are not paid employees of Adobe, they
are authors like yourself who have a job to do so having to create
two replies is a waste of their time.
3] You will also find that some people will answer you in one
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your post will thus be difficult for you and others to follow.
4] It is also against the forum rules which can be found at
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Converting .mov files to .avi in Mountain Lion 10.8.2

For the past few years we have been preparing video files for our scoreboard in our arena by converting .mov files in Quicktime 7. All worked PERFECTLY!!!
Now after a summer of changes to Apple's OS, we have discovered that we can no longer convert .mov files (with proper size) to .avi for our scoreboard.
We have downloaded every converting software out there, but NONE, I repeat NONE allow a custom video size (128x64) for our Daktronics scoreboard.
Very, Very, Very sad that Apple has done this to us and that Daktronics is so archiac in requiring only .avi files.
Help please

For many years we would create our video in a .mov format in the proper size (128x64) and with QT7 we would then convert to .avi with the same size and all would work fine.
Neither MOV nor AVI are "formats," — they are file generic file containers which can hold different kinds of data (e.g., audio, video, text, chapter, timing, etc,) which, in turn, mzy be compressed or encoded using different algorithms or formats. For instance an TV compatible MOV file might contain H.264 video along with an AAC stereo audio, AC3 DD5.1 surround audio, and text "chapter" track while an AVCHD file imported to iMovie would usually be an MOV file containing AIC video and PCM audio for editing. Both are MOV files but they contain entirely different forms of compressed/formatted data. The same holds true for the AVI file container.
I am not that familar with compression. I have attached some info from the QT7 Inspector.
The inspector indicates this MOV file contains three "video" tracks containing "Animation" compressed data. Based on the very low frame rate, my guess would be that these tracks may only contain Animation compressed images stored on separate tracks sequentially to display as a slide show or the tracks contain animated text sequences which play back sequentially. To fully understand what is going on here I would need to either see the file itself or you would have to explain how you created this MOV file. However, while this "sourcing" information would be of personal interest, it (MOV file encoded as Animation/Animation/Animation) should not present a conversion problem as far as the "data source" is concerned.
The next and more important question would be, "To what compression format do you normally transcode the Animation data?" For that I would need to see the "Inspector" window for one of your "working" AVI files (or you could simply email me both the source and finished files) so I can try to simulate your work flow. Basically, AVI is a legacy file format (for which support was formerly dropped more than a decade ago) which commonly uses "legacy" compression formats which may or may not be supported by your current codec component configuration or QT legacy codec settings.
E.g., "Cinepak" is a common default codec used to create AVI video content on a Mac which may be turned off by default on your system and need to be "re-activated" for use under Mountain Lion. (This is why I need to know your "normal" target format and settings here.) As an example, here is a link to an image seguence I created, converted to Animation compression, and then exported as an AVI "Cinepak" file on my system under Mountain Lion to try and simulate your previous work flow. See if it is something like what you are trying to end up with:
http://downloads.walker4.me/downloads/Temporary_files/Barsoom1.avi
You can use the above link to view, download, and/or load the file directly to your QT 7 player if your current system configuration allows this or the VLC media player if it does not. (I.e., this file may or may not be compatible with your current QT playback capabilities and/or this "Daktronics" device—about which I know nothing—but should be compatible with the VLC media player in any case if you have it installed.)

I am a beginner at Final Cut Pro. Need help converting MPEG-2 to use.

I am a beginner at Final Cut Pro. I have mpeg-2 video footage that I am trying to import the footage into Final cut, but can't. I understand I need to convert the file format. I am unfamiliar with how to go about the converding file formats and the codec what is the best way to go about converting the file format so I can edit it on Final cut pro?

Where did the files originate? (How were they created?)
Some formats can be brought in with the help of plug-ins.
MPEG Streamclip can usually convert them to Quick Time.
Russ

Converting MOV files to AVI

I bought Quicktime pro 7 for windows to convert mov files to avi files so I can import them into Sony Vegas. But after converting the mov files...vegas still won't recognize the AVI file that was converted by Quicktime Pro. So after doing research on other forums it seems that there are 2 types of AVI files (divx and xvid). My question is does QT pro only convert the MOV files to one type of AVI and if so...then how do I go about getting a refund.
Thanks

I bought Quicktime pro 7 for windows to convert mov files to avi files so I can import them into Sony Vegas. But after converting the mov files...vegas still won't recognize the AVI file that was converted by Quicktime Pro.
You seem to misunderstand what MOV and AVI files are. Basically, both are just generic file containers. They may contain amy combination of audio and video compressed data that is compatible with the codec configuration of the system on which the file is created. What you should be asking yourself here is what compression formats (what data within the file container) can be edited by the Sony Vegas software. According to to Sony,
"Vegas Pro takes a no transcode, no rewrap approach with Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra and DVCPRO source material. Vegas Pro eliminates the transcode and rewrap process that other applications require, so editors can save valuable production time, minimize storage requirements, and preserve the pristine quality of the original source material. Other natively supported codecs and formats include XAVC, XAVC S, XDCAM™, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, HDCAM-SR™, AVCCAM, RED® R3D, AVCHD, and AVC-based MOV files from popular DSLR cameras. For 3D content creation, Vegas Pro also supports stereoscopic 3D MVC and MPO files from Sony camcorders."
This, of course, brings up the question of what kind of compressed data is contained in your original MOV file since your problem is most likely not the MOV file type but rather the data you have stored in the file based on the fact that, according to Sony, this editor is supposed to be compatible with "AVC-based MOV" files and MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) and MPEG-4 audio (AAC) are virtually a default QT AV compression format whether in MOV, MP4, or M4V file containers. Therefore, when asking questions regarding MOV file content, your should normally include the compression formats of the data contained in the file to better ***** various issues and workflows or provide a sample file for examination by others.
So after doing research on other forums it seems that there are 2 types of AVI files (divx and xvid).
QT can only access the DivX and XviD codecs if they are available to the QT 7 Pro app. I.e., these are proprietary codecs not included in the QT installation package. A better question here might be whether or not the Sony Vegas software can edit these compression formats since they are not listed as being supported natively by Sony. That is, you need to be importing file container/compression format combinations that are listed as being edit compatible with the software you are trying to use for your edits.
My question is does QT pro only convert the MOV files to one type of AVI and if so...then how do I go about getting a refund.
While QT 7 Pro remains compatible with the AVI file container, as varjak paw indicated, there are only a limited number of compression formats that are QT encode compatible and even fewer listed as Sony Vegas. I.e., why don't you try a DVCPRO AVI or an H.264/AAC MOV conversion as suggested above and see if it might be compatible with your editor. However, the best approach is not to transcode data if at all possible. That is why it would be important to know the workflow you are using to source your content. I.e., how is the data being placed in the MOV file container? Was it originally recorded to an MOV file container? Was it imported to a video editor on a Mac and then passed on to you? Was it copied from a different source file to the current MOV file container? Etc., etc., etc... I.e., at this point all we can do is make guesses as to things you can try because you have provided insufficient information regarding your files, workflows, and goals here.

How can I convert .mov files for use with other apps?

When loading movies taken on a friend's digital camera to my PC, the video files were saved as Quicktime .mov files. I am now unable to pull those files into any other software program (I want to put them onto a CD or DVD and play on external players.) How can I convert .mov files to a .wmv or .avi or mpeg?
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Kodak Digital Camera QuickTime MOV Problems
After battling a number of serious problems with the videos taken by my new Kodak Digital Camera, I decided to write up this page so that anyone searching the web would find out the true answers without as much grief!
I’ve also made some other comments about my experience with the camera, in case anyone was considering buying a Kodak camera in the near future.
I bought the camera just before Christmas 2004 in the US. At the time of writing, it is a pretty good model for domestic use—about 5.2 megapixels, costing about US$400 (or AU$600 back here in Australia). From a company as reputable as Kodak, I expected no problems.
The first disappointing thing was that the spring inside the spring-loaded battery clip, inside the camera, came loose within days. It proved impossible to reattach it without completely dismantling the camera, which (despite my engineering qualifications) I was not willing to do. This would usually have been a warranty item, but Kodak’s warranty does not extend to other countries. I’ve since had to jam cardboard in to keep the battery clip engaged, and have taped the battery bay shut to avoid it opening accidentally when taking the camera out of the case. This works fine with the docking station (an extra AU$100!), but it means I can no longer charge the battery without the docking station (since you need to take it out to charge it). I was not impressed!
The camera takes good photos, and I have no complaint with that. The controls and camera menus are well-designed. The large display is excellent.
The EasyShare software is not as easy to use as it looks, has a habit of crashing, has a web update program that is always running in the background of Windows, and transferring images is nowhere as easy or quick as it should be. I’ve now uninstalled it completely, and simply copy the photos directly from the device. (If the camera memory is nearly full, and you just want to transfer the last few photos, then it’s impossible to use the EasyShare software to browse the camera’s photos without it actually downloading the whole lot through the USB cable—and it takes forever! Copying from the device directly doesn’t hit this bug.)
The capability to take video using the camera was a great attraction when I selected it, and, if it worked properly, it would make it quite a handy little camcorder in its own right. With a 512 MB memory card in it, over an hour of video can be recorded at Video-CD quality (320 x 240 24fps video, 8 kHz audio). It’s not full digital video, but it would still be a pretty good feature for a US$400 camera. If it worked.
The first disappointing thing about taking videos is that the optical zoom cannot be adjusted while the camera is recording. It can only be adjusted between video sequences. I don’t know why this restriction was made in the design.
The real problems, however, start when you try to do anything with the video clips captured by the camera. Kodak has chosen to capture the videos in QuickTime format. This is fine—QuickTime is, technically, excellent—except that there is no simple way to convert QuickTime MOV files to AVI or MPEG or VCD. The Kodak software comes with a QuickTime player, so you can see the video clips on the computer you installed the software on—and they look good. Problem is that you can’t just dump those MOV files onto your Video-CD creator (it will usually want AVI or MPEG files).
It takes some time to realise that Kodak have not even bothered to include any software with the camera that can convert these MOV files to a more useful format. This is a serious PR blunder, and anyone bitten by this is unlikely to go near the Kodak brand ever again.
After some web searching, owners of these cameras generally find that the best (only?) freeware solution to convert MOV to AVI is Bink and Smacker’s RADtools program.
RADtools is amazingly powerful for the price (i.e. free), but it hits two fundamental problems with Kodak Digital Camera MOV video files, that are the fault of the Kodak camera, not RADtools. (I know this because every other MOV converter hits the same problems—except one, as you will see below.)
The first problem is that the sound cannot be converted properly. When you convert any Kodak MOV files, there is an “aliasing” of the sound at the upper frequencies. This is a technical description—you get a whispery, tinny, C3PO type of echo to everything. It really destroys the quality of the video clips (especially bad when I am trying to capture priceless memories of my 4- and 7-year-old sons—I don’t want their voices destroyed for all time).
Every conversion program I tried ended up with the same audio problem. I concluded that it is something strange in the way the Kodak cameras store the MOV files.
Strangely enough, I noticed that the QuickTime player didn’t distort the audio like this. The audio sounds just fine through QuickTime. More on this shortly.
The second, more serious problem is that RADtools could not properly convert some of the video clips at all. (This problem only affected less than 10% of the clips I originally filmed, but most of those clips were very short—less than 20 seconds. It seems that the probability of this problem gets worse, the longer the clip.) RADtools would misreport the number of frames in the clip, and would stretch out a small number of frames of video (in slow motion) to match the length of the audio.
Again, I confirmed that this is a property of some of the MOV files stored by the camera. Other conversion tools also had problems with the same MOV clips.
After more angst, I found a number of websites in which frustrated owners of these Kodak cameras have reported the exact same problems.
It was only then that I discovered that QuickTime itself can convert MOV files to AVI. Believe it or not, it’s built into the QuickTime Player that Kodak supplies, or that you can download free from apple.com. The problem is that you can’t use it unless you pay Apple to upgrade to QuickTime Pro.
After realising that this would probably be the only way to get decent audio for these clips, I paid the AU$59 to Apple Australia to get the licence key that enables the extra “Pro” menu options in QuickTime.
Sure enough, you can “Export” any MOV file to a number of formats, including AVI. And guess what? The audio comes out fine!
So, the first piece of advice I can give is: pay Apple the US$29 (or whatever amount it is in your country) to upgrade QuickTime to QuickTime Pro.
From here, however, there are still a few snags to untangle.
The first is that the default settings for Exporting to AVI don’t give a great result. It defaults to the Cinepak codec, medium quality. This looks terrible compared to the original QuickTime movie. Even on maximum quality, that codec just doesn’t give good results.
I finally found that the best option is to use the Intel Indeo Video 4.4 codec, set on maximum quality. This creates AVI files that are 10 to 20 times larger than the original MOV files, but the quality is there. If (like me) you only want the AVI files so you can dump them into your Video-CD program, then you want to keep the quality as high as possible in this first step. The extra hard disk space is not really a concern. When your VCD program converts the AVI files to MPEG, it will compress them to the usual VCD size.
Now for the biggest snag: those problem MOV files are still a problem, even for QuickTime Pro. Unbelievably, these Kodak cameras are spitting out MOV files which have some sort of technical flaw in their data specifications. QuickTime is able to play them back fine—and that seems to be all that the Kodak engineers really checked. However, if QuickTime Pro tries to export them, then when the progress bar gets to the end, it never finishes. It just keeps going. If you check the output folder with Explorer, and keep hitting F5 to update the file listing, you can see the file getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger. It never stops.
That this happens even for QuickTime itself (the native format for these files) confirms that the problem is with the software built into these Kodak cameras. It would be nice it they issued a patch or a fix. I couldn’t find one.
Fortunately, there is a “workaround” for this problem. I found it when trolling the net trying to find solutions to all these problems. The workaround is to use QuickTime Pro’s cut and paste facility. Open the problem MOV file, then press Ctrl-A (the standard key combination for “select all”—in this case it selects the entire film clip, as you can see by the grey selection of frames at the bottom of the player). Then hit Ctrl-C (i.e. copy, which in this case copies all the frames, but not the incorrect data structure in the original MOV file). Now hit Ctrl-N (i.e. new, in this case a new MOV file or player). In this new player, press Ctrl-V (i.e. paste). Now you have a new version of the MOV file with the bad data structure exorcised. You can save this under a new name, but make sure you specify “Make movie self-contained”—otherwise, it will simply be a link to the original (bad) MOV file, which you are probably going to delete once you save the exorcised version. (You also cannot overwrite the original file, because it needs to access that to make the “self-contained” movie. You need to give it a slightly different name, save it “self-contained”, then delete the original and rename the new copy back to what you wanted it to be. A pain, I agree, but at least the **** thing works—finally!)
The exorcised MOV file can now be used to Export to AVI format. (I also keep all the MOV files on a separate CD, in case I want to reconvert them to a different format in the future. I figure it’s better keeping the exorcised ones than the haunted ones.)
So I hope that all this answers a few of your questions. No, you weren’t being incredibly stupid.

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