help needed editing videos

[Ancalagon]

Hello

A friend of mine is having a hell of a time transferring a wmv file into an avi or a mov. I think one of the issues has to do with divx wanting every video to be in wide screen format, but I might have misunderstood...

Any tip for him?

Thanks!

[Radu the Wanderer]

MPEG Streamclip, my friend! It is your best ally in the video conversion wars.

http://www.squared5.com/

Go there, get whatever version you need for your OS, and have fun converting files into whatever format you want. I use this program on a daily basis at work and I swear by it.

[Ancalagon]

Originally Posted by Radu the Wanderer

MPEG Streamclip, my friend! It is your best ally in the video conversion wars.

http://www.squared5.com/

Go there, get whatever version you need for your OS, and have fun converting files into whatever format you want. I use this program on a daily basis at work and I swear by it.

Thank you for the reply, but my friend says it does not support using the original wmv format as a starting point... not sure what's going wrong here.

[Radu the Wanderer]

Interesting.... can you post more details about your buddy's system and what software he has available?

HandBrake is another option, for conversions, but I'm not as fond of it. I don't like the interface as much, and I don't think it does as good of a job.

If your friend is doing this on a mac, he may need Flip4Mac:

http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm

It's not freeware, but it's a very, VERY good program (for what it does) and it allows QuickTime to handle the .wma and .wmv formats.

Hell, depending on all kinds of factors there's other things you can try out, but it's difficult to describe exactly what to do without knowing a bit more.

If you're not in a huge crunch and can burn a DVD, I will PM you my address and can take care of the conversion for you. One of the side benefits of having my job is that my bosses are pretty lenient when it comes to personal use of the professional-grade equipment we've got at the station. If I can't convert the file there, it pretty much can't be converted.

[Ancalagon]

I've inquired for more details, and will get back to you ASAP. My friend is in the czech republic so mailing is a bit unpractical...

And if you must know, this is what it's for (NSFW): http://www.honeyhair.net/ ...so it's for a good cause


Edit: my friend just replied saying he managed to do it, but he wanted to thank you for the help.

edit2: he adds the following comments:

"The problem with the beforementioned program was it was unable to open the wmv file -create with windows movie maker using a custom video format Wmv, variable bit_rate(if I remember corectly) resolution 1024x768 (as this was required in the video spec. where the video goes to)"

[The Winslow]

Was there some spam attack in this thread? There's an invalid last post made by a guest that's wrecking the layout of the "Latest Posts" box on the frontpage.

Except that this here post will fix that of course.

[Harry]

"Mark Forums Read" is my solution.

hth

[The Winslow]

Doesn't change anything to the box I was talking about.