Post by thread:[OT] Quicktime to windows video format converter

I'm looking for a simple software utility that can take an Apple QuickTime .MOV format file and convert it to something that can be edited with Windows MovieMaker such as a .WMF format. It needs to be free. My daughter has been given a school assignment to make a video journal of a volunteer activity to make the world a better place. She has taken on raising some money for our local children's hospital. Unfortunately, this has become a bit of a parent technology project were the parent (me) gets to scrape enough technological bits together so that they can accomplish their video part of the goal. She borrowed a neighbour's old Video 8 camera hoping to use that. After finding what type of film was required and buying a couple cassettes we found that the batteries only last about 30 sec now before going flat - old batteries. We also don't have a video capture card either so transferring and editing on the computer wasn't on. Next she borrowed a friends still camera that can also take movies. We can transfer files to the computer - great! - but then I realized that I couldn't view them because they were in QuickTime and Windows MovieMaker can't import them. I ended up downloading the Apple QuickTime player so I can now see them but need something to be able to convert them to a format that MovieMaker can use. There seems to be quite a few packages $ that will do conversion, editing, etc., but I plan on using MovieMaker for the editing. I'm not very keen on spending money on something that will be used on a school project and then tossed away in a week or so. Got any ideas? Thanks, Gordon Williams

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:45:34 -0500, "Gordon Williams" <spam_OUTgwilliamsTakeThisOuTncf.ca> said: > I'm looking for a simple software utility that can take an Apple > QuickTime > .MOV format file and convert it to something that can be edited with > Windows > MovieMaker such as a .WMF format. It needs to be free. VLC should be able to do it, at least convert from MOV to AVI. Cheers, Bob -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web

:: I'm not very keen on :: spending money on something that will be used on a school project :: and then :: tossed away in a week or so. :: My daughter has been given a school assignment The answer is to relocate your daughter to another family for the duration, a secondment so to speak. Not your problem then! :) Think of the money saved. Colin -- cdb, .....colinKILLspam@spam@btech-online.co.uk on 23/04/2009 Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=7988359

That's great. It did the trick. Gordon Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blick" <bobblickKILLspamftml.net> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <.....piclistKILLspam.....mit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Quicktime to windows video format converter {Quote hidden}> > On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:45:34 -0500, "Gordon Williams" <EraseMEgwilliamsspam_OUTTakeThisOuTncf.ca> > said: > > I'm looking for a simple software utility that can take an Apple > > QuickTime > > .MOV format file and convert it to something that can be edited with > > Windows > > MovieMaker such as a .WMF format. It needs to be free. > > VLC should be able to do it, at least convert from MOV to AVI. > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web > > --

On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 18:45 -0500, Gordon Williams wrote: > I'm looking for a simple software utility that can take an Apple QuickTime > .MOV format file and convert it to something that can be edited with Windows > MovieMaker such as a .WMF format. It needs to be free. If windows is your only OS: Windows Media Encoder. Can take basically any video that plays on your system and converts it to .wmv. Also does audio. A ton of encoding options. TTYL