Incompatible Video Formats
From MITVWiki
Sometimes your editing program will not accept a particular video format (esp. Windows Movie Maker). You will need to convert to a compatible format. Below are resources and tools that can help you convert your media.
Windows formats: .wmv, .avi, .mpg
Mac formats: .mov, .mp4 (often)
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[edit] Web Video Conversion Tools (Windows and Mac!)
[edit] Windows Video Conversion
[edit] Tutorials
Huberstyle.com - .MOD to Windows Movie Maker.
[edit] Free Tools
Virtual Dub - Excellent free video converter and capture utility
Super - Windows GUI front end to a range of different opensource compression utilities. Can convert nearly all video formats and is easy to use.
K-Lite Codec Pack A compilation of Codecs and DirectShow filters necessary for decoding and encoding both audio and video formats. All you have to do is download, and you'll be able to import the movie files that weren't compatible previously into Windows Media Player. Simple and quick. Visit K-Lite Info for more information.
[edit] Cheap Tools
Mac users can use iMovie, which is great because most cameras create MPG4 or MOV formats.
[edit] Expensive Tools
[edit] Other Links
- doom9.org (Media Ripping and Encoding Site)
[edit] Mac Video Conversion
[edit] Tutorials
[edit] Free Tools
- iSquint
- ffmpegX - ffmpegX is a GUI combining 20 powerful open-source video and audio processing tools including ffmpeg the "hyper fast video and audio encoder"
- MPEG Streamclip - video converter, player and editor. It can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring and can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL.
