WMV to MOV?

Dave R

With a little more exploration of the website for the Prism converter, I am definitely not going to use it. NCH Software expects me to buy a tech support package so I can ask them about this malware thing. Doesn't seem to be any other way to contact them.

Back to square one.

d12dozr

Have you tried the freeware Any Video Converter? ...I've used it before but I don't remember if it exports to MOV.

Dave R

Hi Marcus,

I didn't come across that one but I'll check it out.

Are you frozen solid, yet?

Chris Fullmer

Frozen? Its a pleasant day outside here. I'm just headed out to a park to feed the Geese with my kids Have fun in MN.

Chris

Dave R

Have fun Chris. It is 6°F here today. At least that is on the positive side. It's been on the negative side all week.

Dave R

No joy on Any Video Converter but thanks.

The search continues.

tfdesign

@unknownuser said:

Handbrake should do it but I'm not 100%. It's free and has lots of knobs and whistles. And the current version supports 64bit OS

not sure about Mac version

FWIW, the Mac version of Handbrake works fine!

I just got Quicktime Pro 7 for this Mac, and now it seems I can export even higher resolution from SU than I could before, but it still doesn't look quite as good as when I'm modelling.

MOV files are native to Quicktime, so I would suggest the best thing would be, buy Quicktime Pro (Windows and Mac) for £20.

d12dozr

Just found this after a quick search so I can't vouch for it, but it looks promising: http://www.movtowmv.com/

@dave r said:

Hi Marcus,

Are you frozen solid, yet?

You know its bad when we get excited because the forecast says 18F for tomorrow. Anything above 30F is shorts and T-shirt weather here

Dave R

Thanks Marcus. I'll check it out although by the title it does the reverse of what I want.

I don't think the ice on my driveway is ever going to melt. Lake Pepin mush be solid to the bottom now, too.

Dave R

Marcus, that worked although it compresses the heck out of it.

I may be able to get by with it as it is.

Keep warm.

Dave

Dave R

FWIW, I've been looking at QuickTime Pro. I don't see anything that indicates it'll import WMV files so that won't help.

Rich O Brien

Dave,

did u try the free-ipod-converter?

it will convert your wmv to mov and keep the resolution of your wmv?

@dave r said:

No iPod though.

I'm still using 8-track tapes for music.

you don't need an ipod

it just converts any video to ipod compatible format

Dave R

I have tried it now. It works but leaves a bunch of artifact. Thanks for the suggestion. It might come in handy though.

Rich O Brien

my final suggestion is to go here

AfterDawn: Guides

Guides and how-tos related to digital video and software associated to it.

(www.afterdawn.com)

its got lots of info on convert to various formats and has a great forum with lots of friendly advice...

not like this place

driven

Hi,
maybe this is solved.

Quicktime uses plugins for lots of things that need to be installed and then turned on, if you open the player, then use open file it tells you if you need anything (but not exactly what),

I need a plug for .wmv on a mac, but I don't think you do on a PC, you can then use share [export] to get all the output options.

It is possible to make a SU Quicktime plugin, if anyones keen

(here's a link to some including autodesk) http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html

john

and try VLC player, french, (but) free and in english

PeterCharles

Excuse my ignorance, but how did you get a WMV from SketchUp, I can only see the option for an AVI ??

Jim

Quite a lot of crap turning up on the Google search, heh?

Here's a nice open-source converter.

http://winff.org/

Developed by a man you can trust: http://www.biggmatt.com/

Source code hosted on: http://code.google.com/p/winff/

Just tried it out - it seems to work just fine.

PeterCharles

@honoluludesktop said:

If you are a windows pc, use WinMovieMaker to go from avi to wav.

Sorry, I thought there was feature in SketchUp I'd missed.
But why change from an AVI to WMV?

for conversions you might consider this.
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Dave R

Peter, I used the AVI output from SketchUp in Windows Movie Maker to make the WMV file. I did that because I needed to make the animation repeat a number of times.

Honolulu DT, I don't see any option on Movie Maker to create a WAV file

Jim, yes, lots of crap out there. Thanks for the link. It is downloading now and I'll give it a go.

Dave R

Jim. That worked perfectly. I should have just asked you in the first place. THANK YOU!

Thank you to all for the suggestions. I appreciate the help.

Dave