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    • Rich O BrienR Online
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      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. πŸ˜†

      you don't need an ipod πŸ˜‰

      it just converts any video to ipod compatible format

      Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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

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        • Rich O BrienR Online
          Rich O Brien Moderator
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          my final suggestion is to go here

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          AfterDawn: Guides

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

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          (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 πŸ˜‰

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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            driven
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            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

            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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

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                Jim
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                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.

                Hi

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                  PeterCharles
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                  @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

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    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.

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      😍

                      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

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                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
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                        I must say thanks for that link Jim πŸ‘

                        And sorry to Dave for sending you on a wild goose chase 😳

                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Hey Rich, no need to apologize. You got me farther along than I was before I started this. I appreciate that for sure.

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                            tfdesign
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                            @driven said:

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

                            With or without Quicktime Pro, my Macintosh will output Quicktime movies, without a plugin (and I believe Windows will also export an AVI file). However, the quality is nowhere as good as what you see on the screen. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get SU to export at the highest resolution?

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                            • GaieusG Offline
                              Gaieus
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                              HonoluluDT probably meant W**MV not WA**V (which is a sound file). Just one character mistyping.

                              QT indeed has a plugin to play WMV files. Now I am not sure that QT Pro would also convert them to MOV but I can imagine.

                              I don't believe however that there are no Mac users here who could confirm this (or even convert it for you if you only need it once)
                              πŸ˜‰

                              Gai...

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                                john.warburton
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                                Why not download the Adobe Premiere Pro demo? You have to register for an Adobe account, but you get to try the full product for 30 days.

                                Life's a reach, and then you gybe.

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
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                                  John, thanks. That would possibly work but it's finished now thanks to Jim and WinFF.

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                                    alpro
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                                    Dave, alittle late but this might come in handy and free, http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/convertvid-holiday/

                                    Mike

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                                      Dave R
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                                      Thanks Mike. I'll give it a try.

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                                        tfdesign
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                                        @gaieus said:

                                        QT indeed has a plugin to play WMV files. Now I am not sure that QT Pro would also convert them to MOV but I can imagine.

                                        Good point! πŸ˜„

                                        Can someone point me towards a WMV file? I'll give it a go. (I think these can be read by Mac, although I've never used them here).

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                                        • honoluludesktopH Offline
                                          honoluludesktop
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                                          If you are a windows pc, use WinMovieMaker to go from avi to wvm.

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
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                                            Does QT have a windows plugin to play .wmv files? I should go look.

                                            And to get the best quality movies from SU, export them extra large as a series of .png files, then use QT pro to turn those images into a movie. Works great.

                                            Chris

                                            EDIT: changes .ong to be .png which is what I meant.... 😳

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