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old hand
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old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
Posted:
*thanks for moving this to the right place
*
I need a good video compressor for the mac, preferably one that i can stick in my imovie plugines to export it with, id like an .avi converter as i dont like WMV. thank you all people
lava
EDITED_BY: Lavatwlight (1105826625)
*thanks for moving this to the right place
*I need a good video compressor for the mac, preferably one that i can stick in my imovie plugines to export it with, id like an .avi converter as i dont like WMV. thank you all people
lava
EDITED_BY: Lavatwlight (1105826625)
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Kyle Mclean-
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
enthusiast
247 posts
Location: Cork, Ireland at present
247 posts
Location: Cork, Ireland at present
Posted:
Best I could say is do a search, the mac website's normally got fairly good info on it, or e-mail them.
Best I could say is do a search, the mac website's normally got fairly good info on it, or e-mail them.
I used to be indecisive, but I'm not so sure now.....
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
You would get a quicker answer if you gave your post a better subject and posted in the right forum.
Or, just googled it.
Hay ho.
Is there something you don't like about iMovie? Are you saying you have existing .wmvs' you'd like to convert? or are you compressing your DV film in to something.
As I say, google it. Maybe search here, but Mac people are few and far between on here AFAIK.
I use Finalcut Pro, but that might be a bit over kill for you, donno.
You would get a quicker answer if you gave your post a better subject and posted in the right forum.
Or, just googled it.
Hay ho.
Is there something you don't like about iMovie? Are you saying you have existing .wmvs' you'd like to convert? or are you compressing your DV film in to something.
As I say, google it. Maybe search here, but Mac people are few and far between on here AFAIK.
I use Finalcut Pro, but that might be a bit over kill for you, donno.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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The GF of HoP
492 posts
Location: Somerset, England
The GF of HoP
492 posts
Location: Somerset, England
Posted:
i believe that the editing has been done in imovie bu lavatwilight does not want to convert the final project to quicktime as its crappy.
i believe that the editing has been done in imovie bu lavatwilight does not want to convert the final project to quicktime as its crappy.
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
Quicktime is very good indeed. It's going to take over the HD market with H.264. The only bad thing about it is that most people don't have it.
If you do want to convert the wmv it can be done (i think) with ffmpegX (https://homepage.mac.com/major4/). This wont work if there is any DRM on the file.
Quicktime is very good indeed. It's going to take over the HD market with H.264. The only bad thing about it is that most people don't have it.
If you do want to convert the wmv it can be done (i think) with ffmpegX (https://homepage.mac.com/major4/). This wont work if there is any DRM on the file.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
not with cactus
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Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
Posted:
i have been using imovie to make my videos, and using divx to compress them, download the mac version of divx from the divx website, which is probably www.divx.com.
i have been using imovie to make my videos, and using divx to compress them, download the mac version of divx from the divx website, which is probably www.divx.com.
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The GF of HoP
492 posts
Location: Somerset, England
The GF of HoP
492 posts
Location: Somerset, England
Posted:
thanks you two, i just hope lava reads that sooner rather than later as its my movie hes compressing
avi seems to compress to a smaller file yet not loseing as much quality as mpegs and wmv doesnt it?
EDITED_BY: Ifrit (1105816338)
thanks you two, i just hope lava reads that sooner rather than later as its my movie hes compressing
avi seems to compress to a smaller file yet not loseing as much quality as mpegs and wmv doesnt it?
EDITED_BY: Ifrit (1105816338)
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old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
Posted:
ive found a new codec, so people might ahve to download that, im gonna have a look at what the quility is like vs size.............https://secure.cnchost.com/bitjazz.com/sheervideo/store/
is not realy a store, u can get the free player from that link
oli waht settings you use?https://secure.cnchost.com/bitjazz.com/sheervideo/store/
oh btw its edited in imove, i tried finalcut express, but need to learn how to use it
ive found a new codec, so people might ahve to download that, im gonna have a look at what the quility is like vs size.............https://secure.cnchost.com/bitjazz.com/sheervideo/store/
is not realy a store, u can get the free player from that link
oli waht settings you use?https://secure.cnchost.com/bitjazz.com/sheervideo/store/
oh btw its edited in imove, i tried finalcut express, but need to learn how to use it
Drawings by chalk minds, strech between the stars
Kyle Mclean-
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
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old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
old hand
834 posts
Location: Wellington somerset, UK
Posted:
i movie is great, my understanding of exporting isnt, but throught some expermenting and hunting ithink i can have the vid up soonish is there a way to export directly from imovie to wmv.......so to be considerate to all the windows users?
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You would get a quicker answer if you gave your post a better subject and posted in the right forum.
Or, just googled it.
Hay ho.
Is there something you don't like about iMovie? Are you saying you have existing .wmvs' you'd like to convert? or are you compressing your DV film in to something.
As I say, google it. Maybe search here, but Mac people are few and far between on here AFAIK.
I use Finalcut Pro, but that might be a bit over kill for you, donno.
i movie is great, my understanding of exporting isnt, but throught some expermenting and hunting ithink i can have the vid up soonish
is there a way to export directly from imovie to wmv.......so to be considerate to all the windows users? Drawings by chalk minds, strech between the stars
Kyle Mclean-
Contact without dance is like sex without wiggling.
A) it does feel as good
B) it does not look as good on film
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newbie
4 posts
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
newbie
4 posts
Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
if youre having problems with CODECs my advice is to use VLC media player. Its available 4 mac and windows and it plays just about anything.
if youre having problems with CODECs my advice is to use VLC media player. Its available 4 mac and windows and it plays just about anything.
newbie
8 posts
Location: Minnesota
8 posts
Location: Minnesota
Posted:
Hey guys,
I'm trying to use a short video of me spinning from off my digital camera......and then edit it in Adobe After Effects, but it needs to have a different codec.
I've tried downloading codec converters, and I can get it to play then on After Effects just fine, but then I have the website's tag on my video since the codec I used was their free version.
Is there somewhere I can codec my video without paying for it, and not getting the tag on the video? I use windows XP by the way
thanks!
Lindsay
Hey guys,
I'm trying to use a short video of me spinning from off my digital camera......and then edit it in Adobe After Effects, but it needs to have a different codec.
I've tried downloading codec converters, and I can get it to play then on After Effects just fine, but then I have the website's tag on my video since the codec I used was their free version.
Is there somewhere I can codec my video without paying for it, and not getting the tag on the video? I use windows XP by the way
thanks!
Lindsay
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old hand
716 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
old hand
716 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
For a start dont use after effects! its an effects program not an editing program and while you can do basic editing in it, it's really not that good a way of doing things.
However, if you really want to use it you can download a program called serial box (google serial box SMX). Its basically a database of licence codes, it should have after effects in there somewhere and probably the codecs serial too.
Alternativly try thepiratebay.org the nets home to all things free and get a copy of premier pro, there will be instructions on how to get it working on there too. you will need a bit torrent client like azeurus or bit tornado to get the files. All the information you need is easily available on the web.
For a start dont use after effects! its an effects program not an editing program and while you can do basic editing in it, it's really not that good a way of doing things.
However, if you really want to use it you can download a program called serial box (google serial box SMX). Its basically a database of licence codes, it should have after effects in there somewhere and probably the codecs serial too.
Alternativly try thepiratebay.org the nets home to all things free and get a copy of premier pro, there will be instructions on how to get it working on there too. you will need a bit torrent client like azeurus or bit tornado to get the files. All the information you need is easily available on the web.
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newbie
8 posts
Location: Minnesota
8 posts
Location: Minnesota
Posted:
I dont have a choice on the after effects portion, I'm in school for video production and this is the program we are learning. I'm not editing the *video* i'm editing text over it.
But thank you for the other links and tips, I will check those out. =)
EDITED_BY: ZeRo10487 (1173802380)
I dont have a choice on the after effects portion, I'm in school for video production and this is the program we are learning. I'm not editing the *video* i'm editing text over it.
But thank you for the other links and tips, I will check those out. =)
EDITED_BY: ZeRo10487 (1173802380)
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