#1 2014-01-31 00:57:45
Background: Windows Vista Home Premium w/Windows Movie Maker (WMM)
Camera: Canon Powershot SX170
The other day I shot video of the snowfall in my little town with my Canon and after uploading it to my PC, I tried to load it onto vidd.me, but it took too damn long to upload, so I cancelled it. I went to Vimeo and was able to upload; however a 3 minute video took 30 MINUTES. I got a message from Vimeo telling me I needed to compress it so I tried to use Windows Movie Maker. WMM wouldn't accept the video because the Canon default video setting was .MOV rather than .WMV or .MPEG4. Furthermore, I got an error message from Windows telling me I didn't have the right codecs.
Does anyone have a solution where:
- 1. I can convert a video from .MOV to .WMV (or any other format MSFT supports), and
2. A program that can also install the right codecs, and
3. NOT contain any bloatware/malware?
Someone suggested Handbrake, but many of the reviews I read weren't very good, and it seemed waaaaay too powerful for what I need. Hamster didn't get good reviews, either.
Last edited by AladdinSane (2014-01-31 00:59:19)
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#2 2014-01-31 01:45:50
I'll ask my son the Videographer...
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#3 2014-01-31 07:31:36
I like Handbrake, but have only used it for ripping DVDs.
I've been editing and saving my drive-time videos with Movie Maker, just because its convenient. I've been saving at 854x480 as MP4. From Movie Maker's menu bar, File -> Save Movie -> Recommended for this project. So I am just getting default output, which I know, usually sucks, but in this case, when I checked one of the videos in VLC, 13 seconds cost 5.5Mb, without audio.
I wouldn't bother with an MSFT format. I have impression that WMV would be less usable on other systems.
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#4 2014-01-31 07:51:47
Platymingo wrote:
I have impression that WMV would be less usable on other systems.
WMV isn't very usable on Microsoft systems either...
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#5 2014-01-31 13:48:19
I use it all the time.
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#6 2014-01-31 13:53:19
Dmtdust wrote:
I use it all the time.
That was tongue in cheek my friend, I make my living off of MSFT products.
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#8 2014-02-02 13:53:08
opsec wrote:
Try VLC (using Media/Convert-Save). www.videolan.org
Thanks...I only thought of VLC as strictly a media player until I started looking closer on their website...I'll look closer as I just want conversion out of .MOV into anything else. I don't know whom to be pissed off more: Canon (for making .MOV as the default), iApple (for coming up with the damn format) or MSFT (for not offering it in WMM).
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#9 2014-02-02 14:48:31
AladdinSane wrote:
I don't know whom to be pissed off more: Canon (for making .MOV as the default), iApple (for coming up with the damn format) or MSFT (for not offering it in WMM).
Look at it this way:
Canon had to pay to license that technology from someone, the .MOV was probably seen as the best deal.
Microsoft works hard to enable their partner vendors to make money (for a set period of time).
Apple wants to be special and different.
Someday the Borg will come and rescue you from all of this confusion...
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