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Convert .MOV to .WMV
Hi
I have to convert a .mov to a .wmv. Please advise me of the best software to do this. The ones I have been trying have the following problems:
Flip4mac-Any graphics/text on the movie come out looking really poor quality (pixelated).
Visual Hub- Puts a black crop line down the side and sometimes comes out with random glitches.Current movies are H.264 438×266
WMVs must be below 30mbThanks
Ceri
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I wouldn’t blame the applications you are using, but the clip you are working with.
Aside of being a compressed format, the dimensions (438 x 266) doesn’t match any standard geometry (no 4 x3, nor 16 x9), neither allow a proper macroblocks pattern.
rafael -
ok thanks. I can start with the full quality videos that would be HDV1080i, 1920×1080 and compress to WMV from there. However the movie size, though it random, has been requested by a client and I can’t change it.
But I’d still like to know what software to use for the conversion to get the best results -
The best choice is Episode. It’s not the cheapest though…
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[Ceri Allen] “owever the movie size, though it random, has been requested by a client and I can’t change it.”
So tell your client that you won’t be able to do a proper compression with that size and that the clip will look distorted.
Rafael -
MPEG Streamclip does a good job with wmv compressions. It will allow you to customize your dimensions. But you may have to crop your image so you don’t distort it.
“The deepest blues are black” – Foo Fighters
(this doesn’t help me when I’m chroma keying!) -
[Jason Diebler] “MPEG Streamclip does a good job with wmv compression”
Sorry, but MPGStreamclip doesn’t makes WMV.
Rafael -
Rafael, it does. I use it all the time for wmv conversion. You just need Flip4Mac w/ WMV installed, then Export to Other Formats. I believe Ceri already has Flip4Mac, so it should work.
“The deepest blues are black” – Foo Fighters
(this doesn’t help me when I’m chroma keying!) -
[Jason Diebler] “You just need Flip4Mac w/ WMV installed”
Like that , OK, but MPGStreamclip is just an interface for Flip4Mac
rafael -
I have used Compressor with good results. Its just hard to find the preset and I am not in front of my editing computer now.
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Right, that’s what I mean. MPEG Streamclip allows Export to Other Formats (w/ Flip4Mac installed this means wmv becomes an export option).
“The deepest blues are black” – Foo Fighters
(this doesn’t help me when I’m chroma keying!)
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