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How to convert a problematic video file?

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Roger

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Jul 30, 2009, 3:01:51 PM7/30/09
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I have a video file on my Uni MacBook (Leopard) I need to convert in
order to compress. Using Get Info the Kind says "Quick Time Movie," and
the Codec says "Windows Media Audio 9 Standard, Windows Media Video 9
Standard.

There doesn't appear to be any extension, though I've tried adding some
(.mov, .wmv) with no success.

iMovie won't recognize the file to import. I've tried three conversion
apps also (iSquint, FLVCrunch, and something else I trashed) and none
will deal with it. VLC will not open it: "main: no suitable decoder
module for fourcc `WMV3'. VLC probably does not support this sound or
video format."

QT Player plays it fine on my Mac; I have Flip4mac installed.

Any ideas on what else I could try?

Thanks,
Rog

Malcolm

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Jul 30, 2009, 8:34:37 PM7/30/09
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If it plays with Flip4Mac, then Flip4Mac Pro
<http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm>
and QuickTime Pro
<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/>
can convert it to other formats. It may not compress very much,
though, without losing image quality.

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