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Cleon

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Question - I have a couple of MOV files. I would like to burn them to DVD.

Problem; Nero doesn't really support QT. Well, it does, just not these particular mov files.

And I'm too cheap to spend $30 on a program to convert them to AVI (like WinAVI) unless I really have no other choice.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this?
 
er, thanks...Weird, I searched videohelp and afterdawn up and down, didn't see that one. I'll let you know how it turns out.
 
Cleon said:
Question - I have a couple of MOV files. I would like to burn them to DVD.

Problem; Nero doesn't really support QT. Well, it does, just not these particular mov files.

And I'm too cheap to spend $30 on a program to convert them to AVI (like WinAVI) unless I really have no other choice.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this?
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If you are running *nix, you can download ffmpeg or if you are on a mac, ffmpegX.

Should do the job for you. Not sure what windows version there is of this, however.
 
find this
Xilisoft Video Converter
I downloaded freeware and it worked for me tho' there might be limitations.
 
*grumble* Unfortunately, any converter has to go frame by frame--considering these movies are over 1 GB, the time estimates are something like 28 hours. So I'm going to dedicate my laptop to the task this weekend. I wasn't real impressed with ffmpeg--the quality it gave me on a small MOV file seemed less than optimal (and the sound was a bit out of sync with the video).

Xilisoft and the other commercial software usually either has a limitation on size or a watermark, neither of which I'm a big fan of.

So if I can't get it done this weekend, I'm going with Plan B; find a non-MOV version of the file. :D
 
Cleon said:
*grumble* Unfortunately, any converter has to go frame by frame--considering these movies are over 1 GB, the time estimates are something like 28 hours.
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Only if you use a steam-driven computer. With Pinnacle Studio Plus, it takes about 7-8 hours for me to convert 1 hour of video, which is just over 5Gb AVI. I haven't converted any MOV files, though.
 
Cleon said:
*grumble* Unfortunately, any converter has to go frame by frame--considering these movies are over 1 GB, the time estimates are something like 28 hours. So I'm going to dedicate my laptop to the task this weekend. I wasn't real impressed with ffmpeg--the quality it gave me on a small MOV file seemed less than optimal (and the sound was a bit out of sync with the video).

Xilisoft and the other commercial software usually either has a limitation on size or a watermark, neither of which I'm a big fan of.

So if I can't get it done this weekend, I'm going with Plan B; find a non-MOV version of the file. :D
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Why cant you tell Nero you wan't to make a ' Data ' DVD disk and just put the .mov files on the disk ? Or, am I missing something ?
 
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I suppose he wants disks that can be played on a desktop DVD-player ?
 
El Greco said:
I suppose he wants disks that can be played on a desktop DVD-player ?
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O.K.. I didn't infer that from the OP..

Question - I have a couple of MOV files. I would like to burn them to DVD
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Now if he said " I want to convert them to DVD ( MPG ) " , I would be with you on this..

I didn't get what Nero had to do with QT ..
 
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Diogenes said:
O.K.. I didn't infer that from the OP..




Now if he said " I want to convert them to DVD ( MPG ) " , I would be with you on this..

I didn't get what Nero had to do with QT ..
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The OP:

Question - I have a couple of MOV files. I would like to burn them to DVD.

Problem; Nero doesn't really support QT. Well, it does, just not these particular mov files.
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Not to be rude, but I think my meaning was fairly clear. I'd like to be able to play these in standard DVD players.
 
cleon....are they the .MOV files with Britney spears and the gerbil?
 
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