Guest MJG Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Just got a very nice digicam but the movie files it records are in *mov format. Advice needed as to how I merge several movies recorded in *.mov format into one movie. Needs to be no cost if poss, lowest cost if not.......... tia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkieB Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 google for freeware .mov converter here's a download that should do what you need [apparently] rad video tools then once you've converted the files to ".asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv" windows movie maker — included free with xp first 'import into collections' the files into movie maker then add the scenes to your project in order [in case one .mov file is split into several clips, ctrl-A select all then put in the project] then once you've added all the scenes you want for one file, 'save movie file' — it'll be a .wmv file then, it takes a while for higher quality / longer movies; compression is good, eg 5 minutes at 2.1 Mbps quality compresses to 80MB — there's nothing stopping you from converting it back to .mov afterwards I suppose here's a listing of 300 possible merging programs for you to browse HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MJG Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Many thanks for that pretty comprehensive reply. I do use Wndows MM a lot so I am familiar with the second bit it was the merging of mov files I was struggling with - but not for much longer. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I use windows MM sometimes, for, ahem, making one long clip from several shorter ones (you know the type... you only get them in 20second parts.... from those websites.... ) works really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I use windows MM sometimes, for, ahem, making one long clip from several shorter ones (you know the type... you only get them in 20second parts.... from those websites.... )works really well. Tut, disgraceful Must try it some time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MJG Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Many thanks for that pretty comprehensive reply.I do use Wndows MM a lot so I am familiar with the second bit it was the merging of mov files I was struggling with - but not for much longer. Many thanks MM this needs a bit of further work....... mov files converted to avi using this prog, which seems to be the only option to Win MM users displays a very jittery outcome........ Back to the drawing board and thanks for your reply..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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