Having trouble with video

brady06 · brady06 #1 (**permalink**)

02-06-2010, 04:53 AM

My friend videotaped our volleyball tournament and he has windows and he uploaded it all from his laptop onto a disk, and i put the disk in my imac and i can't watch everything because its all in .mpeg format. Is there a video converter to make it so i can watch it on my computer, and make a highlight package in iMovie?

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

02-06-2010, 05:34 AM

You should be able to watch mpeg with a player like VLC.

AS for conversion I use MPEG Streamclip to convert to Quicktime MOV format
Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac and Windows

But also download Perian (it extends what codecs Quicktime can use ) - Very useful
Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components

brady06 · brady06 #3 (**permalink**)

02-06-2010, 01:52 PM

Okay, but what can I use to convert it to a format that I can use in iMovie?

chas_m · chas_m #4 (**permalink**)

02-08-2010, 05:57 AM

Actually, googling those terms brings up a lot of spam-scam and nonsense.

You can use MPEG Streamclip (free) to convert the footage. You may need the MPEG-2 Playback component from Apple ($30) to make this work.

brady06 · brady06 #5 (**permalink**)

02-10-2010, 01:18 AM

can i convert it using quicktime pro?

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Member Since: Jan 22, 2010 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 17,969 Mac Specs: Mid-2012 MBP (16GB, 1TB HD), BenQ second monitor, iPhone 5s 32GB, iPad Air 2 64GB	02-08-2010, 05:57 AM Actually, googling those terms brings up a lot of spam-scam and nonsense. You can use MPEG Streamclip (free) to convert the footage. You may need the MPEG-2 Playback component from Apple ($30) to make this work. Cheers, chas_m -- My essay for switchers and newbies • Keeping your Mac in top form
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Member Since: Feb 06, 2010 Posts: 3	02-06-2010, 04:53 AM My friend videotaped our volleyball tournament and he has windows and he uploaded it all from his laptop onto a disk, and i put the disk in my imac and i can't watch everything because its all in .mpeg format. Is there a video converter to make it so i can watch it on my computer, and make a highlight package in iMovie?
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