converting videos for imovie

ghostcinderella · ghostcinderella #1 (**permalink**)

01-15-2009, 01:13 PM

I tried searching this forum but couldn't really find the answer... of course the problem is I don't really have a great computer tekkie vocab at my disposal and hence can't find the correct words to search with to get answers.

OKay... I opened imovie and tried to import video clips to practise on. But the extensions, .mpeg .wmv and .mpg won't open as I guess they are not supported. How can I convert them? I tried Handbrake (new ver.) but after selecting the right boxes (output mp4 and video code mpeg-4 FFmpeg) and pressed start.... nothing got converted after it said that it did. Hmmmm. Maybe I checked the wrong boxes??

Does anybody know?

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

01-15-2009, 03:26 PM

Try downloading and installing Perian and Flip4Mac, Perian extends a host of movie codecs for QuickTime, while Flip4Mac adds support for Windows media.

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime

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Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,682 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	01-15-2009, 03:26 PM Try downloading and installing Perian and Flip4Mac, Perian extends a host of movie codecs for QuickTime, while Flip4Mac adds support for Windows media. Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components Windows Media® Components for QuickTime Member of the Month September 2008 & August 2012 \| Found advice useful? – use the rep system
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ghostcinderella #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 28, 2008 Posts: 27	01-15-2009, 01:13 PM I tried searching this forum but couldn't really find the answer... of course the problem is I don't really have a great computer tekkie vocab at my disposal and hence can't find the correct words to search with to get answers. OKay... I opened imovie and tried to import video clips to practise on. But the extensions, .mpeg .wmv and .mpg won't open as I guess they are not supported. How can I convert them? I tried Handbrake (new ver.) but after selecting the right boxes (output mp4 and video code mpeg-4 FFmpeg) and pressed start.... nothing got converted after it said that it did. Hmmmm. Maybe I checked the wrong boxes?? Does anybody know? Thanks
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