flip4mac alternative????

[Rhisiart]

Or you can try VisualHub (although it's not free).

[fryke]

Reading the OP again, it's *OBVIOUSLY* about converting *TO* WMV. I think Flip4Mac's the best option for that right now. And I'm not aware of a good free one. (Not even just a free one unless ffmpegx does it without me noticing because it's too freakin' complicated to handle...)

[arri]

VLC is the one you want
and it can convert to and from many different formats/codecs, including ASF, which is just a container format for holding formats such as WMV.
VLC's streaming/exporting wizard makes the process pretty straightforward

together with the VLC bowser plugin you can dump Flip alltogether,
although you need a modified .rsrc file for it to understand wmv/asf format, which is probably a legal issue..

[DarkSorrow]

If you have window in boot Camp, you can boot it there and use window app, Super it 100% free and can convert any media file and audio file. it not over-complex like FFmpegx. Super have a option to leave watermark or not or create your watermark. Dont have to install any codec, it a standalone program with it own codec libraries.

Plus it have a ability to show the converted file to see it working before it start encoding the file. so that way you can check if the converted file is working properly

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

Right. Why on earth would you want to use WMV? It really annoys me when I find a video in WMV. It sucks. Why do people use it. The reason why i dislike it is not because Microsoft make it. Its bad because Microsoft make it.


Rant over. :P

[Viro]

Originally Posted by CJ MAC OSX IPOD

It sucks. Why do people use it.

Most likely because Windows machines can play it out of the box, and they come with a free and fairly easy to use encoder. Seeing as Microsoft Windows runs on the majority (i.e. 80 - 95% of computers, depending on whose numbers you trust) this is no small advantage.

[elander]

Originally Posted by Viro

Most likely because Windows machines can play it out of the box, and they come with a free and fairly easy to use encoder. Seeing as Microsoft Windows runs on the majority (i.e. 80 - 95% of computers, depending on whose numbers you trust) this is no small advantage.

Well, so does H.264 and Flash video, in fact they play on even more systems since they play on Mac and Linux systems too.

The real reasons why there are so many WMV files around are a) laziness and b) ignorance. A lot of people don't realise that there are alternatives, and most don't understand that there is a free and easy way to generate for instance Flash video: submit your video to YouTube and then download the result (which nowadays is actually a Flash video containing H.264 encoded video).

There are several services online to download and save videos from YouTube, for instance this one (just ignore the ads):
http://www.downloadyoutubevideos.com/

If you want more control you can always go to H.264 on your own, through ffmpeg (Mac or Linux) or StaxRip (Win 2000/XP), both free and potent applications.

[priji]

Thank you very much for all information