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September 9th, 2007, 05:27 PM
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 Convert mpeg2 to mpeg4 and edit in imovie I have home movies which seem to all be in mpeg2 format. I would like to open them in imovie to edit and burn new dvds. At an Apple store I was told I needed QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback to read the mpeg2 format. Under the FAQs for MPEG-2 Playback, it says to export to mpeg4 (?) I need to use QuickTime Pro. My quesiton is, do I need both QuickTime Pro and MPEG-2 Playback? I don't want to plunk down $50 unnecessarily. How do these work together to get my mpeg2 files into imovie? Is there an easier route to do this? Thanks, Meg  |
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#2
September 9th, 2007, 05:44 PM
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| You can use FFMpegX to convert between many formats. It's a little harder to use because there are so many options though.
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September 9th, 2007, 10:02 PM
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| I'm running ffmpeg. I have a VIDEO_TS file and there are instructions in the HOW To section on converting VIDEO_TS folders to DivX (mpeg4?). I followed the instrucitons and obtained one file, movie.avi. iMovie still does not see this. Is there another step I need to go through? Or have I done this all wrong? Argh. Thanks, Meg |
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September 10th, 2007, 04:45 AM
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| use handbrake instead. makes nice "real" MPEG-4 files iMovie should be able to handle. easily.
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