Convert MPEG-4 back to MPEG-3?

Natobasso

Natobasso

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A friend of mine in wants to convert a video he shot on a digital vid cam from mpeg-4 back to mpeg-3. He wants to be able to play the video on a PC which doesn't play the mpeg-4 format.

Question: How would my friend convert this 4 file back to 3 so it's playable?

Question: Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks in advance for any ideas. :cool:
 
Natobasso said:
A friend of mine in wants to convert a video he shot on a digital vid cam from mpeg-4 back to mpeg-3. He wants to be able to play the video on a PC which doesn't play the mpeg-4 format.

Question: How would my friend convert this 4 file back to 3 so it's playable?

Question: Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks in advance for any ideas. :cool:
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Tell your friend to just install the latest verision of Quicktime player (or whatever program he wants), so that the MPEG-4 does play.

Kap
 
You have to remember this question is coming from a 3rd party (a friend of mine) and he said the pc computers at his work (running WMP and operating systems from Year 2000) won't play his video format of mpeg-4.
 
well they won't play mpeg-3 either. that doesn't exist. you'll want either: a decent video player/codec for windows OR convert it back to MPEG-2...
 
…and how would you convert the file back to mpeg2? The answer to this question would REALLY help me.

…I have to disagree regarding 3 because I've seen at least dozens of references to it on the net.
 
Natobasso said:
You have to remember this question is coming from a 3rd party (a friend of mine) and he said the pc computers at his work (running WMP and operating systems from Year 2000) won't play his video format of mpeg-4.
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PCs haven't updated their operating systems that much since the year 2000. You'll easily be able to find players for MPEG-4 (e.g. Quicktime).

Whether he'll be allowed to install the software on his work computer is another story (but if he's watching videos at work, I wouldn't think it would be much of an issue :D ).

Kap
 
Keep the ideas coming, though it sounds the best answer is download the latest quicktime for pc. I do appreciate all the help!
 
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