Palace Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Need quick (pun intended) help on how to convert a .mov file created by a video camera into a Windows readable video format like mp4. Can this be done in QuickTime (Mac version) running on a Macbook or do i need to install a freeware converter? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozymandious Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 (edited) your machine should be able to read .mov it's the quicktime format. just download Quick time for windows. you can use iTunes to convert your .mov to .mp4 by adding it to your library then clicking on it and tell the file to convert. or alternatively just get VLC player and it will play just about anything under the sun. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Edited July 25, 2008 by ozymandious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palace Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 actually, the reason i need to convert is i sent the .mov file to someone on Windows XP. she doesn't have QuickTime and cannot be bothered to install, i guess. anyway, i'll try your suggestion to use iTunes. thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 actually, the reason i need to convert is i sent the .mov file to someone on Windows XP. she doesn't have QuickTime and cannot be bothered to install, i guess. anyway, i'll try your suggestion to use iTunes. thanks a lot. Just install Quicktime Alternative, it will allow the file to play without installing the big bloated quicktime app. The normal version includes media player classic, a nice lightweight media player, and the lite version installs only the codecs needed for playback with other media players. HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazey Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Quicktime (Pro) has an export function that will do this, IIRC. check under the File menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 give this one a try, its free up to 100MB http://www.zamzar.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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