Hi All.....

My digital camera (Olympus FE 130) seems to be doing my videos in Quicktime mov format, How can I convert these to mpeg so I can view them using my Windows media player...

Also how can I change my camera to allow it to operate in the mpeg format as I am sure that it used to do it before.

Thanks in advance

Hi

Try these free converters:-

Quick Media Converter

Format Factory

Sorry can't help you with the other question

Cheers and thanks Daffy

will give them a go

Hi

Try these free converters:-

Quick Media Converter

Format Factory

Sorry can't help you with the other question

Tried the 1st one it requires a purchase before registration.

Format factory is totally free and works well

Thanks again

I just recently downloaded an update for Quick Media converter and it was still free

I just recently downloaded an update for Quick Media converter and it was still free

Maybe I did something wrong or clicked on the wrong thing but as the other one works well, I will leave that one on..

Download the VLC player: it plays any codec including Flash movies: hxxp://www.videolan.org/

Generally speaking though, all you need to do is to right click the clip you want to play in another media player and choose "Open With" and then select the player from the list. Initially, leave the field where it says "Always use the selected program to open this type of file", unchecked. If the clip won't play, then the file will open with whatever player was previously selected the next time you try to play it.

But I don't think WMP supports the Quicktime .MOV codec. If it doesn't, you'll get a message to that effect when you try to play it.

You can undo the application a file opens with by going to "My Computer", then "Tools", "Folder Options", "File Types". Click the file type by its extension i.e. "MOV" for Quicktime movies and then click the "Change" button and choose the program you want to open it with. I've included a screenshot to illustrate the steps to take.

...But I don't think WMP supports the Quicktime .MOV codec...

WMP plays .mov files on my PC, but I can't remember what I did to enable it.

Gomplayer from gomlab.com is pretty good and plays most formats & DVDs too much like VLC . It's also slightly prettier.

My digital camera (Olympus FE 130) seems to be doing my videos in Quicktime mov format, How can I convert these to mpeg so I can view them using my Windows media player

don't be a cheapskate with these freeware pieces of software.. totally inferior in my opinion.. (i've used them)

now i only use 'Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8' for all my video editing/converting..

nothing touches it... (imho)

Edited January 25, 200917 yr by Goshawk

...now i only use 'Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8' for all my video editing/converting...

I've got Sony Vegas 7, but don't use it much and never thought to use it to convert a .mov file. I'll have to compare it with my usual converter program - 'Super'.

There is also a software named Super2008 which is converting multiple formats.

Download can be found here: http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?ID=1341

Cheers.

WMP plays .mov files on my PC, but I can't remember what I did to enable it.

Did you install quicktime on your PC at some stage? WMP will probably use the quicktime codecs if they have been installed on your PC.

WMP plays .mov files on my PC, but I can't remember what I did to enable it.

Did you install quicktime on your PC at some stage? WMP will probably use the quicktime codecs if they have been installed on your PC.

Ah, yes! I have Quick Time 7.0.4 installed, but the .mov files are associated with WMP.

There is also a software named Super2008 which is converting multiple formats.

Download can be found here: http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?ID=1341

Cheers.

That one is old - Build 30 (March 22, 2008).

The version in my link (post #11) is new - Build 35 (Jan 5, 2009).

Sorry changed my mind

Edited January 27, 200917 yr by Daffy D