I want to edit .mov files for free.

I've got a few .mov files from my camera and I want to edit them together. Windows movie maker won't read .mov files, so I can either convert them or find a free .mov editor. All the programs I've downloaded so far are free trials and either won't convert the whole file or add watermarks.

What's the cheapest way to do what I want? Conver to .avi etc or download a free .mov editor?
Happy chappy

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  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,348
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    I generally convert to avi using a little program called mp4cam2avi:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/

    works a treat.
    Stompa
  • loksat
    loksat Posts: 153 Forumite
    Windows movie maker is good.
    ££££££
    Cheers
    Loks
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538
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    Yes, but it won't read .mov files.
    Happy chappy
  • why is it call movie maker if u cant edit .mov(movie) files with it?
  • Joe_Bloggs
    Joe_Bloggs Posts: 4,535 Forumite
    I have no idea what formats are melded together in the .mov container format. You can try GSPOT to identify the codecs that are required to play the format.
    I'm sure that if the details of the device that creates this material were known then others maybe able to offer more help.

    I like to use cuttermaran to edit mpeg2 content.
    www.videohelp.com is where I found it.
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538
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    420games wrote: »
    why is it call movie maker if u cant edit .mov(movie) files with it?
    I've no idea. Anyway, I use mp4cam2avi to convert to avis.
    Happy chappy
  • I use Super for conversion as this give best flexibility;

    To convert MOV to AVI use the settings below;

    Output container - AVI
    Output video codec - DV Digital Video
    Audio - MP3
    Scale 720:576
    Aspect 5:4
    2 channels
    bitrate 96
    Sampling freq 22050
    Use MEncoder
    29.97 FPS

    This makes the file easier to work with using packages such as Pinnacle Studio. Using MP4CAM works OK but is a little more jerky & the colour can suffer a little
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    420games wrote: »
    why is it call movie maker if u cant edit .mov(movie) files with it?

    .MOV files are Apple Quicktime Movie Files, unsurprisingly Microsoft don't invest time and money in supporting a competing format when they have an excellent .WMV (Windows Media Video) format of their own, or .AVI (Audio Video Interleave) which is a little more generic.

    Apple similarly don't support WMV files. The joys of the free market, eh?
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