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greg

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Hi there,

 

I've been trying to get a video clip converted from WMV to AVI so that I can bring it into A:M. I've tried Movie Maker, which I understand from another thread here that it probably won't work, Ulead Video Studio and Virtual Dub. Working with the A:M support people they suggested I might try a more standard codec than the ones used, Virtual Dub uses Microsoft DIB and the Ulead codec was not obtained by AVICODEC. Does anyone know of a rendering package which will create an AVI movie which A:M can bring in? Or, can someone tell me how to change the CODEC on the packages I am using? I can't seem to find a place to change the COODEC to one of the ones suggested by the help desk, MS Video 1 or Cinepak.

 

Thanks,

 

Greg

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Hi Greg:

 

I prefer to use Sony Movie Studio. It around $100 US for it and you can download a 30 day free trial from the link below.

 

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/downlo...ep2.asp?DID=613

 

It will allow you to load a .wmv video file (or .mov or whatever), and save it to many different formats, including uncompressed AVI, DVAVI, etc.

 

Al

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Video Studio can output an AVI. Try using "uncompressed" first, then work your way through the other codecs to see what works with A:M.

 

edit: Make sure you aren't using the "DV" codec. If you must use DV, use DV type 2

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Thanks for all the help. I'll look at these. In the mean time I found a package called Video Cleaner, which is $30 with a 30 day trial with watermark and two minute limit. So far I have been able to use the short movie I created with this one. I'll test drive the other suggestions also.

 

Thanks again,

 

Greg

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