confused on video format..

[Spartan Erik]

i use windows media player and quicktime alternative (qt alternative allows me to play.mov's and other normal apple format videos in windows media player)

however, i just received a .MOV file, and i am unable to open it.
when i check its properties, where its says type of file it says 'movfile'

i am able to open it with adobe premiere LE however..

will i need some sort of plug in to view this?
or does adobe premier LE have the capability to convert this filetype?

 

[Chris S]

not sure if this will help

have you tried VLC player.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

i've found it plays most video formats if not all the ones i've seen

 

[Spartan Erik]

oh hah nevermind i figured out a solution
i converted the original 70mb .MOV to a 400mb .avi in adobe premiere
then converted the 400 mb .avi to a 24mb .wmv in windows movie maker

i lost a bit of audio quality, but video quality isnt affected

thanks for helping though!

admins/mods can go ahead and close topic

 

[cuthisarminarf]

In the Future, perhaps try winAVI VideoConverter. Awesome program. Very quick, and handles nearly all video formats.
I tend to use this program alot if I experience similar problems to what you encountered!

 

[Brandon]

Open quicktime alternative and open the file manually.