I recorded video on my camera. Nikon puts video into MOV format. grrrrrrrrr

1. I suspect the answer is no......But does anyone know of a way to have the
camera put the video files in MPG or WMV format to start with?

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The exact same MOV files will not play on my computer, but will play on
other computers when I copy them with a memory stick. (And I do have the
latest version of Quicktime and Windows Media Player.) I tried various codec
packages and downloading Nikon support software. And the video still plays
all scrambly with pink and green blobs all over the screen.

2. So the real question is......Is there a way to play MOV with Windows
Media player? Or maybe convert MOV into MPG or WMV?


3. The less prefered route is.....Quicktime is crap, but is there a way to
fix it?



Thanks so much!!!

On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:30:00 -0700, ChristinaGurr
<ChristinaGurr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I recorded video on my camera. Nikon puts video into MOV format. grrrrrrrrr
>
>1. I suspect the answer is no......But does anyone know of a way to have the
>camera put the video files in MPG or WMV format to start with?


The files aren't in MOV format specifically - they're probably
recorded as MPEG-4 : MOV is a container format, like AVI is, and can
contain media recorded in a wide variety of formats.


>The exact same MOV files will not play on my computer, but will play on
>other computers when I copy them with a memory stick. (And I do have the
>latest version of Quicktime and Windows Media Player.) I tried various codec
>packages and downloading Nikon support software. And the video still plays
>all scrambly with pink and green blobs all over the screen.


That often indicates a problem with the video acceleration settings of
your graphics card. If you update the graphics card drivers, does that
go away ?


>2. So the real question is......Is there a way to play MOV with Windows
>Media player? Or maybe convert MOV into MPG or WMV?


Quicktime Pro (about $25-30) can convert the videos to almost any
other codec, though usually in AVI, MPG or MOV. If you had a Mac, the
Flip4Mac tools (again about $25-30) can convert to WMV. Some people
swear by "total video converter", others swear at it ;-)
http://www.download.com/Total-Video-...-10429299.html

Riverpast make an extensive suite of conversion software :
http://www.riverpast.com/en/support/...rt/mov/mp4.php
such as "riverpast video cleaner"
http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/videocleaner/


>3. The less prefered route is.....Quicktime is crap, but is there a way to
>fix it?


If you can stand yet another player, Real Player 11 can play almost
all formats including MOV and WMV. But it sounds like your best bet is
going to be to find a converter program and use that to move the
content to your preferred format.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

I have XP.


Okay Thanks....will do some testing with the options you provided.

There is also a 'cheat' that may work for you- could be a pain if you have
to do this alot

Earlier I was helping someone in a FrontPage NG, they were having issues
with HTMLView. While looking at options, I stumbled across the ability to
display Flash (SWF) movies inside of WMP by wrapping it into an ASX file.
I read your problem, and tried it with a MOV file- it worked!

I copied the file to my desktop and it is named 'sample.mov'
I created this file in Notepad and called it sample.asx
contents:
<asx version="3.0">
<entry>
<ref href="sample.mov"/>
<duration value="00:02:00.00"/>
</entry>
</asx>

Simple enough, and it even worked.


"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:beap24p8h2d9souhs6lqpmmcopie0ren53@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 09:30:00 -0700, ChristinaGurr
> <ChristinaGurr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I recorded video on my camera. Nikon puts video into MOV format.
>>grrrrrrrrr
>>
>>1. I suspect the answer is no......But does anyone know of a way to have
>>the
>>camera put the video files in MPG or WMV format to start with?
>
>
> The files aren't in MOV format specifically - they're probably
> recorded as MPEG-4 : MOV is a container format, like AVI is, and can
> contain media recorded in a wide variety of formats.
>
>
>>The exact same MOV files will not play on my computer, but will play on
>>other computers when I copy them with a memory stick. (And I do have the
>>latest version of Quicktime and Windows Media Player.) I tried various
>>codec
>>packages and downloading Nikon support software. And the video still
>>plays
>>all scrambly with pink and green blobs all over the screen.
>
>
> That often indicates a problem with the video acceleration settings of
> your graphics card. If you update the graphics card drivers, does that
> go away ?
>
>
>>2. So the real question is......Is there a way to play MOV with Windows
>>Media player? Or maybe convert MOV into MPG or WMV?
>
>
> Quicktime Pro (about $25-30) can convert the videos to almost any
> other codec, though usually in AVI, MPG or MOV. If you had a Mac, the
> Flip4Mac tools (again about $25-30) can convert to WMV. Some people
> swear by "total video converter", others swear at it ;-)
> http://www.download.com/Total-Video-...-10429299.html
>
> Riverpast make an extensive suite of conversion software :
> http://www.riverpast.com/en/support/...rt/mov/mp4.php
> such as "riverpast video cleaner"
> http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/videocleaner/
>
>
>>3. The less prefered route is.....Quicktime is crap, but is there a way to
>>fix it?
>
>
> If you can stand yet another player, Real Player 11 can play almost
> all formats including MOV and WMV. But it sounds like your best bet is
> going to be to find a converter program and use that to move the
> content to your preferred format.
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs