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    I have a video file on my Uni MacBook (Leopard) I need to convert in
    order to get it into iMovie to edit, but I can't find anything that will recognize it or deal with it.

    QT Player plays it fine on my Mac; I do have Flip4mac installed.

    Using Get Info the Kind says "Quick Time Movie," and
    the Codec says "Windows Media Audio 9 Standard, Windows Media Video 9
    Standard.

    There doesn't appear to be any extension, though I've tried adding some
    (.mov, .wmv) with no success.

    iMovie won't recognize the file to import. I've tried three conversion
    apps also (iSquint, FLVCrunch, and something else I trashed) and none
    will deal with it. VLC will not open it: "main: no suitable decoder
    module for fourcc `WMV3'. VLC probably does not support this sound or
    video format."

    Any ideas on what else I could try?

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    Have you tried ffmpegx? It has the option "decode with QT." If QT can play it, the there is a chance that ffmpegx can convert it.
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    If QT Player will play it, then MPEG Streamclip should also be able to open it and convert it for you.

    Note that it might be possible that you have to go to some intermediate format before it will convert to DV-Stream (assuming you're talking about iMovieHD)' otherwise, newer versions of iMovie will be quite happy with a file converted to H264/MP4 with AAC audio.
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    Thanks everyone. Tried ffMepegX but no luck, though I can see the app is quite useful. I ended up just capturing it with iShowU, which turned out okay except it's a little choppy.
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    You need to install Flip4Mac's WMV Player Pro,
    which would have allowed you to open the file
    natively in Quicktime or iMovie. From there, you simply export
    out to a file format of your choice. ( that's the PRO in WMV Player Pro,
    an advantage over the Free Flip4Mac that only allows playback)
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    Originally Posted by gtracs
    Thanks everyone. Tried ffMepegX but no luck, though I can see the app is quite useful. I ended up just capturing it with iShowU, which turned out okay except it's a little choppy.
    What error messages did you get? Did you look at the logfile to see what went wrong? And did you remember to select "decode with Quicktime?" You said that QT played the clip fine so "decoding with QT" should generally work.
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