Ive got a question about digital cam video playback

[e40water]

I just did a small video record on my digital camera, I believe its wm format noe sure. I was just wondering if anyone knows of an program that allows you to convert it to a WMA format. I am unable to play it.

Any Idea's would be great thanks.

[daamon]

Hi e40water,

When you say "digital camera", I'm guessing you mean a stills / photograph camera and not a video camera...

If so, the format might be Quicktime's Movie (filename.mov) - some are.

You say you can't play it - I'm guessing that you're talking about on your PC (or MAC). You might not have the codec for it. What happens when you try to play it?

I'm doing a lot of guessing and asking questions - we need more info...

[e40water]

Yes I am thinking the format might be Quicktime's Movie (filename.mov). Is what I need to play this one on my pc. Its basically a video mode, On my digital camera, Its not still pic's. I guess I need to get Quicktime's? Another question, Am I able to convert this file to dif format?

thanks for youre anwsers & replys. =)

[daamon]

To play .mov files, you need the Quicktime player. Easily found (I guess) if you do a Google search... It might even be on this site's "Tools" list.

Yes, I believe you can convert MOV files to other formats - not sure which formats, and which tools are available.

Look under "How To... Convert" to the left.

Glad to help.

[dcsos]

the deluxe method is to use quicktime directly for the conversion.
If you have quicktime installed, paying $20.00 to www.apple.com
will unlock features already present but unavailable in the installed player
this will allow handy conversion through either SAVE AS or EXPORT
become usable in QUICKTIME PRO

[thecoalman]

The two most common formats those digital cameras record in can be played by either Windows Media player or Quicktime depending on what it's recoreding in. Both are free if you only want to view the video.

As for converting I've had a little experience with this, a lot of frustration. The first problem is they use a very odd framerate which seems to vary depending on the model, but basically is around the 10 fps area. One of the issues I ran into is my editor appeared to load the entire clip into memory for editing and converting... if you want to convert I'd look into tools available from whoever owns the format as suggested above.

[e40water]

Awsome guys thats the anwsers I was looking for.

thanks again for youre guys help.