clueless

[oknash]

i have no idea what i'm doing....

i downloaded ffmpegx to convert my MPEG1 muxed files to be compatible with iMovie.
after i downloaded the binaries, i dragged the file i wanted to convert to ffmpegx and changed the target format to .MOV mpeg_4.....

almost instantly the file conversion was "complete" however nothing happened.... i couldn't locate the new file, but i don't think it was actually converted.

can anyone please walk me through this step by step?

many thanks.

[Case]

ffmpegX keeps a log of what it is doing, accessible by clicking the blue "i" in the ffmpegX Progress window. It should open a new window called Process Information. If you post that content, it can be examined for error messages.

[oknash]

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
Fri Dec 26 19:31:53 CST 2008
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 1 comes from film source: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 30.00


(30/1)
Input #0, asf, from '/Users/mylib/Movies/Large_Dead_Snake.wmv':
Duration: 00:00:17.0, start: 2.000000, bitrate: 956 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: wmav2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream #0.1, 30.00 fps(r): Video: WMV3 / 0x33564D57, 640x480
Incorrect frame rate

[Case]

That log is from trying to convert a WMV file, not a muxed MPEG-1 file.

[rumplestiltskin]

You probably need the Flip4Mac plugin (free, from Microsoft). Once that's installed (and you've rebooted), you'll be able to convert the WMV file using MPEG Streamclip (or other apps).