Got a mini-dv movie.Problem is that it's in Quicktime format..UGHHHH!!!!!

[Canon GL-2 Guy]

My understanding is that this movie clip was originally shot in mini-dv format and is of that quality,however I can only get it saved as a Quicktime file.how do I get back to mini-dv?

I need to quickly figure or find out how to get this to an .avi or mini-dv format for futher processing without (or with a minimal of)quality loss.

How do I best convert a Quicktime movie at DV quality to one of the above formats?

Never done it before.This is a immediate 1 time need.

All advice,program reccomendations and suggestions welcome.

Thanks all!

Bruce

[edDV]

Quicktime Pro will convert but upper level editing programs may read it directly.

[Canon GL-2 Guy]

Thanks,

But is there anything for free or a trial version of something that will work??

Bruce

[edDV]

Thanks,

But is there anything for free or a trial version of something that will work??

Bruce

I don't know about free software but you could get a friend with a MAC to

1. convert it to avi or
2. record it to a camcorder tape so you can later transfer to your PC or
3. play file on the Mac over IEEE-1394 and capsfer on the PC.

#2 and #3 would need to be done at 1x speed.

[celtic_druid]

Never had any problems with QT DV files and Premiere. I'd imagine that other NLE's would also handle DV mov files fine. As for freeware; mencoder or ffmpeg should be able to remux DV from mov to avi.

[indijay]

First of all, why can you get ONLY as QT movie? Just because it is transferred using iMovie?
If this is the case then right click on the project and click on 'Show package contents'. There will be a folder called as Media, you will find all *.dv files in there. There is NO need to export them as QT files to get them
(If I understood your question correctly)