QT -> WMV Sort-of Works?

[albloom]

Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I snagged
Blockbuster's Superbowl "How To Use A Mouse" ad, dropped the
FLV onto iSquint, and got an MP4 file (28 seconds for the ad).
So far so good.

I opened it in QuickTime Pro (7.1.3 under 10.4.8) and it played
fine. I went to export it as a WMV, and the result was half of
the ad (14 seconds). I tried another download (Blockbuster stuff
excised, 14 seconds). Same process. Same result. The WMV was 7
seconds long, again exactly half.

What's going on? How can I correct the problem?

Help!!!

[albloom]

Never mind. Seems with the free Flip4Mac, QT will only export
one half of the video, up to a max of 30 seconds.

The Flip-folk want you to spend $49 to upgrade to Studio.

I believe I can get the same capability (and more) with
VisualHub for $23.

[pixel zombie]

why would you want to export as a wmv file if you have it in flv format?

[albloom]

Because I have a friend who doesn't know how to deal
with any other video format.

It's easier to give her what she knows than to teach her
anything new.

[dnix71]

Use VLC to recode to WM1 or WM2. It's free.

Open File> click Streaming Saving, in the new window click Browse at the top to give it a default file name. Amend the name .wmv, Play File Locally, under transcoding options for video and audio check both, choose wm1 or 2 and as high a bit rate as you can afford for each.

[Antoniola]

Well worth the $49. for Flip4Mac. V-Hub doesn't come close to the quality and features. Here's the F4M general spec: supports WM7, 8, 9, 9 Advanced, ISO MPEG 4 V1.0 & V1.1, Microsoft MPEG 4 V2 & V2 along with multiple audio codecs. Web streaming. Import/export, FCP compatible, etc.

Never mind. Seems with the free Flip4Mac, QT will only export
one half of the video, up to a max of 30 seconds.

The Flip-folk want you to spend $49 to upgrade to Studio.

I believe I can get the same capability (and more) with
VisualHub for $23.