Hello,
I tried to import a .wmv movie into Vegas and into VideoStudio but both say it's an unknown format. However I'm able to watch it in any multimedia player. How could I do? Other than that, what video authoring application do you use? Thanks.
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You could use windows movie maker and convert the wmv to dv-avi.
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Thanks. I tried with Windows Movie Maker but same error message. This .wmv was created by mplayer, grabbing a streaming video. Any other idea?
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Thanks. Here's what I got:
Just in case, here's the video: http://www.auriance.com/docs/tmp/journal.wmv
It seems the video is not saved properly, however I can watch it in all multimedia players on my computer. Any idea how I can import it in editing application?
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Download and install Virtualdub.
Download and install AVISynth.
Create an AVS script (text file) 'journal.avs', containing the following line.
directshowsource("journal.wmv", fps=25, convertfps=true, audio=true)
Open journal.avs in Virtualdub and 'File/Save as AVI' 'journal.avi'.
Do not try to move along the timeline. You will get a seek error. Just Open/Save.
The output will be approx 6 gig.
The AVI should be OK in a number of editors. Compress there. -
Thanks. The output is actually 15GB and it won't fit on my 36GB HDD...Any idea to "precut" it somehow?
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how about burning some of your files to a data disc...then you'd have room to edit
if you're going to work with video, you may just want to consider a larger HDD
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Hi.
Don't know where I got my figure from. Maybe lossless compression.
I haven't got your file anymore so cannot test.
This lossless compressor has a slide control. It also allows some loss to achieve a smaller file size. I quite like it.
http://www.alparysoft.com/products.php?id=8&item=35
The download link is at the bottom of the page. It requires registration, BUT it's free.
Maybe, in Virtualdub, if you select Video/Compression - select Alparysoft compression and then select configure.
Then follow the earlier instructions.
This might take a while but you should be able to find a solution to your problem. Or, unfortunately for you, more disk space.
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