Which player to use for the .MOV format video clips? Recently, all movie clips from Canon cameras switched to a new format (for no apparent reason IMO) from the very popular AVI format to un-popular MOV format. I have tried to play it on several players, from Windows Media Player, to Real, QuickTime and more. None of them has the correct "Codec" to play this format. I am stuck.What would you recommend? What compatible players are you (Windows) guys using??Thanks for your help! Which player to use for the .MOV format video clips? Recently, all movie clips from Canon cameras switched to a new format (for no apparent reason IMO) from the very popular AVI format to... » Read More Which player to use for the .MOV format video clips? Recently, all movie clips from Canon cameras switched to a new format (for no apparent reason IMO) from the very popular AVI format to un-popular MOV format. I have tried to play it on several players, from Windows Media Player, to Real, QuickTime and more. None of them has the correct "Codec" to play this format. I am stuck.What would you recommend? What compatible players are you (Windows) guys using??Thanks for your help! « Show Less
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I don't think it is Sony... I also just recently downloaded videos from a Kodak camera and they also formated to .MOV... which I had to download QickTime player to see.
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Its all of the camera companies. Apparently the .mov format has better quality and compression.
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I was looking for a player as well. I was not happy with the lack of options in quicktime. I actually use itunes to view the videos now. I understand both are made my apple but I find there are more features in itunes...including a better full screen mode. I hope this helps. By the way, do you have the sd940 and are you happy with it?
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Windows Media Player plays .mov, you probably just need to download the most recent version. It's Apple Quicktime format fyi.
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But if it is a non-standard format, it should not be forced on us. At lease the camera should give me an option which format I want to record to. Some Panasonic models do give you options.
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I don't own one myself, but I bough it for a close friend of mine and I played a lot with it, and tried everything extensively with photos and videos. I bought an SD1200 not long ago for another one, and I think the 940 takes some better pictures, but has many more features plus HD video. But can still not understand why they switched to MOV format. Is it related to HD format?
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.mov is a very common format that has been around forever.Download VLC and forget about it.
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I have burned with Windows DVD maker all types of home videos on Visa and Windows 7. I have combined my own music, Jpegs, and AVI video clips from my Canon Powershot camera. Yah, old school,but when my recent little used DVD died I was told it would be difficult to find one that would read my home videos. Well the Big box store said this one wouldn't do it, but it does and I'm going to buy another tomorrow. I tried it on an 1988 Panasonic and a Sony HD 40 Brava with excellent results. It even played VCR movies I copied in a VCR/DVD combo and played them too. I am really pleased with this purchase and bringing the Sansung back tomorrow. I have burned with Windows DVD maker all types of home videos on Visa and Windows 7. I have combined my own music, Jpegs, and AVI video clips from my Canon Powershot camera. Yah, old school,but when my recent little used DVD died I was told it would be difficult to find one that would read my home videos. Well the Big box store said this one wouldn't do it, but it does and I'm going to buy another tomorrow. I tried it on an 1988 Panasonic and a Sony HD 40 Brava with excellent results. It even played VCR movies I copied in a VCR/DVD combo and played them too. I am really pleased with this... » Read More I have burned with Windows DVD maker all types of home videos on Visa and Windows 7. I have combined my own music, Jpegs, and AVI video clips from my Canon Powershot camera. Yah, old school,but when my recent little used DVD died I was told it would be difficult to find one that would read my home videos. Well the Big box store said this one wouldn't do it, but it does and I'm going to buy another tomorrow. I tried it on an 1988 Panasonic and a Sony HD 40 Brava with excellent results. It even played VCR movies I copied in a VCR/DVD combo and played them too. I am really pleased with this purchase and bringing the Sansung back tomorrow. « Show Less
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How to convert (.mov) to another format like .mpeg / .avi without loosing qyuality ? Thanks!
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I am pretty sure that the WD player I have plays Avi files. WMV files didn't play though. Do a search for a program that converts mp4, mpeg, wmv, etc to avi or a file that you know the WD plays. The conversion programs are generally free. Good luck.
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AVI can be multiple codecs.. Anyone know what specific codec the videos must be encoded in?Thanks
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From Sony's site: Import - AAC, AA3, AIFF, AVI, BMP, CDA, FLAC, GIF, JPEG, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MVC, OGG, OMA, PCA, PNG, QuickTime, SND, SFA, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV, XAVC S Export - AAC, AC3, AA3, AIFF, AVC, AVI, BMP, FLAC, JPEG, LPEC, MP3, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MVC, OGG, PCA, PNG, TIFF, QuickTime, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV, XAVC S. Note that this is not meant to be a format converter - there will be some loss importing in one format and exporting in another. For just converting from one format to another there are a lot of good freeware programs out there. And for some strange reason Sony Movie Studio 13 still refuses to support FLV format. ???
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well first off you need to know the format of the video,,,basically---.wav? .mp3? .whatever..haha. the pc should automatically open it in media player,,if not open media player,hit file,goto open,,,find your stick under computer/memory stick, and open from there,,,,,or simple way is plug in stick with everything closed,goto computer,,open mem stick,,hit control and [c] at same time to copy,,,then go into my documents,,open movies,,then there hit control and [v] at same time to paste movie to save it. as long as its a compatible format it'll open and play when clicked on....hope this helped
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I simply renamed my xvid movie which usually has a .avi file extension to a .mpg file extension. Low and behold, the blu-ray player played it just fine with no conversion necessary. Surprise! (rolls eyes...)
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Windows Media Player is the true weird player. It is not the standard, and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. Also, for your information, something 'playing by default in WMP' is controlled simply by the set of DirectShow codecs installed on the system - it has nothing to do with the player itself. So in 20 years, you'll still have to have the correct codecs installed, regardless of the player you decide to use. And in 20 years, if you still use WMP, something must have been very wrong with the world leading up to that. Codecs will be a thing of the past and video files (if we even still have a concept of files) will include their own coding embedded within them because storage and bandwidth limitations have disappeared. VLC is the player of choice for me currently, as it uses a set of libraries that can play literally anything, and is constantly evolving, unlike WMP. Don't trust proprietary formats and players - they won't last anyway.
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I had difficulty playing MP4 files on my computer but I was able to convert them (with no loss of information) to MOV files, which play without a problem using SUPER. Only problem is that it took overnight to convert the files! I'm surprised that for a device that is supposed to be easy to use, it was so difficult to see the files.
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I have very positive experiences from using GOM player in playing many different media formats. It automatically find codecs and everything. Perhaps you should give it a try for the new AVCHD format also.
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Thanks for the reply. Apparently, I need a third party QuickTime codec component in order to see video on iPhoto and iMovie. I can see the video and I can save it on the application that came with Flip, but it's the sorriest looking application. I really wanted to do some editing on iMovie. Can you view your video in iPhoto and iMovie or just the Flip application?
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Right on 3rd timer. I have not found a good solution for iMovie (Mac OS). It will not recognize the file even with a new extension name.I'll confess that I have not tried too hard (or looked for another program). I do have Quicktime pro and it does not like the .Mod files or the mpeg files. I prefer PCs, but must use a mac at work.
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Your music player probably only recognizes audio-only formats like MP3. So you can't just copy video files over and have it read them. But you can extract the audio portion and save it on the sd card, and then your player should be able to handle it. There are a bunch of ways to do this - probably the simplest is to use a third-party app like Video Converter for Mac. But you can do it directly with something like iMovie - import the video, then export only the sound portion to another file.
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I have a JVC mg555, and I just changed a vid file ext to .mpg.WMM imports it, but is not reading the video part only audio. Weird. I am still working on it.
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Compelled,What is a .m2Ts file? How do I load it to my PC? Do I open ImageMixer first? I am doing something wrong because after hours of working at it I finally got some video transferred to DVD but it will not play in my DVD player. When I use ImageMixer Player it plays back choppy and with horizontal lines running through the whole thing. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you.
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A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or you will have multiple files for each recording.(unless that is what you want)