On 17/4/11, Toine, discombobulated, unleashed: >Try Handbrake on the Mac or PC it converts maybe anything to apple m4v
In terms of video, think of a camera original file such as an AVI as 'raw', and a compressed output file like an 'm4v' (essentially a downsized H.264 file - MP4 to you and me) as a 'jpeg'. You don't want to convert a raw file to a jpeg before editing with stills, and neither with video. Keep as an AVI and edit, or convert to a lossless file like a QuickTime Movie (.mov), do your editing, then save a master i the same format. Make a copy for export as (say) an ipod file (.m4v) by all means. But keep the master. Handbrake is quite good and works well. I use Final Cut and can do all these things from the FCP timeline but if I just had iMovie, sure use something like Handbrake. (unless iMovie can dupe off m4v's of course - no idea, never used it!) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
