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converting .mov video to play on Windows Media Player

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Mar 9, 2005
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converting .mov video to play on Windows Media Player

I have just downloaded the video conversion software " Oxelon Media Converter v1.1 " and am converting a movie clip from .mov to a different file type. The program works but I seem to loose video quality on conversion. The Oxelon software allows you to tweek the parameters as follows :
Media Format ?
Video Codec ?
Audio Codec ?

Video Width x Height ?
Frames/second ?
Bitrate (kbits/sec) ?

Since I am a rookie with this stuff can someone guide me through what i should put in the parameters ?

Thanks in advance !!!!
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Dec 29, 2005
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Can you tell us any more details about the source file that you're trying to convert?

You should try using Virtualdub for conversion, it's free..

Also, unless you prefer Windows Media Player, VLC media player would work better. Also free.
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I prefer using SUPER with Windows, or mencoder for Linux...

As for your settings, the format and codec is up to you, depends on what you're trying to do (why you're converting the file)
As for
Video Width x Height ?
Frames/second ?
Bitrate (kbits/sec) ?

I'd keep Video size and fps as same as source, and Bitrate is also up to you depending on what quality you want.
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> ... and am converting a movie clip from .mov to a different file type. The program works but I seem to loose video quality on conversion.

Whenver you re-encode a lossy-compressed video/audio/still image, you're going to lose quality.

If you want to just watch the file, use VLC, as suggested, or Media Player Classic - Home Cinema. If you want to insist on using Windows Media Player, try installing Quicktime Alternative 1.8.1, then update to the latest version.

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