Can any of you suggest a free video convertor

[Jellybones]

I've googled "free video convertor" but I am not sure what is the best to get, and I don't want to try all of them. I already tried a few that didn't even work for what I wanted.

I'm mainly looking for a (free, of course) video converter that can convert .avi, .mov, to .wmv (Or whatever it is that makes it playable as a video clip in windows movie maker) and it should have a feature to add subtitles in different colors to the video clip.

Any suggestions?

 

[whoatefred]

Well, VLC can convert into .MP4, along with other things (such as .OGGs), but I don't think WMV is on there. See if its what you need.

 

[Jellybones]

I already have VLC player, I didn't know it could convert. I think I'll check it.

 

[a bee]

VLCs can produce ASFs, which Movie Maker can digest happily. There's a preset for that.

 

[whoatefred]

I already have VLC player, I didn't know it could convert. I think I'll check it.

Open up VLC, Media>Convert/Save, Add, open up the file, Convert/Save, Set the destinination file WITH THE EXTENSION, set the correct profile, start.

 

[Piggybank]

I have a little question myself when it comes to video recording/converting: I have recently been working on an animation in Flash, and wanted to export the animation into video. However, I am currently using Flash 5 (yes, I'm due for an upgrade) and wanted to know if there's a decent converter to take the .swf file and turn it into video out there.

Flash 5 does have an export video function in it, but it requires what I'm guessing is an old version of Quicktime. Or maybe it's just something with Win7, I don't know...

Sure, I could just try to google something up, but I do like it more hearing someone's recomendation then try to wing it.

 

[Jellybones]

Open up VLC, Media>Convert/Save, Add, open up the file, Convert/Save, Set the destinination file WITH THE EXTENSION, set the correct profile, start.

I'm not sure what to do with the profile. I selected .ASF/WMV, then saved it to it's destination and testrun.asf and converted, but windows movie maker still won't run it.

 

[MasterJace]

SUPER is the self-alleged ultimate video converter, which also makes it buggy as hell but when it does work, it's nifty for freeware.

As for subtitles, I have no idea, Sony Vegas maybe? I know there's ways to create subtitle files and merge them to video files, but no idea how it's done in entirety.

 

[Tets]

WinMEnc. It works with any audio or video format supported by mplayer/mencoder. It's small, powerful, and doesn't have some ugly non-standard UI skin that it doesn't need.

 

[Blitzzo]

Just so you know, you can use AVI files in Windows Movie Maker. As long as you have a DirectShow filter for it (which most likely you do), you should be able to import the clip.

I don't think you can use MOV though. But hey, nobody uses MOV outside the Mac world anyways...

 

[Jellybones]

WinMEnc. It works with any audio or video format supported by mplayer/mencoder. It's small, powerful, and doesn't have some ugly non-standard UI skin that it doesn't need.

I'll try this out, and if it doesn't work, then the buggy one Master Jace posted. :P
EDIT: Winmenc looks good, but how do I just convert my .mov to what'll work movie maker?

Just so you know, you can use AVI files in Windows Movie Maker. As long as you have a DirectShow filter for it (which most likely you do), you should be able to import the clip.

That's what I thought, but all of a sudden they stopped working with WMM. They worked fine before..

I don't think you can use MOV though. But hey, nobody uses MOV outside the Mac world anyways...

I wouldn't care MOV if that's what the files imported from my camera didn't come as. But they do, so I have to find something that'll work with it..

Admin Edit: Please do NOT attempt to stealth-bump your topic by making a new post and deleting the old one. We can see deleted posts, and it makes you look really obvious. Don't try to pull this again. -FB

 

[Autosaver]

When you upload videos, youtube might have some ads showing good converters.
(Admin edit that isn't red! :O)

 

[Jellybones]

olol I'm caught. Stealth-bump is a cool name, too.

When you upload videos, youtube might have some ads showing good converters.

My search for a convertor is over, I just need to figure out how to use Winmenc.