Posted by Martin van derPoel on 11/16/12 11:43

Hi there,
Try Womble multimedia producer, it reads just about aanything has editing
features and can make an Mpeg.

Regards,

Martin van der Poel

"RainCity" <Noway@nohow.net> wrote in message
news:S-mdneEFxJ6udoTZnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> This is possibly a RARE post.
> I'm going to BUY some software, I just don't know what it is yet.
>
> I use Pinnacle Studio (I know, ha ha) to create DVD's. I have a LOT of
> different kinds of video, collected by friends, sent to be by friends.
> Generally .avi and .mov files. I can't load them into Studio 9 (or
> whatever version I am using). Sometimes, I can import the video into
> Windows Movie Maker, and export to an mpeg file (mpeg 2? or mpeg 3? 4?)
> Those files can usually be used by Studio.
>
> Anyway, I'm looking for a video converter software (purchase - hopefully
> $20-$50? or freeware that works, not stripped down) that can/will
> transform video files back and forth from at least input.mov, input.avi,
> input.mpeg to output.mpeg. with purpose of being able to import the
> resultant output.mpeg video file into Studio. I can use studio to edit
> out and combine clips. But if Conversion s/w package did some of this too,
> that might be nice.
>
> ( I suppose I should ask about .divx, .asf [I don't have any of those, I
> don't think - what IS it?], .ram? Real Media? I don't think I have any of
> those either, but it would be interesting to capture some .rm video and
> save it? is that possible? )
>
> Maybe I should trash the Studio and go with something else for home movie
> DVD creation? Would that get me around the .mov, .avi, .divx format
> problem, if a different package would import all/most formats? I'm sort
> of entrenched in Studio, don't want to spend MONEY to change.
>
> My hardware:
> I am using a (circa 2002) Dell Dimension 8200 2.6 GHz Pentium IV, nVidia
> GEForce4TI 4200, a 160 gigabyte hard drive, an additional 250 gigabyte
> hard drive, 1GB Rambus memory.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> (and forgive me, but I will probably cross post this question on a couple
> of other newsgroups)
>
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