b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » XXX » Message 4431022 (Thread)

# We went
bowling in the city, with a bowling ball and a city. Using a friends little mpeg 4 video camera. Having compatability probbers though. Files wont open in movie maker or premier. Ive attached a link to a short clip of the file. If anyone can work out how to get this into movie maker ill put your name in big letters on the webpage if we get into the newletter.
cheers all

EDIT: is only 220kb

EDIT: will also supply large amounts of cheese and/or hummus

www.videohelp.com/forum/images/guides/p1257398/imag0039.asf
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 12:55, archived)
# oh
come on! someones gotta know
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:00, archived)
# use tmpenc to turn it into a mpg
then it should import ok
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:00, archived)
# my bad
that should be tmpgenc (i think)
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:02, archived)
# tmpgenc
dosen't like it, it says its an invalid file
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:04, archived)
# rename the file
to wmv
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:05, archived)
# or not
my bad (no.2)
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:06, archived)
# I've just tried using tmpgenc
and it worked fine.
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:11, archived)
# spank it
and teach it whos boss then
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:05, archived)
# Is my computer fucking up
or is this a 2 second piece of footage?
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:01, archived)
# yeh
its just a tiny clip for people to see what im going on about
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:02, archived)
# I can see a full 90 min movie
It must be your pc
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:02, archived)
# *ponders*
Google is your friend.
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:02, archived)
# believe me
ive been trying to get this to work for a very very long time, google wasnt much help
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:03, archived)
# Sorenson Squeze 4.0
will help to convert it into any file type you want, i managed to turn iit into a large sized WMV file in a few secs which opens in premier.
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:04, archived)
# cheers
will give that a go
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:05, archived)
# have this
www.superfly-tnt.co.uk/imag0039.wmv

Done using mpeg4 Direct Maker
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:08, archived)
# thank you
mighty much
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:12, archived)
# Pleasure
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:13, archived)
# i posted on
videohelp.com, and in 18 posts not one expert could help me. you managed in one post. thank you very much
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:16, archived)
# :-)
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:17, archived)
# No probs
Don't forget to post the full vid when done!
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:16, archived)
# thats working
brilliantly, owe you a beer
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:28, archived)
# works for me
2 secs of a stick insect being chased by a giant yellow beetle
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:18, archived)
# i was
young and stupid
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:19, archived)
# we've all been there
I'm still there many years later...
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 13:26, archived)
# Why
encode it a second time?

The video codec is MP4S and Im using Microsoft Mpeg4s Decoder DMO decoder to read it. Perhaps you should dl GSpot and MplayerClassic and manually select what decoder to use on your system.
(, Wed 30 Mar 2005, 14:10, archived)