SX10-IS Movie Mode Question

[YoungBuck]

Quick question on shooting movies with the SX10-IS.

I know that it shoots in .MOV

Is there anyway to convert .MOV to another format?

-Jason

[snatiep]

I use Apple Quicktime to play them on my Vista machine.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

[gerrydee]

I use Media Player Classic, it runs really smooth. Quicktime does not do well on Windows.

[Cebu]

YoungBuck,

To answer your question, Yes. I use movavi to convert the .mov file to .avi.
You can also google key words "free .mov to .avi converters." You'll get plenty of hits. Make your choice.

Good luck.

Big Smile

[c2thew]

check out "winff" it's a light program that works well for me. i use it all the time

[gerrydee]

check out "winff" it's a light program that works well for me. i use it all the time
I just D/L'ed and installed it on my computer and man, this little program is so easy to use!!! Thanks dude ;)

[exwintech]

YoungBuck - There's also a free utility called Convert MOV to AVI - which works well in XP. (Also runs well in Linux / Wine.)

It doesn't do any re-encoding, so it's very fast. I have no idea why, but Canon has enclosed its video files in Apple's proprietary *.mov container.

The actual video-file is H264, which by itself has the same file extension as do all subsets of ISO-compliant MPEG4, the *.avi one (MS-MPEG-4 is different.)

All Convert MOV to AVI does is remove the *.mov container. The resulting Filename.avi file is very, very much smaller - but as it has not been re-encoded, the quality is unchanged. You have several choices of format, but for compatibility with Windows and CD/DVD Players, MPEG4 wil be quite suitable.

Of course, once your SX10's 640 x 480 video is in MPEG4, you can edit it easily in whatever Editor you have.

If you don't at present have one, the XP version of free Avidemux works very well. It will retain the SX10's very good stereo soundtracks as MP3. You can change the playback size, Append (join) your separate "bursts' of video, and there are Filters for Noise reduction, Sharpen, Colour, and more.

You can add "black bands" to make your 640 x 480 movie-creation playable in Players for NTSC / 720 x 480, and PAL 720 x 576.

Burn your movie to CD/DVD with Roxio, Ashampoo, or Nero. (K3b in Linux.)

If that isn't clear - Post back

Regards, Dave.

[eosphotomanoftennessee]

The included Zoom Browser software for Canons also includes a mov converter. It has some nice options and it is free!

[Silverfox1]

YoungBuck - There's also a free utility called Convert MOV to AVI - which works well in XP. (Also runs well in Linux / Wine.)

It doesn't do any re-encoding, so it's very fast. I have no idea why, but Canon has enclosed its video files in Apple's proprietary *.mov container.

The actual video-file is H264, which by itself has the same file extension as do all subsets of ISO-compliant MPEG4, the *.avi one (MS-MPEG-4 is different.)

All Convert MOV to AVI does is remove the *.mov container. The resulting Filename.avi file is very, very much smaller - but as it has not been re-encoded, the quality is unchanged. You have several choices of format, but for compatibility with Windows and CD/DVD Players, MPEG4 wil be quite suitable.

Of course, once your SX10's 640 x 480 video is in MPEG4, you can edit it easily in whatever Editor you have.

If you don't at present have one, the XP version of free Avidemux works very well. It will retain the SX10's very good stereo soundtracks as MP3. You can change the playback size, Append (join) your separate "bursts' of video, and there are Filters for Noise reduction, Sharpen, Colour, and more.

You can add "black bands" to make your 640 x 480 movie-creation playable in Players for NTSC / 720 x 480, and PAL 720 x 576.

Burn your movie to CD/DVD with Roxio, Ashampoo, or Nero. (K3b in Linux.)

If that isn't clear - Post back

Regards, Dave.

Thanks for the tips but after converting the Canon SX10 MVI files using the "ALL Convert MOV to AVI" program by selecting Mpeg4, can you briefly describe how to then enter them and join the converted files in the Avidemux program so the sound is still intact?

Thanks for a reply ! :)

[NitroC]

Yeah you can use real player, or theres loads of different kinds of software to convert video between formats for free. Winamp also plays pretty much anything, along with VLC player, not sure about there converting qualitys tho.

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[Silverfox1]

"All Convert MOV to AVI " works very well and i figured out how to join the files using "Avidemux" and keep the audio intact & in sync, which is one problem with most of these video joiners since they seem to screw the audio up when joining the files.

Regards :)