why not .mov?

03-17-04, 06:15 PM

why dont any1 use .mov files? are they bad or do they take up to much space?

sheepy · 03-17-04, 06:30 PM

Don't think you can play them on the axim.... windows media player only plays .wmv, pocketmvp only plays .ogm, .avi and .mpg, and pockettv only plays .mpg....

03-17-04, 07:19 PM

You can use PictPocketCinema for playing .mov, I don't know why people don't use .mov, I don't use it because Pictpocketcinema costs money whereas the players Sheepy have mentioned are free. The same with encoding options as programs like Windows Media Encoder 9 and Virtual Dub is free, whereas Quicktime Pro costs money, these are the reasons I don't use it, that and maybe the size and quality aren't as good, I don't know, perhaps you can reference other threads.

sheepy · 03-17-04, 08:55 PM

Somehow I always seem to discount non-free software... I guess it just doesn't get talked about as much.

03-18-04, 05:29 AM

but i use WM encoder or virtualdub to convert my files but when i convert a full lenght movie its goes ****** up. it goes like from half the movie forward but i dont get the full movie! i thought that it would work if i splittet the movie in 2 parts but i dont know how.

HighTymes · 03-19-04, 03:24 AM

i installed PictPocketCinema and it doesn't recognize my .mov videos. Does the trail version allow you to?

03-19-04, 02:45 PM

Is there a MOV converter out there (free is best)?

03-20-04, 12:48 PM

You can Download TMPGenc and download the plug-in for converting MOV to Mpeg. It's free too.

bigds63 · 03-21-04, 02:33 AM

This software will convert your .mov videos to divx and .wmv Movie2MemCard Simply select an MPEG, AVI, DIVX, XVID, MOV or RM file located on your computer, cd-rom or network to start the process to convert it to a selected file size using optimal settings. Just a few clicks of your mouse will allow you to select a few options related to Audio Quality, Memory Card Size and Output Format, and then your conversion will start for you. I was one of the Beta testers on this and highly recommend it.