Hi Rod,
I went to film school and still do some editing here and there. You
probably want to use FFMPEG <https://ffmpeg.org/> or Handbrake
<https://handbrake.fr/>. Handbrake's the easier one. They'll both
transcode video for you and should be able to convert to MP4.
I'm not familiar with Movavi. These days I use Kdenlive
<https://kdenlive.org/> for anything serious and it works pretty well.
It's FOSS and directed toward people who are familiar with professional
Non-linear editors like Premiere, Avid, or Final Cut Pro.
OpenShot <https://www.openshot.org/> may be a better option for you if
you're not intending to dive too deep. I believe it's better aimed
toward the beginner/simple tasks-- more like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker.
Both of these editors handle several formats, and may be able to import
the file directly if you want an alternative and don't want to lose any
quality through transcoding. I haven't checked if they support MOV
personally, but they might, and they're free so no harm trying.
If you have more questions shoot me an email directly, but I think that
should get you started.
Best,
-Fox, KW6FOX
On 3/11/24 15:35, Rod Neumann via BVARC wrote:
I am always trying to do things in a vacuum. Maybe in the fraternity
of local hams I can commiserate with someone farther down the video
editing path.
I just bought Movavi, a video editing app, and I've been piddling for
an hour and still don't have my 4 minute .MOV video file imported into
Movavi. Apparently it needs MP4. So I've tried free converters so
far and tried installing the plugin of the apple codec and still
microsoft does not let me save it as an MP4.
SO... maybe somebody who plays with video editing often enough can let
me be a pest and ask questions or maybe someone else interested in
this subject and we can help each other out.
Anybody out there who wants to email me and we could meet up on email
and phones on this stuff? I also do 3D printing, PIC firmware, and
electronics design... this seems like the right place to find
similarly interested fellows.
ROD W5IE
Rod Neumann cell: (832)444-0192
ALLogic Inc. / AdorStore
PO Box 217
New Ulm, TX 78950
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