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How to convert .mpg. to .mov

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Mooserz
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so i just got a new imac and im trying to bring all my video files from from windows to here. all the videos are in .mpg and obviously mac doesnt like that type of file. are there any legit free converters that will get me this? please and thank you
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hartig
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flip4mac wmv
plays everything you cant already
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Mooserz
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shoulda specified i needed this conversion to edit the clips.
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eheath
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search mpeg stream on google, best program i have found to convert mpeg to mov
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Mooserz
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this would be my solution except now i need the mpeg2 playback component. annnd im broke. anyway to get that free of charge?
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eheath
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mpeg streamclip shouldnt cost money...
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Mooserz
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it doesnt. however when i try to convert it i keep getting this:

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hartig
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...my bad, thought you wanted to play it
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Mooserz
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its all good. thanks for the help anyways. right now im really frustrated with this machine though. i want to get my shit in final cut express
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eheath
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download vlc player, yuo can do alot with that too, its just a little harder.
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Mooserz
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when you say you can do a lot with that too, what exactly do you mean? cause all ive ever done is play stuff in it. and btw i found the file it supposedly converted but it claims it cant be read either
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eheath
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you have to do the streaming/convert wizard or something, its real tricky though its hard to explain
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Mooserz
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alright, ill look it up and see if it worth the effort. thanks for the help.
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Mooserz
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so in case anyone cares i think i finally found a way to do this.

so after some intense googleing i found that im going to need this mpeg-2 plugin shit. i downloaded utorrent and found two torrents that should work. after around 20 minutes of the torrents doing nothing i found out that utorrent on mac blows. SO I switched to Transmission which I am very happy with now. I downloaded the first torrent, restarted my computer and saw that i can now play mpeg's. Woo! After dancing for a bit I dragged all my files into FCE. It all loaded in and i put some stuff on the timeline just to play with. Annnndddd nothing. I am now sad. some more googeling and I find FC doesnt like mpeg. I have to convert it to DV. didnt know this. so whip open steamclip that evan so kindly refereed to me. Again thank you. I convert a clip to DV and put it into FC. sure enough. Sound! hazza!

Mind you the learning curve on this thing is like a cliff to me. im just happy I got this far. any other tips would be appreciated. thanks
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eheath
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Convert them to .mov not .dv that should fix the no video part, i think.
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Mooserz
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my rant should have said and no sound instead of and nothing. So yeah im pretty good now. again thanks man. I can now back you up as a legit guy when anyone calls you a bitch
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Harinec
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I think Format Factory does it for free.
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j.bird
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Hand brake?
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