Conversion to wmv

Jim Brennan

Jim Brennan

VHS Member Old Skool
Be gentle. I'm a FCP guy who used to use Premiere until a few years ago. But I've forgotten most of what I knew.

Here's my situation.

I have a client that I regularly deliver video to as .mov files. They now want to have both .mov and .wmv files on their website. I am trying to figure the best way to convert and here's what I have so far.

Import the .mov file into Premiere (using 6.5), and export it as an avi. Then open the .avi in Windows Movie Maker and convert that to .wmv

If that logic is flawed, or if you know a better way, feel free to let me know

My next thought is whether I would be better off using the full res .mov file at the beginning of this process, or can I use the already compressed version that they are using on the web. I ask because I may not have all of the original full res files.

Any thoughts are appreciated. :love4:
 
You are of course better off starting with the original .mov files, not ones that have already been compressed for the web.

Also be sure to render out to a equal resolution AVI to compress from. (So if it's a DV quality .MOV, then render out as DV AVI.

I presume you are limited to Premiere 6.5?

WMM is definitely a good way to encode.

Another way is to use the free Windows Media Encoder - which gives you far more control, but of course you've gotta know a little more to use it effectively.

- Mikko
 
How do I know it's a DV quality .mov? I normally deliver burned DVDs for clients, or BETA SPs for broadcast, so I'm a bit out of my element here.

Yes I'm limited to 6.5. It's what I was using years ago when I switched to a mac and FCP. I haven't used it since.

If all I have is the compressed .mov files, will the .wmv files even be watchable?

I'll download WME and give it a shot

Blaine, I have the free version of Flip4Mac. I assume that doesn't do what I need...right?

Thanks guys.
 
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