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Trouble with Video. Can you help? PLEASE?!

by jwenberg
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Hey Warriors!
I have a client who I made a video for that has chapter markers in it. So basically you get a drop down menu and you can select different parts of the movie to skip around to in quicktime. I've got it converted to one format they need, but they're also requesting the same file in a .wmv. I can get it to a .wmv but I lose the section markers so basically there is no option to skip to different sections. Do you know anyway to convert either a .mov or .mp4 to a .wmv and still retain those section markers.....or how to add them into a .wmv or .avi file after the conversion? I'm on a mac, and this is definitely a windows based problem, so I'm kind of limited in my knowledge and how to achieve what I need to do. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance ya'll.
#quicktime #trouble #video #wmv
  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    I am pretty certain you can't have that sort of functionality in a .wmv file. The functionality comes from the video player not the video file itself. Does Windows Media Player support chapter markers?

    Maybe I am wrong...

    BTW, is there any reason why they want the video as a wmv file? In terms of size and quality something like a mp4 is going to work much better for them. If they are having trouble separating the chapters then they should just break it up into shorter videos. I think people would prefer that type of setup anyway.
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    • Profile picture of the author jwenberg
      Will, thanks for the reply. That's what I said, but they were trying to cater to their PC users. I'm pretty sure that windows media player doesn't support it, hence the reason I can't find ANY info on how to do it. They have said that it may not be that big of a deal if they don't have the markers. I recommended an avi extension, as they wanted .mp4 extension as well. Do you think that should cover their bases? Any idea how to shrink the file size down though? It's 14 minutes at 72MB, anything under 50 would probably be better for them. Thanks again!
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      • Profile picture of the author WillR
        Originally Posted by jwenberg View Post

        Will, thanks for the reply. That's what I said, but they were trying to cater to their PC users. I'm pretty sure that windows media player doesn't support it, hence the reason I can't find ANY info on how to do it. They have said that it may not be that big of a deal if they don't have the markers. I recommended an avi extension, as they wanted .mp4 extension as well. Do you think that should cover their bases? Any idea how to shrink the file size down though? It's 14 minutes at 72MB, anything under 50 would probably be better for them. Thanks again!
        Wow, that's a big file size. I would just tell them to use the mp4 files - they will work for anyone. These files seem to quickly be becoming the standard anyway.

        I would also just include a link on the page that tells those who do not have a player for mp4 files to download the free VLC media player from:

        VLC Media Player

        They have both a free PC and a MAC version.

        At the end of the day they are doing their customers a favor as using mp4 files is going to significantly reduce the size of those videos the customer has to download.

        Otherwise, just host the videos online.
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      • Profile picture of the author khut
        Originally Posted by jwenberg View Post

        Will, thanks for the reply. That's what I said, but they were trying to cater to their PC users. I'm pretty sure that windows media player doesn't support it, hence the reason I can't find ANY info on how to do it. They have said that it may not be that big of a deal if they don't have the markers. I recommended an avi extension, as they wanted .mp4 extension as well. Do you think that should cover their bases? Any idea how to shrink the file size down though? It's 14 minutes at 72MB, anything under 50 would probably be better for them. Thanks again!

        Generally you would want to use AVI for uncompressed video or to maintain a high quality video, not for the web. If you are still wanting to create a .wmv file you can use Windows Media Encoder and file editor. I've never placed chapters myself, but here is a good description on how you can do it

        Streaming Media: Windows Media File Editor
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