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Video problem, PLEASE HELP!!

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.
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  • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
    Hiya Jeff,

    The problem is that .mp4 and .mov video file formats are far superior in quality to .wmv so it is not surprising that you lost some functionality. I have a very good video converter and it doesn't matter how simple the video is, when I convert a video from .mp4 or .mov to .wmv format, the quality degrades considerably.

    Adding the markers after, I don't think is doable. I could be wrong, though, and if I am, I can almost guarantee it's going to be a pain. I wonder why your client needs the video in .wmv format, do you know? The reason I ask is because .mp4 is really the best quality video format. I think perhaps you need to convince your client of that fact.

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author jlandells
    Both AVI and WMV formats lack chapter markers, I'm afraid. You can sometimes get around this by using specific codecs and players (I believe one of the Divx family will help you) but nothing "standard" will do what you want.

    For Windows playback, one thing you could do is to leave it in MP4 format and require QuickTime to be installed for playback, or you could break the video into separate chapters and set up an HTML playback page with the chapter markers available as links. You can do this with a simple Flash player in the HTML page, which I believe is how Camtasia creates similar pages.

    Hope this helps!

    Kind regards,
    -John.
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  • Profile picture of the author Atikah
    Based on my experience, i must have this software before i am editing movie for my client, it's free anyway

    1. K-lite Codec Pack
    "Mostly PC/Laptop didn't have the correct codec to play the video"
    2. Any Video Converter
    "Free software to convert"
    3. Adobe Flash Player
    "To play/edit/view flash file"
    4. Quick Time
    "To play/view .mov file"

    For whatever tools i have (Camta,Vegas,Ulead,Pinnacle, ect..) i found those 4 softwares it's a must.
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