Converting from QuickTime to Windows Media Player Files

BoLaFish 4:12 pm on January 4, 2010 | Answers: 1    
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• BoLaFish 4:12 pm on January 4, 2010
  

  You’ll find the villain in this was QuickTime. It has a habit of hijacking settings and making itself the default media player. To irritate people further, it’s usually bundled with other Apple updates, particularly iTunes.

  There are a number of free programs to handle converting QuickTime files to Windows Media Player. Two of the easiest programs are MOV to WMV and Free Video Convertor.

  Super and MediaCoder are two other options but they are a bit more complex to use.

  As you’ve found, c>onverting files to WMV is always a bit hit and miss as the Windows Media File CODECS are a bit tricky for programs to deal with, so you often end up with flaky results. You may need to try a few different settings to get the best results.

  Given you’ve wiped the original files, it’s absolutely critical you make backups of those QuickTime files so they can’t be damaged in the copying process.