I've started working on putting together a slideshow.. But i've never used Windows Movie Maker, and it doesn't accept my .MOV files... lame
-Jason
Go Here:
http://www.redkawa.com/videoconverters/ps3video9/
FREE PROGRAM I've used this with fairly decent results to convert the .MOV media to a MPEG2 which Win Media Player will be able to use.
Its takes a little bit to understand how to use the program, but here is the quick run down.
When you first open the program it will be in the Home Screen which always asks to donate. Its a good Idea to do so if you end up using it a lot. I always like to support free programs, Especially the ones that work well.
At the top of the screen, click on the Settings Menu.
Set Device to PS3
Set Profile to MPEG-2 PS 2mbps
Process, Leave Normal
At this point you can click the Tab that says Devices and you can change the locations of the Media it converts. By default all the media is converted to folders in Folders in C:\Program Files(Installed folder)\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Videos\ ---Device PS3 or Wii--- \ --Format type--
You can change them to a different folder if you want or just remember this location as it is where you will need to browse to in Movie Maker or get the converted movies.
Click on the Convert Menu at the very top of the screen.
Click on the Editing Profiles tab, set as follows for decent results. (You can play with the setting to get various results, but these will get you started)
Device: PS3
Profile: MPEG-2 2mbps
Encoder: PS3 1-pass -FFmpeg [6830]
Under General, Set:
Codec: MPEG-2 PS
Mode: CBR (Constant Bit Rate)
Bitrate: 4096 (the higher the number the better the quality, but the larger the files)
Framerate: Input
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Under the Resolution Box Set,
Preset: either Input or 640x480
Under the Audio Box set,
Codec: MP2
Mode: CBR
Bitrate: 128 (higher is better quality, but again larger files)
Channels: Sterio
Sample Rate: either Input or 44100
Now it is all set for good quality converted MPEG-2 files for editing in Win Movie Maker.
To Convert the .MOV movies:
Click on the Convert Menu at the top of the screen if your not already there.
Click on the Current Conversion tab.
Click the One-Click Convert button, Browse to the folder containing your .MOV files, select the first file and click Open. This will start the conversion and will give you percentage complete and time remaining. It will tell you when your done. Now you can go back to the folder where the converted video was saved. It will be saved the same file name, but in MPEG-2 format.
Repeat this step as many times as you need to to convert all your movies.
Hope this solves your Win Movie woes... If you have any problems/questions shoot me a line and I'll try and help ya out.