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pete h

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 6:13PM

hya people and i hope you can help me here. i have recently completed some home video on an jvc hand held video recorder using a Sandisc SDHC card. when i came to transfer it onto my laptop it wouldnt play so i then tried to convert it using videora ipod converter programme. this programme wouldnt do what i wanted to and continously comes up with an error which indicates that in cannot open file. the file does work when watching it on the camera. anyone got any ideas please?

pete

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lotvic

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 6:48PM

I presume you have copied the video files to your harddrive on pc.

You haven't said what format the files are in and what you want to convert them to.

If you are wanting to make them into TS Video (as a DVD) you can use the free program dvdflick this page tells you what files you can import to it and it will convert them http://www.dvdflick.net/features.php remember to download the .pdf manual as well.

Or you could use the excellent Free program FormatFactory from http://www.pcfreetime.com/

As with all free programs when you install them watch out to make sure you untick any extra toolbars and programs they offer.

As a note: it is always a good idea to make a copy of your original file and then work with the copy.

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lotvic

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 6:56PM

Another point to note is I think JVC uses Apple Quicktime file format. So not being able to play them on your laptop probably means the player you were using can't play quicktime movies. If that is the case then either download Quicktime for Windows (free) from Apple or the free VLC player from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ which has brilliant extra features, like being able to record any few minutes from the movie you are watching by simply pressing a record button.

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pete h

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 7:21PM

thanks for that lotvic. the format i believe is MOVO MOD thats what comes up when the programme i am using tells me that there is an error

pete

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SillBill

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 7:26PM

Quicktime videos are also called .MOV files.

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SillBill

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 7:32PM

This > http://www.freemake.com/freevideoconverter/ is one of the best FREE video converters available.

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SillBill

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 7:33PM

Copy and paste the broken link!

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rdave13

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 7:35PM

As lotvic, http://www.computer-realm.net/how-convert-mod-files/ , but be careful when download in FF as it's ad supported and as said untick the boxes when installing.

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pete h

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 8:15PM

i have got the videos to play using a different player but for some reason they are upside down now and i know i had the camera the correct way up. is there anyway of rotating them around so they are correct

pete

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SillBill

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 8:29PM

@ pete h

You don't say which player you are using.

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SillBill

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Posted January 10, 2013 at 9:00PM

One way of viewing it right side up is to pen it with VLC Playerand then go to Tools>Effects & Filters>Video Effects>Geometry>click on Rotate and use the mouse to alter the angle and turn the Video any way you want.

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