Video Converter Tool

[JFlo]

Looking for a good video converter tool that is free. I want one that does not leave a watermark on the video. I need to convert it from quicktime (.mov) to mpeg or wmv. thanks.

 

[arkamw]

Offhand, Bink tools (RAD video converter) will do it (edit: strike that, will only do to AVI; still might work for you). If you use it, be sure to look through all the options. I think the first time I tried it (and it's been several years since I used it) the resulting file ended up being huge. But I think I added all kinds of things to the conversion to try to increase the quality. Big mistake.

I need to do a few of these myself so I might try in a while a see how it works. Otherwise, maybe someone else will have a suggestion.

 

[Joe Average]

MediaCoder, SUPER!, and several others are free and get the job(s) done relatively easy these days. MediaCoder is fairly extensive in terms of capabilities and options. SUPER! is a pain in the ass just to acquire it; downloading it requires jumping through a few hoops from the source website, unfortunately. Can't say much else about it.

 

[Tchesco]

If your a mac user, look for isquint.

 

[Snowknight26]

If you want a powerful set of tools, check out:
avisynth - frame server (http://avisynth.org)
ffdshow - decoder (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/)
Windows Media Encoder - encoder

They have a pretty steep learning curve but once you've mastered them, your possibilities are endless.

 

[DeaconFrost]

I've used this a few times now, and it's worked great.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Any_Video_Converter__d5692.html