"David Winter" <wintermute.2019@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1182854713.359149.319240@p77g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
>I am using a Nokia E70 to record short movie clips. I can *play* these
> MP4 clips on a Windows PC with Nokia's own Media Player or VLC, but I
> cannot import them into a video editing software (Windows Movie Maker
> or Magix Video Deluxe), as the format/codec is not recognized.
>
> The GSpot Codec Information app - which claims to know 270 codecs -
> cannot read/identify the codec of the E70 files.
>
> I tried to convert them using MP4Cam2AVI, but for whatever reason,
> these converted AVIs cannot be imported into Video Deluxe, either, and
> their playback stutters (i.e., every second, there is a short "hiccup"
> where the video seems to jump back a few milliseconds). Files from
> other cameras and phones work fine.
>
> What is - in your professional opinion - the best way to convert a
> (huge) pile of these MP4 files to AVI or MPEG?
>
> I am willing to install codecs and spend (some) money, but if I do it,
> I would like to get good results - i.e., the less-than-stellar video
> quality shouldn't be reduced during conversion.
>
> Thanks.
>

If you have VLC use this to transcode to avi or mpg. Checkout the VLC
website.

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Gerry (The MOTH)