How to Convert iMovie Files to a Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player uses Windows Media video (.wmv), which is not included as a default media format with Macintosh OS X. For playback of Windows Media files, you can install a free version of Flip4Mac, which adds the capability for playback of Windows Media to QuickTime Player and other applications that use QuickTime. For Windows Media authoring, however, upgrade QuickTime to QuickTime Pro, and upgrade Flip4Mac to Flip4Mac Studio; these two applications in conjunction will allow you to convert iMovie files to Windows Media.
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Launch QuickTime Player. Note: If you are running Macintosh OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you have two versions of QuickTime Player installed. The newer QuickTime Player X does not yet have all of the features that were part of the older QuickTime software, so for authoring purposes, it is better to use the QuickTime Player 7 application in /Applications/Utilities.
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Click on the File menu; if entries in this menu are dimmed with the word "Pro" preceding them, upgrade to QuickTime Pro. Click "QuickTime Player 7" > "Registration," and click on the "Buy" button; you will be walked through the steps necessary to upgrade your software. Quit QuickTime Player when you are finished.
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You also need Flip4Mac Studio edition. Download this software from the Telestream website, which will arrive as a .dmg disk image. Install this software from the .dmg disk image. The software you need is a QuickTime component, so you will not be launching a Telestream application; instead, this will add capabilities to QuickTime Player.
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You will now be able to convert iMovie files to Windows Media video directly in QuickTime Player. Open the .mov file you authored with iMovie in QuickTime Player. Choose "File" > "Export," and select "Movie to Windows Media" in the "Export" settings. If you wish, click "Options" to alter the settings used for the conversion. Click the "Save" button; a progress bar will appear showing you the progress of converting the file to Window Media. When the progress bar vanishes, the exported file is ready for use.
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