Flip4Mac WMV: watermark and audio SPAM in exported *.mp4 - which Alternative?

[Quotenfrau]

Hi

I wish to convert a *.wmv to *.mp4 with MPEG Streamclip (only a few pieces of the movie). Bud sadly the exported file is watermarked and contains audio SPAM.

I don't wish to buy or crack Flip4Mac. What alternatives?

 

[r.j.s]

AFAIK, there are pretty much none. Flip4Mac is the only WMV codec out there.

 

[MisterMe]

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I don't wish to buy or crack Flip4Mac. What alternatives?

Pay the proper fee for Flip4Mac. If you do, then Bob's your uncle.

 

[Quotenfrau]

AFAIK, there are pretty much none. Flip4Mac is the only WMV codec out there.

that's a rip-off

23.26 EUR is too expensive for exporting non commercial movies

not available in Mac App Store

Flip4Mac WMV Player Pro — 23.26 EUR
Features

Play Windows Media directly in QuickTime Player, QuickTime based applications and Safari.
Import Windows Media for editing directly in iMovie or convert Windows Media to editing formats such as AIC or ProRes via Compressor.
Import Windows Media for conversion in applications like QuickTime 7 Pro, Compressor and Episode.
Supports
Playback and import of Windows Media Video 7, 8 and 9 Standard.
Playback and import of Windows Media Audio 7, 8 and 9 Standard, Professional and Lossless.
Local files, HTTP and MMS streaming protocols.
Requires
Intel or PowerPC G4 & G5
Mac OS X 10.5 and later
QuickTime 7 Pro, Compressor or Episode recommended for advanced conversion options

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If you do, then Bob's your uncle.

I don't understand. What do you mean?

 

[cgbier]

Do you know how much you have to fork out for codecs normally? Flip4Mac is dirt cheap!

 

[Zwhaler]

I haven't yet figured out if MPEG Streamclip / Compressor watermark wmv conversions ONLY if you also have the free Flip4Mac prefpane installed... can anyone verify if removing Flip4Mac also allows you to convert videos using above programs without the watermark? I went ahead and purchased it the other day for $29 to avoid the nuisance. There is a solution... Handbrake will convert these files WITHOUT the watermark.

 

[MisterMe]

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I don't understand. What do you mean?

Read and be wise.

 

[r.j.s]

I haven't yet figured out if MPEG Streamclip / Compressor watermark wmv conversions ONLY if you also have the free Flip4Mac prefpane installed... can anyone verify if removing Flip4Mac also allows you to convert videos using above programs without the watermark? I went ahead and purchased it the other day for $29 to avoid the nuisance. There is a solution... Handbrake will convert these files WITHOUT the watermark.

If you don't have F4M installed, you can't convert WMV files. If you don't buy it, there is a watermark.

 

[floh]

I wish to convert a *.wmv to *.mp4 with MPEG Streamclip (only a few pieces of the movie). Bud sadly the exported file is watermarked and contains audio SPAM.

If you want to do this with MPEG Streamclip, there is no real alternative to Flip4Mac to my knowledge. My advice would be: Convert the whole movie with another tool first, then cut it with MPEG Streamclip or iMovie or any tool of your choice. This will get rid of the watermark, but you will temporarily need some more diskspace (I don't know how huge your original file is...).

For the conversion: If you want something really comfortable, you will have to pay. And Flip4Mac is actually not that pricy...
But you said you wanted free alternatives, and the only one known to me is ffmpeg, for more comfort with a GUI: ffmpegX

This will allow you to convert from and to .wmv containers. I don't have experience with the GUI version, but the command line tool is very powerful and will even allow you to copy the stream without any compression and just change the container to .mov or whatever you want. This means it will be really fast and you won't have any quality loss. In the command line, the options would be:

ffmpeg -i infile.wmv -acodec copy -vcodec copy outfile.mov

Maybe you can reproduce that line in ffmpegX or try to find the according options?

Hope that helps.