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from mpg to mov

julio’s digital camera records movies as .mpg, which is all dandy and fine if you just want to watch them on quicktime. but try to import those mpg files to imovie, and you’ll hear no audio.
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i found a way to put it to work, it’s kinda boring and you have to have quicktime pro, but at least you can manipulate it.
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  1. download bbDEMUX
  2. drop the mpg file on the app, and it will create two files on the same directory: m1a (the audio) and m1v (the video)
  3. download and install mad audio encoder
  4. open the madplaywrap icon, drop the m4a on it, and click start: it will create an .aiff file on the same directory
  5. open the m4v on quicktime, and edit > export… as movie to MPEG-4
  6. open the aiff file on quicktime. click command+A, command+C
  7. open the mp4 file on quicktime, go to edit > add scaled: it will mix the audio on the video again
  8. delete the aiff, mp4, m1v, m1a files. you won’t need these anymore
  9. save as a mov file, allowing dependencies (the first option on save as…)
    ta-da! here it is, a .mov file, all ready to edit on imovie

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i’d show my new videoblogs, but my imovie now imports any new footage with black bands on the top and bottom of screen, since the damn update I explained below. another day, another debugging…