_A ) Crop It with Freemake Video Converter, FVC, - Only if you pay Matey ;) :(
_B) ..Wondershare Video Converter, WVC will only do anything for money…:(
_C) ....But FVC and Windows Movie Maker may get you there. :)
Hello, _..
Dave Davison wrote:.. Freemake . much quicker BUT after specifying the cut points & clicking the "OK" button can't locate file is saved. suggestions please. …
_.. So I thought I would have a go
Plan A)
The short answer seems to be. :
Hitting OK seems to do nothing. You have to convert again. Then it works, and the File is easy to find :) –
But they only do a third of the conversion unless you cough up the Dough, CutD !
The Full Story:
So I started again ….
Double click FVC, icon, which appeared after the download last week:
http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtopic. ... 20#p195671" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
_..I get a FVC Window popped up. I call that
Window 1
I Copy a URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa-y5RjL1vg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (
Some Culture from Sebastian Bach )
Paste the URL in the opened FVC Window (
Window 1 )
Hit
__to WMV
at bottom of FVC Window.
A WMV output parameters Window comes up , so – I change
Save to Path, and hit
Convert.
Select the left hand Button,_..
__Continue
_..( and not Remove branding as that says CutD.. )
Download takes a few minutes. I have not seen where this might go. But at 50 % Total progress the download is complete and it starts converting. At the same time a .wmv File of 0KB size appears in the Folder path I chose. If I refresh the Explorer window of that Folder then I see that the file increases in size. Convert time is very slow ( I suspect the long time is partly on purpose to encourage you to CutD)
( As they also try to encourage you to CutD in order to remove the start and stop “Branding” then I expect cropping those off is designed to be difficult… …)
After the conversion it appears where I wanted it
GogAndFriendsJPG.jpg
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so I Close the “download Complete” Window (declining again to CulD )
Click on the Downloaded Converted “Song” ( that is still there), select
EdIt Button, then
Edit from the drop down list….. then strange..
An Internet explorer pops up and the video starts playing ?? ( At the same time a note at the bottom says FVC is ready to use and gives me the option to activate it or not…, so
Hit
Activate, and close the Internet Browser
Try again. Browser comes up and Video plays again.. ?????
Oh Poo !
So
_1) I try right click on the selected file in the Folder browser and
_2) select either Convert or Brennen, ….now I am getting somewhere and have a window in which I can select Edit. (
Window 2 ) ( But just before that I note I have the chance to change my Path again,
:2b) so I do…...
ChangePathFVCPlayWindowJPG.jpg
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Now I select
_3) Edit (
Window 3 )
Then I have what looks familiar and I can think about coping off that “Sponsored by freemake,com “BrandingSplash” thing”
OpenWithFVCEdit_1_2_3JPG.jpg
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So I play around with the Editor and appear to have cropped off those start and stop “Sponsored by freemak,com “BrandingSplash” things”
CropWithEditorOKJPG
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But I have no idea where it goes…_..
_....HMM maybe it has not yet gone anywhere…
I try to Convert again. .. a window pops up telling me again the wonderful advantages of buying. I click the left Button instead to
Continue.
The thing starts converting.. this time in this new
Window 2
Window_2ConvertingJPG.jpg
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After it finishes it says it only converted 1 third of the Video and says I have CultD to complete the full video – I don’t fall for that one, and just hit the left hand Button instead:
BuyToFinish_NotOnYourNellyJPG.jpg
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I check my Folder. I have a second File, but less than half the size_…
OnlyGotAThirdJPG.jpg
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_... so initially it appears they won’t let you do it ???
I opened it ( With Windows Movie Player ). The start is cropped off :) – But I only have the first third of the Video :(
So it would appear you cannot crop bits off with Freemake Video Converter unless you pay !! At least that was the case when I tried it.
_.__________________
Plan B
How about a crop with WVC Ultimate then….
Double click the icon which appeared after the download last week as discussed last week
http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtopic. ... 20#p195671" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
_.. I get
Window 1 and copy and paste the URL or drag Sebastian Bach into the Window.. I thought this time I would drag him in – well he is a big lad – he can take it
DragSebInJPG.jpg
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I check the Output Folder – looks OK in this case, and I have an Edit to select so I do do that
Hit
Edit
A second window, looking very similar to the FVC second window,
Window 2[/U , pops up ( and I did not get an Internet browser popping up like with FVC )
Play around with the editor to crop start and stop Bits, and Hit OK. As with FVC appears not to do anything.
CropWithEditorOKJPG
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So try
Convert again
Surprise surprise, at the end you only get a Third again ( but cropped off start )
WVCOnlyAThirdJPG.jpg
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I also noticed that for an un cropped WVC download and conversion you only get a third. So it is worse than FVC
_...
So it would appear
_1) .. If you crop you have to pay. For WVC and FVC, which seem to be very similar Software – ( In fact the start and stop “Branding” bit on is the same on both convertors ) :(
( _2) I noticed something new and good here for me - If I use these “Convertors” to both Download and Convert, then I do in fact get my originally wanted 1920 x 1080 conversion :) _ I can only get it all with FVC, and I have to live with the “branding“ )
_3) Answer the Thread, a bit…Doc.AElstein wrote:...Anyone got any recent experience on this or any other free converters?
It would be nice to have an alternative, especially if it did the WMV in the full ( maximum I think ) resolution of 1080 x 1920..
_..YES
_A) Check out the last few Posts here and use FVC to get a WMV Video. That’s it… but.. if you want to crop off any “Branding try this:
Plan C)
_C) Open Windows Movie Maker. It comes with Vista_...
WindowsMovieMakerVistaJPG.jpg
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_..and you can download it free from Microsoft for Windows 7
https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/hel ... r-download" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
You can use that , amongst other things to crop http://ccm.net/faq/9784-cut-your-videos ... ovie-maker" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Alan
PS: Don’t forget Sebastian Bach…..
You Tube: http://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=ivFY ... member_You" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
WMV 1920x1080: ( FVC Download and Convert ) https://app.box.com/s/1xlai5qx6no3r3zr2n394ycqpe9wb7bm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
“ “Unbranded” , converted from The Windows Movie Player “ “
:( -.. ( I could not upload the Full Movie, as it is too big for the File sharing Site I use )
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