Comments on: Flip cameras and MP4s

By: Mobile Musings » Blog Archive » Flipshare conversion to WMV

Mobile Musings » Blog Archive » Flipshare conversion to WMV — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:53:17 +0000

[…] reported here earlier about an easy way to convert Flip camera movies to WMV files so that you can import them into Windows Movie […]

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:48:35 +0000

Thanks, Lindsey. I’m glad it was helpful. I think that renaming in Flipshare is fine, but if you rename then out of Flipshare (on the drive itself), it creates problems.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:58 +0000

This is THE most helpful blog post! Thanks so much!! Perhaps there has been a change w/flipshare, b/c I had already cut and renamed my clips in flipshare before following this process and it still worked.

By: Mobile Musings » Blog Archive » Flip tip

Mobile Musings » Blog Archive » Flip tip — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:50:25 +0000

[…] while back, I wrote about a way to convert the MP4s that the new Flip cameras create into WMV files, so that they are able to be imported into Windows […]

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:59:40 +0000

Unfortunately, there isn’t really an option. All the Flip cameras are using MP4 format now. Fortunately, the conversion really isn’t bad, and for those on Macs, it’s actually easier.

By: Traci Landry

Traci Landry — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:42:19 +0000

Hi Karen, Thanks for this info. We are considering purchasing some more flip video cameras. Do you think we should just stick with the old kind? Or is the new one worth this extra effort? Just wondering. Thanks.