The tricky bit is that the iPhone video is probably in MPEG4 format. So
to downconvert it or strip out the audio and convert it you'll need
something that already understands MPEG4 so it can read the content and
re-encode it to something else. But obviously if you could already read
MPEG4 you wouldn't need this conversion. In short, on a 13 year old OS
on probably even older hardware you're not going to find anything that
knows how to read mpeg4. Even if you had a friend convert it to
something else I'm not sure what codec I would choose which would
operate well on such an old setup. It's a bit like they have a thumb
drive and you've got a floppy drive and it's just not going to be an
easy conversion. Best guess I could make is Cinepak which was prevalent
back in the day for its low CPU load. Just audio could still be mp3.
Cinepak is quite large so if you don't need the video just stick with mp3.
All that said, unless you can call in a favor from somebody with newer
hardware, you might want to hunt around for a web-based converter. I
haven't used these so others might have some recommendations. This one
sounded plausible:
http://media.io
CB
On 8/13/12 4:56 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi folks,
forgive me if I do not ask this with the correct lingo.
Today would have been my late father's 85th birthday. he passed last
year and we ere very close.
My niece just sent me some video she shot with her iphone of my
dad...obviously I would appreciate a chance to enjoy. I have no
iphone though, and my mac is still doing os 9.22...not that I want to
watch it so much.
My desire is to convert the file into something else, mp4 mp3 aif,
anything.
how can this be done?
Thanks in advance,
Karen
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