I'm looking for a simple software utility that can take an Apple QuickTime
.MOV format file and convert it to something that can be edited with Windows
MovieMaker such as a .WMF format.  It needs to be free.

My daughter has been given a school assignment to make a video journal of a
volunteer activity to make the world a better place.  She has taken on
raising some money for our local children's hospital.  Unfortunately, this
has become a bit of a parent technology project were the parent (me) gets to
scrape enough technological bits together so that they can accomplish their
video part of the goal.  She borrowed a neighbour's old Video 8 camera
hoping to use that.  After finding what type of film was required and buying
a couple cassettes we found that the batteries only last about 30 sec now
before going flat - old batteries.  We also don't have a video capture card
either so transferring and editing on the computer wasn't on.  Next she
borrowed a friends still camera that can also take movies.  We can transfer
files to the computer - great! - but then I realized that I couldn't view
them because they were in QuickTime and Windows MovieMaker can't import
them.  I ended up downloading the Apple QuickTime player so I can now see
them but need something to be able to convert them to a format that
MovieMaker can use.

There seems to be quite a few packages $ that will do conversion, editing,
etc., but I plan on using MovieMaker for the editing.  I'm not very keen on
spending money on something that will be used on a school project and then
tossed away in a week or so.

Got any ideas?

Thanks,

Gordon Williams

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