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If my computer will not open up mov files, how can they be put on the moviemaking software?
I want to buy a new canon camera, but my computer only accepts avi. The new cameras all use mov. I was thinking of buying an independent moviemaking software to bypass this problem. Any suggestions?
my computer does not support mov files. it is vista software. i dont want to download conversion software for mov to avi. looking for a simple way of going thru canon's cameras to find the ones that uses avi.