Quicktime

You didn't say that you were playing Windows media files using the Flip4Mac codec. To edit those, you also need the paid version of Flip4Mac. As for the blurriness, that is probably due to the fact that your Mac display is sharper which makes the inherent blurriness of your video stand out.

Not only that, the quality of reproduction in Quicktime is crap compared with that in Windows Media Player. Buying Quicktime Pro hasn't been a great success! ...

I bought Quicktime Pro and now when I open the video in it it I get a text at the top of the screen saying 'Player trial plays first half of movie. ...

It's not freeware, but I'd recommend QuickTime Pro as the most convenient method for cutting, pasting, clipping, trimming and moving around video clips. ...

In iMovie choose File > Share > Quicktime and select a format in Compress movie for drop down menu. Found this on Youtube Upload Settings http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/youtubeuploadsettings

When saving the movie, click on the "Settings" button by Video Track, and choose a compression method. YouTube should be able to accept some form of QuickTime .mov format! ...

So you should be fine with a QuickTime .mov file! ...

There probably are many converters. QuickTime Pro costs money, but others should be around. Look on versiontracker.com or macupdate. ...

Sorry about that. I was in a horrible mood when I posted the google thing in the first place. Any other time I wouln't have said anything like that. Anyway, that program is just what I was looking for. Made a killer vid today, and it doesn't look too bad for my first video. (although there is the factor of having to pay after 30 days... I have one problem though. When...

No, these streams are about the only media I listen to these days. I'll check it out next time I come across a QuickTime/WMA audio stream. I'll try this some time too. Like I said, I did a Finder search for all visible or invisible files over 25MB and found nothing. And I made all the invisible files visible and looked around, again found nothing. I've never tried with a...