I am preparing a Keynote presentation and need to use some pretty old footage. I have some material that I only have as .m2v files. I can view these in VLC but can't edit them or import them into Media Composer. I have tried converting them in VLC and then importing into MC but the imported copies are unstable (juddery). I have MPEG Streamclip but it needs Quicktime MPEG-2 playback component to enable it to play these files - I believe that is long gone on my system.

Any advice on the best way to proceed?

Thanks

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Any advice on the best way to proceed?

With all the variables here, it would be easier to solve in realtime remotely.

If you're interested, email me - iterronez@hotmail.com. Thanks!

I might have got this to work but thanks for your offer of help. I'll keep that in mind.

I have used Squeeze for this when needed, the Pro version will create Avid MXF files / folders , just to drag the databasefile inside a bin and off you go.