# Mac: Software to edit or convert Real video to QuickTime?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-edit-or-convert-real-video-to-quicktime/348155>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-edit-or-convert-real-video-to-quicktime/348155 "2006-03-13T14:03:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-edit-or-convert-real-video-to-quicktime/348155/1 "2006-03-13T14:03:28Z")

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Mac users:

Does there exist any software to either

1. Edit clips — trim, splice, etc — Real video files (.rm, .ram)?
2. Convert Real video files to QuickTime (.qt, .mov)?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-edit-or-convert-real-video-to-quicktime/348155/2 "2006-03-13T15:15:34Z")

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Last time I looked, no; had to run a PC program, “TINRA”, under VirtualPC to do the conversion.

If you don’t find a mention of something at versiontracker, sourceforge, or macupdate, it most likely ain’t out there yet.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-edit-or-convert-real-video-to-quicktime/348155/3 "2006-03-13T15:22:34Z")

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[Total Video Converter](http://www.effectmatrix.com/total-video-converter/)

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-edit-or-convert-real-video-to-quicktime/348155/4 "2006-03-13T15:47:39Z")

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That would also have to be run under VirtualPC, wouldn’t it? (I don’t see any download links for a Mac version)