The G2M4 codec of Go to meeting?

Question

I have some wmv files which use the G2M4 codec. They were created by go to meeting. Only windows media player can play these files. I want to remove this codec (is that even possible?) or convert it to a form that can be played by regular media players on computers and android phones.

How do I do it ? I googled and tried the "batch file" approach and transcoder approach. Both of them did not work. Also, any video converter free can only convert part of the file and it looks like no FULLY free video converter can do this job. So, I am stuck and I need your help to figure this out.

http://glenndcitrix.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/3-ways-to-remove-the-gotomeeting-codec-from-your-recording/ http://academe.co.uk/2012/01/convert-gotomeeting-video-files-to-another-format/

Answer 1

I use this batch file code all the time (daily and multiple times a day). I drag and drop the GoToMeeting Video file onto this batch file and then enter the version number.

@echo off
if "%ProgramFiles(x86)%XXX"=="XXX" (
set "ProgRoot=%ProgramFiles%"
) else (
set "ProgRoot=%ProgramFiles(x86)%"
)
echo ***************************************
echo * To determine the GoToMeeting build, *
echo * Right-click on the GoToMeeting icon *
echo * in the system tray and select About *
echo ***************************************
SET /P build=Enter the GoToMeeting build number (Example: 457, 723, 799, etc):
"%ProgRoot%\Citrix\GoToMeeting\%build%\g2mtranscoder.exe" source=%~1

In my case, my version number is 1082.

This will launch the G2MTranscoder that will strip the GoToMeeting Codec from my recorded file. From here I can then use ffmpeg to transcode my video file.