windows media video 9 problem

[Jules2]

I feel like such an idiot, but i cannot get media video 9 to start up. I have downloaded media video 9 at http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/Microsoft-Windo...ideo-VCM.shtml

and installed it at the computer without any problems. But now in Program Files there are only these items:

Film-320x240-vbr.wv9
Film-640x480-vbr.wv9
Film-1280x720-vbr.wv9
license
NTSC-vbr.wv9
PAL-vbr.wv9
qNTSC-vbr.wv9
qPAL-vbr.wv9
WMV9VCM
WMV9VCM_readme

In the Readme file i found minimum system requirements:

The following hardware and software are required to use the Windows Media Video 9 VCM compressor:

>>>Operating system
Requirement: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Microsoft Windows Me, Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, or Microsoft Windows XP.

Processor, memory, and disk space
The system specifications required to use the Windows Media Video 9 VCM compressor are determined by the application that interfaces with the VCM driver. Refer to your software documentation for details.<<<

Operating system isn't a problem, but i am not sure what the second part means.


What am i doing wrong. Why cannot i find an icon with which i can start Media Video 9?


Any help is much appreciated.


Jules

[Baldrick]

it's no standalone application, it's an encoder codec that you can use in other applications.

if you want a wmv encoder try wme or wmm.

if you want windows media player download wmp.

[Jules2]

I am trying to compress a .avi file and found on another site that Media Video 9 could be used for that.

I have Windows Movie Maker on my computer. Are you saying that i can compress the file using Media Video 9 in Windows Movie Maker?