WHAT IS WMV????

[esmerelda1983]

I recently download a movie clip. the problem is that it is in a strange format that i have never seen before .WMV
I want to encode this to mpg but TMPGEnc doesnt recognise the file format, neither does VDub.
does anybody know what program i could use to convert to .avi then to .mpg???

I sure hope somebody can help me

Thanx to all that reply

[robcg]

i think that's a windows movie.

robcg

[RObTRIP]

its a windows media player file i think, but it streams. so i think while u r wathcing it downloads the file or something. tell us the size of it, it should be very small, if so its a streaming video.
hope it helps
rob

[havaham]

Change .WMV to .ASF and tmpeg may just convert it for you. Not always, but sometimes... at least it should load.

EO video does a great job of converting .wmv and asf to avi...

[kitty]

If that trick doesn't work download the Windows Media Tools from the MS website for free. You can then convert it to a AVI or ASF that you can use in Virtualdub etc.

[SteveDVD]

WMV = Windows Media Video

While most of the time you see it being streamed from the internet to your Windows Media Player it is a very good format for regular home videos too.... It's small and has pretty good quality...Very Custimizable....

[esmerelda1983]

it is 6mb for 3min40sec of vid. good quality also

thanx to all, i will give it a go and hopefully it will work.

[jkl]

for full screen(pc or tv) you will need at least 7 to 8 megs per minute even though it is probably good in a reduced window, ther is not much you can do with a clip that is less than 2 megs per minute if you want at least decent quality.