WMV, how to convert?

[boogie-pop]

I m trying to extract the ac3 audio from the wmv file so I can encode the movie but I dont know how, any suggestions? Virtualdub is unable to support wmv files so I m lost...
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okay, I m an idiot. I downloaded a newer version of window media player and now the audio plays fine. But I still cant encode it to mpg. Everytime I start to encode the file in TMpeg it freezes up. PLEASE HELP!! It took me 3 to 4 days to download these files. I cant just delete them..............
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[boogie-pop]

wait, I cant even encode the the video in the wmv file. Does anyone know how??

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[Devanshu]

Freezes up huh...using vdub, check the file for bad frames. Here's a guide that shows how.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/142555.php

As for encoding...try extracting the audio and in tmpgenc, use it as a seprate file. I dont know if it will help...but its worth a shot.

[boogie-pop]

I cant open the wmv file in virtualdub because microsoft owns the patent so vdub isnt allowed to..

how do I extract the audio?

[nutstoyou]

Extract audio with tmpgenc. Close the tmpgenc wizard and use the audio tab on the main screen to browse to your wmv file.

[secretagent]

several options

get stoik video converter from the tools section
or

open the file in goldwave and save the audio as a wav file

simply rename the . wmv to .asf and tmpgenc will open it

after renaming the file to .asf get an earlier version of vdub that handles asf, version 1.3 or 1.4 i think

[boogie-pop]

well, none of that worked.

I tried opening the wmv file in virtualdub 1.3 but it said "ASF illegal object fragment flags......"

any suggestions???

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[vtoskov]

I use TMPGEnc v2.59 Plus and I have no problems loading and encoding .wmv files. I think you got some problems with the files.
But tell me exactly what happens when you load the .wmv file in TMPGEnc is there an error message that you are getting.

[davemcg37]

if you change the directshow multimedia priority in tmpgenc to 2 or 3 this should work tmpgenc doesn't like wmv files so rename the file extension to .asf and try it. when you get to the source range stage it'll appear that tmpgenc has frozen but if you leave it for a couple of minutes it'll unfrreze itself and let you continue. hope this helps

[reman]

TMPGEnc 2.512 Plus has no problem loading the wmv/wma audio files and converting them to mp2. They do not need to have the asf extension.

[Ripper2860]

I have no problems loading WMV files into TMPGEnc 2.59 and converting. Try installing the Microsoft WM9 Codecs. TMPGEnc would not work with WMV files for me until after I installed them.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx

BTW -- I don't know what luck others have had with STOIK and WMV conversion, but my results were AWFUL !!!

[teegee420]

I don't know what luck others have had with STOIK and WMV conversion, but my results were AWFUL !!!

Same here! I only use TMPGenc now, or in conjunction with VFAPI and Virtualdub for converting to AVI.

[reman]

Off Topic:

It sure would be nice if TMGEnc would use a standard numbering system! 2.59 looks like it is newer then 2.512 but it is not...what the developer means by 2.59 is 2.509. ie 2.5(9), 2.5(10), 2.5(11) and 2.5(12).