Recommend a batch conversion program for mkv to wmv?

[yoda313]

Ok I have a large, large batch of mkv videos I want to convert to wmv so I can play them on my zune.

I have avs video converter which works great. its a great one step process to get an in synch wmv out of the mkv.

The only downside is as far as I can tell the only batch feature it offers to MERGE individual mkv files into one wmv. The only problem is that left me with a 7 hour wmv file! That was not what I wanted.

I want to be able to take a mkv file and get a wmv file in the output but do it for a large collection of files - WITHOUT merging. The idea being that its easier to load a bunch of wmvs on the zune and subsequently delete the clips I have already watched. Its clunkier to have them merged in one mega file and also it takes up unnecessary space on the zune when I could be deleting some of the files after watching.

Suggestions are welcome and I'll entertain suggestions for payware also (to a point, I'm not gonna spend a WHOLE lot on this - maybe upwards of 50.00 USD??? - freeware is better of course but not if it involves demuxing and remuxing or results in out of synch files). Not asking too much am I??

Thanks in advance....

[Baldrick]

Maybe MediaCoder would work if you find out how to use it as it can a bit tricky...

But doesn't the zune also support mp4 h264? Then it should work with for example WinFF.

[yoda313]

Maybe MediaCoder would work if you find out how to use it as it can a bit tricky...

But doesn't the zune also support mp4 h264? Then it should work with for example WinFF.

I have been told the newer 80gb and 120gb (probably the new 4+8 as well) work with mp4.

The problem with my 30gb at least is anything that is not true wmv 320x240 gets reencoded. So thats doing more work and killing the quality.

I appreciate the suggestion though I might take a look at mediacoder see how complex it is.

EDIT _ I tried converting to windows media video and audio with a mp4 container but it said error code 15 - I believe it was couldn't mux or something like that. Should I have tried asf as a container? I think the Zune software can recognize that.