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Old April 9th 09, 11:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
Frank Martin
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Default Converting video to movie files.

I download a lot of video clips from the internet.

Most of these are the type of "video clip" and are of good
quality.

I want to convert these, without loss of quality, to the
type "movie clip", or to the type "Windows media type".

How can I do this to get a similar file size as the "video
clip" type?

Please help, Frank




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Old April 10th 09, 12:58 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
John Inzer
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Default Converting video to movie files.

Frank Martin wrote:
I download a lot of video clips from the internet.

Most of these are the type of "video clip" and are of good
quality.

I want to convert these, without loss of quality, to the
type "movie clip", or to the type "Windows media type".

How can I do this to get a similar file size as the "video
clip" type?

Please help, Frank

===========================
Three free options.....

Try Windows Media Encoder:

Windows Media Encoder
http://tinyurl.com/bbal
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

How do I convert other video file formats to WMV?
http://tinyurl.com/2o8uso
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...vice/0065.mspx


If that fails...try SUPER:

SUPER © Simplified
Universal Player Encoder & Renderer
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/SUPER
(the mirror download site is faster)


Failed again?...
Try QuickMedia Converter:

Quick Media Converter
http://tinyurl.com/a35y6n
or...
http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/index....92&Itemi d=72


Good luck...

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Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk


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Old April 10th 09, 08:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
TompangBuddy.Com
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Default Converting video to movie files.

Hello,

Just to add on, any conversion from one file format to another WILL result
in a loss of quality. Unless you convert it to a lossless format such as
AVI.

Formats like WMV are a lossy compression, they will not make a 1:1 copy of
your original video. To reduce this, convert with the highest bitrate
possible. This will result in a bigger file size and mobile devices have a
limit on how much bitrate they can take.

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"Frank Martin" wrote in message
...
I download a lot of video clips from the internet.

Most of these are the type of "video clip" and are of good
quality.

I want to convert these, without loss of quality, to the
type "movie clip", or to the type "Windows media type".

How can I do this to get a similar file size as the "video
clip" type?

Please help, Frank






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Old April 11th 09, 12:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
Frank Martin
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Default Converting video to movie files.


"Frank Martin" wrote in message
...
I download a lot of video clips from the internet.

Most of these are the type of "video clip" and are of good
quality.

I want to convert these, without loss of quality, to the
type "movie clip", or to the type "Windows media type".

How can I do this to get a similar file size as the "video
clip" type?

Please help, Frank






Thanks, I'll try these.


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Old April 11th 09, 05:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
John Inzer
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Default Converting video to movie files.

Frank Martin wrote:
Thanks, I'll try these.

=====================
You're welcome.

Let us know the result.

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk


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Old April 11th 09, 05:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Default Converting video to movie files.

On 4ÔÂ10ÈÕ, ÉÏÎç6ʱ56·Ö, "Frank Martin" wrote:
I download a lot ofvideoclips from the internet.

Most of these are the type of "videoclip" and are of good
quality.

I want toconvertthese, without loss of quality, to the
type "movie clip", or to the type "Windows media type".

How can I do this to get a similar file size as the "video
clip" type?

Please help, Frank

Try:E.M. HD Video Converter
It is a wonderful video converter that lets you not only convert your
favorite videos to various HD (high definition) video formats like HD
WMV Video, HD DivX Video, HD Xvid Video, HD H.264 Video, HD Quick Time
Video, HD MPEG4 Video, HD FLV Video, HD TS Video, etc.

http://www.effectmatrix.com/hd-video...rter/index.htm
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Old April 14th 09, 12:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
Frank Martin
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Default Converting video to movie files.

The overall reason I want these conversions is because some
of the AVI files I download cause trouble with Windows
Explorer causing it to crash.

When I pass the file thru (for example) "AVS Video Converter
V5.6" and converting it to the same AVI format, this fixes
that problem.

My understanding of all these formats is quite minimal, but
by trial & error I convert an errant file to type
"H.264/AVC-1200kbps; audio: MP3 - 192kpbs" and this
results in a file about as large as the original.


(Windows XP)



"John Inzer" wrote in message
...
Frank Martin wrote:
Thanks, I'll try these.

=====================
You're welcome.

Let us know the result.

--


John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk



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Old April 14th 09, 12:58 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
John Inzer
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Posts: 828
Default Converting video to movie files.

Frank Martin wrote:
The overall reason I want these conversions is because some
of the AVI files I download cause trouble with Windows
Explorer causing it to crash.

When I pass the file thru (for example) "AVS Video Converter
V5.6" and converting it to the same AVI format, this fixes
that problem.

My understanding of all these formats is quite minimal, but
by trial & error I convert an errant file to type
"H.264/AVC-1200kbps; audio: MP3 - 192kpbs" and this
results in a file about as large as the original.


(Windows XP)

========================
Ok...but file size 'in and of itself'
doesn't mean anything.

--


John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk


 




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