hello again.thanks for your patience.as a lot of people we post to are still
on dialup [alas we are in new zealand] we try to keep the clip size down to
around 3 or 4 mb.so we shrink the larger clips using the wins movie maker.as
alot of people do not have an flv player installed -despite us encouraging
this,we convert the flv files to wmv,as everybody has wins media player.so,
this conversion is not liked by wins movie maker,so they can't be shrunk to
about 3 or 4 mb's.if you can assist again,we will be grateful.regards bob.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Ekkerman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] converters
> Hi Bob,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
> Could you tell us some more what you are trying to accomplish?
> I'm not sure what you mean by "...the converted file can
> not be shrunk by wins movie maker."
> Why do you need to shrink it?
>
> You have to be aware that the .wmv format is a proprietary Microsoft
> format and has its limitations.
> There are a couple of other things not clear to me:
> 1.Why do you have to convert to .wmv in the first place?
> FLV files are usually of low quality and converting them will only
> increase the file size, not the quality.
> Converted .flv files have some restrictions as to further editing or
> manipulation especially when it comes to .wmv format.
> Why not play flv files with a FLV player or any of the players listed
> below?
>
> 2.Why do you have to use Windows Media Player?
> There are numerous players that will play many more formats than WMP.
> These players don't have the restrictions that WMP has,like DRM
> protected files ,nor do they constantly "spy" on you with every file you
> play.
>
> Some of my favorite players:
> VLC http://www.videolan.org/
> KM Player http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8351
> Kantaris http://www.kantaris.org/
> HaiSoft Player
> http://www.drm-x.com/Haihaisoft-Universal-Player.aspx?cid=87
>
> For an eye-opener check this list and you will see that WMP doesn't
> stack up very well against other players when it comes to playing many
> formats.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_media_players
>
> Peter E.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] converters
> From: bob <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: 02-May-2008 1:24:42 AM
>
> thanks again for your valuable help.another wee problem.having converted
> a flv to a format wins media player can handle,the converted file can
> not be shrunk by wins movie maker.any ideas,as i'm not the only one
> trying to overcome this hurdle.regards bob tasman.----- Original Message
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