is there anything to convert ms proprietary format to xvid, divx, avi ?
i think virtualdub could, but ms asked them to drop that... and i couldnt
find a working version of that old release of vdub.

thanks, j.

"javalab" <java@labrador.ca> wrote in message
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http://www.videohelp.com/convert

and and under "Format Conversion" do "WMV to AVI." I think you might find
one or two free tools.

"Thip" <me@privacy.net> ha scritto
thank you, a very good site.
ciao, j.

"Thip" <me@privacy.net> wrote in news:2g2h05F3tq99U1@uni-berlin.de:

There is no link there for WMV to divx conversion, only a link for
conversion without reencoding using ASFTools.
The old version of Virtualdub (1.3c and lower)does not accept WMV/ASF with
the WMV codecs.

AFAIK, the only freeware that can do this is TMPGenc.

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Onno

"Onno"
in videhelp -- wmv2avi, all archives -- there's a page explaining
"How to Convert WMV8 and WMV9 to other formats the BEST way"

following it i downloaded wme from ms and converted the wmv to a fixed
framerate wmv -- but vdub 1.3c gives an error when opening it. anyway the
converted file is 19mb, compared to the 33mb of the source (a home movie
about an ill labrador). i think it can be shrinked to 3-4 megs.

i'd also tried with asftools, but it'd give an error too.

i'll try again with different wme options, and will try tmpgenc as well.


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thanks, ciao, j.
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"Onno" <ok-NOSPAMww1@SVPxs4all.nl> wrote in message
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But he CAN go from WMV to AVI using freeware. See the OP.

"javalab" <java@labrador.ca> wrote in news:2g4itvF4evsuU1@uni-berlin.de:

Right, I forgot about that one. Here's a link:
http://www.angelfire.com/film/baz00ie/

It's a LOT of work, but worth a try if TMPGenc fails.

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Onno

"Thip" <me@privacy.net> wrote in news:2g58p0F4l6b6U1@uni-berlin.de:

That is what I wrote, isn't it?



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Onno

"Onno" <ok-NOSPAMww1@SVPxs4all.nl> ha scritto
thank you
ciao, j.