Question about WMV file format - GoFuckYourself.com

Bobbi Doll · 02-01-2005, 12:38 PM

Is there any way to edit down a WMV video clip? I bought an upgrade to Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 thinking that it would allow me to do this, but unfortunately, it keeps wanting to convert the files to AVI and they become 3 times the size that they were before even though it is a shorter clip.

Thanks,
Bobbi B.

Meta Ridley · 02-01-2005, 12:41 PM

What do you mean "edit down". reduce file size?

DutchTeenCash · 02-01-2005, 12:42 PM

as far as i know : no, wmv is MS stuff, if you convert it to wmv i dont think theres a way back... wmv are less quality so always a lot smaller...

Meta Ridley · 02-01-2005, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobbi Doll

it keeps wanting to convert the files to AVI and they become 3 times the size that they were before even though it is a shorter clip.

Thanks,
Bobbi B.

Read the instructions,, you just are not doing it rite. You have to export > Adobe Media Encoder.

Meta Ridley · 02-01-2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by thinkx

as far as i know : no, wmv is MS stuff, if you convert it to wmv i dont think theres a way back...

You are incorrect.

Bobbi Doll · 02-01-2005, 12:45 PM

Yep, that's what I mean. It is currently 115,446 KB and it is too big to upload to my site for some reason. Dreamweaver is not letting me.

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Originally Posted by Meta Ridley

What do you mean "edit down". reduce file size?

DutchTeenCash · 02-01-2005, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Meta Ridley

You are incorrect.

well i know theres this virtual dub 1.3 and some other tricks, but to get the original AVI quality back from a WMV isnt that impossible ? if not show me how

VanessaG · 02-01-2005, 12:45 PM

Bobbi I guess your best bet to handle wmv would be your windows movie maker.

Vanessa

Bobbi Doll · 02-01-2005, 12:46 PM

Yes, I have tried exporting but WMV is not an option that I am seeing.

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Originally Posted by Meta Ridley

Read the instructions,, you just are not doing it rite. You have to export > Adobe Media Encoder.

Bobbi Doll · 02-01-2005, 12:48 PM

I don't want the original quality back. I just want to make some short video clips of my cam show that my members can download from my website.

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Originally Posted by thinkx

well i know theres this virtual dub 1.3 and some other tricks, but to get the original AVI quality back from a WMV isnt that impossible ? if not show me how

Meta Ridley · 02-01-2005, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by thinkx

well i know theres this virtual dub 1.3 and some other tricks, but to get the original AVI quality back from a WMV isnt that impossible ? if not show me how

No original quality is not possible, but you can easily reencode it to avi format. AVI doesnt = good quailty either. There are some AVI that look far worse than some wmv's . Its all about the codec and settings.

Karupted Charles · 02-01-2005, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobbi Doll

Yes, I have tried exporting but WMV is not an option that I am seeing.

It is there that is how we do all our movies.

You can cut it up in windows movie maker which is free. It is the only program I know of that works on files already in wmv format. The Premier export I believe only works for turning mpg and avi files into wmv.

Meta Ridley · 02-01-2005, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobbi Doll

Yes, I have tried exporting but WMV is not an option that I am seeing.

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Bobbi Doll · 02-01-2005, 01:00 PM

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How did you get to that screen?

Bobbi Doll · 02-01-2005, 01:02 PM

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It is there that is how we do all our movies.

You can cut it up in windows movie maker which is free. It is the only program I know of that works on files already in wmv format. The Premier export I believe only works for turning mpg and avi files into wmv.

Thanks! I might try that if I can't get Adobe Premiere 1.5 to work. It would be a shame spending $200 on that upgrade for nothing. Especially since I read up on it and I thought for sure that it could work with WMV files. I know it can import them. It's exporting them that I am having a problem with.

Jim_Gunn · 02-01-2005, 01:18 PM

If you just want to split the wmv file into shorter length wmvs without re-editing them,, you can just use a shareware file splitter like Boilsoft's AVI/ MPEG/WMV Splitter.

Bobbi Doll · 02-01-2005, 01:24 PM

Awesome! Thanks so much!

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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

If you just want to split the wmv file into shorter length wmvs without re-editing them,, you can just use a shareware file splitter like Boilsoft's AVI/ MPEG/WMV Splitter.

DWB · 02-01-2005, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

If you just want to split the wmv file into shorter length wmvs without re-editing them,, you can just use a shareware file splitter like Boilsoft's AVI/ MPEG/WMV Splitter.

That's one of the best tools I have.

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Meta Ridley Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The land of ruleface and kickass Posts: 3,433	What do you mean "edit down". reduce file size?

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Jim_Gunn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Where The Teens Are Posts: 5,702	If you just want to split the wmv file into shorter length wmvs without re-editing them,, you can just use a shareware file splitter like Boilsoft's AVI/ MPEG/WMV Splitter.