Converting WM9 (wmv) files to MPEG
 

Does anyone know how to convert WM9 (.wmv) files to MPEG? What program should I use?

Vegas Video 3.0 does it :)

don't think you could do that besides that'd definitely come out as shitty quality anyways.

The quality is going to be shit. If you do that :thumbsup

Yes it can me done and I cannot tell the difference in quality.

http://www.tmpgenc.net/

TheKing.....your the fucking man.

Thanks a bunch.

If your ever in SD, let me know and you are welcome
at any of our shoots.

-King
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it dosent work for WMV9 but it does for WMV8

Is there a way around this?

It converts WMV9 files into mpg's just fine for me and they play perfectly in the WMP 9.

mic check

Do believe you are the first to ever utter this....

acadia (sp) would probally be willing to help you

There's a free program called asf tools that can convert them to raw avis, then you can use any of the 1000s of mpeg encoders to convert to mpeg...I think there's a link for it at digital-digest.com

Tycoon did you read my last post?

U DA MAN! :) Thanks a bunch!

I did,

Can you do it in the trial version or do you need the full version.

-King

I don't think there is a trial version. The thing is free and the time never expires although there is a splash page that says it does. I see that they have a different version now, mine is 2.59, but I doubt that is any problem. I think you may just be doing something wrong. Are you trying to convert to a standard MPG 1?

Do this.

#1 Use settings and select MPEG-1 Video (It may work with 2 also but I have never tried it) Make whatever other settings you want including color, gamma controls etc.

#2 On the main dialog box select System Video + Audio

#3 Use browse to select the video source folder.

#4 Then go to browse to select the output folder.

#5 The click on start.

Walla. It should play perfectly in your WMP 9

Tycoon did you get it worked out?

No I did not b/c I couldnt download 2.59.

do you know where I could download it...or, could you put it up somewhere for me to download.

-King

ps:whats your email addy?

Did you do what I suggested to you with the version they now have available. I think the problem must be on your end and not the version?

Clarify for me what is wrong. Are you saying it won't convert to mpg or are you saying the converted mpg won't play in WMP 9.

... so i hear sowned has a little dick, seriously

When I go to browse and add a wmv9 file "video" it says it cant read the format.

Thats the only problem.

-King

When you go to browse where it says files of type use the drop down and select all files. Get back to me.

why do you need to convert from WMV anyways? you wouldn't be trying to steal content from another site and crop out their watermarks now, would you..? hehe..

Tycoon is it working for you now?

theking, I am using the same program and i cant figure out how to batch process wmv files...im having to do them one by one..every thime i try to do the batch option it says something like invalid stream format....is there a secret..i'm going to be on this for 3 days other wise

If you figure it out let me know. I too could not figure out how to batch process wmv's, though I did not spend a lot of time on it.

iam not sure .. but .. i think (blaze media pro) can do it

(look on kazaa)

:thumbsup

no...

it never worked. kept getting file format not supported.
Im going to try download 2.59 and see if that works.

"THEKING" you got an ICQ# I can hit you up on.

-King

That's a crock. The quality isn't as high, but it can still be done in a decent quality.

Vegas Video is the way I'd go...but you have to get the extra plug-in neede to convert it to mpeg-1 or -2

Yeah but Vegas Video is 399

I used this too
http://www.tmpgenc.net/
and it worked great for covnerting home videos

Vegas Video does an excellent job on converting .wmv files and they are also good quality. Of course, the copy will never be better than the original it was copied from.

I got VegasVideo3.0

looks great.

Thanks for everything.

-King