Windows Media Encoder Problem
 

I don't know what the fuck to do. I have two computers, one a P233 old shitbox and a newer P4 2 GHZ with 512 or whatever it is in RAM. I'm trying to convert video content from MPEG and AVI format to WMV 15fps. Windows Media Encoder crashes every time. Nobody from Microsoft on their support board has any useful help - no surprise there. Nobody at VCDHelp really had any good information. This P4 machine is far more powerful than the requirements listed on Microsoft's Windows Media website.
A few people have blamed it on WIndows XP. I dunno.
When I try to convert these files it fairly quickly shows 100% CPU usage. This ain't good. But hell if I know why it's doing it as I've never done any video conversions before.

Any tips/advice/URL's to help appreciated

Is it the WM7 utility or WM9?

7. No way i would touch 9 yet, i've been reading disasters about the beta of Windows Media 9.

Im getting the same thing right now!

Just reboot every 10 mins! :(