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I have a bunch of MPEG-2 files that I'd like to edit in Moviemaker. Some are from DVD, others are from my JVC Everio Camcorder, which records in that format.
I know that DIVX and XVID both work in moviemaker, and of course WMV.
Anyone know of a free converter from MPEG-2 to any of the three above?
thanks,
Martin
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"Martin" <funkychateauSPAM[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1183328598.569506.188080[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
[Quoted Text] >I have a bunch of MPEG-2 files that I'd like to edit in Moviemaker. > Some are from DVD, others are from my JVC Everio Camcorder, which > records in that format. > > I know that DIVX and XVID both work in moviemaker, and of course > WMV. > > Anyone know of a free converter from MPEG-2 to any of the three above? > > thanks, > > Martin >
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"Mac" <mac[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in message news:uNF1DADvHHA.4720[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm> > "Martin" <funkychateauSPAM[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1183328598.569506.188080[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >>I have a bunch of MPEG-2 files that I'd like to edit in Moviemaker. >> Some are from DVD, others are from my JVC Everio Camcorder, which >> records in that format. >> >> I know that DIVX and XVID both work in moviemaker, and of course >> WMV. >> >> Anyone know of a free converter from MPEG-2 to any of the three above? >> >> thanks, >> >> Martin >>
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Super is good, there are a few more here. http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm
Be aware that xvid or divx don't work well in MM most of the time.
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Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.com
"Martin" <funkychateauSPAM[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1183328598.569506.188080[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
[Quoted Text] >I have a bunch of MPEG-2 files that I'd like to edit in Moviemaker. > Some are from DVD, others are from my JVC Everio Camcorder, which > records in that format. > > I know that DIVX and XVID both work in moviemaker, and of course > WMV. > > Anyone know of a free converter from MPEG-2 to any of the three above? > > thanks, > > Martin >
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On Jul 2, 9:01 am, "Graham Hughes" <graham.hug...[ at ]dvds2treasure.co.uk> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Super is good, there are a few more here. http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm> > Be aware that xvid or divx don't work well in MM most of the time. > > -- > > Graham Hughes > MVP Digital Mediawww.myvideoproblems.com > > "Martin" <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:1183328598.569506.188080[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > > > > >I have a bunch of MPEG-2 files that I'd like to edit in Moviemaker. > > Some are from DVD, others are from my JVC Everio Camcorder, which > > records in that format. > > > I know that DIVX and XVID both work in moviemaker, and of course > > WMV. > > > Anyone know of a free converter from MPEG-2 to any of the three above? > > > thanks, > > > Martin- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thanks, I downloaded "Super" and will try to give it a workout this weekend. BTW, is there a downloadable "user's manual" for this software? There seems to be a lot of stuff that I don't quite follow the ramifications of. For example, what actually happens if you select WMV output and 10Kbps, or what actually happens if you select 720x480 and 4:3 aspect at the same time? For that matter, what is huffYUV (selectable under "codec" pulldown)?
best regards,
Martin
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On Jul 3, 12:27 pm, Martin <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > On Jul 2, 9:01 am, "Graham Hughes" <graham.hug...[ at ]dvds2treasure.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > > Super is good, there are a few more here. http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm> > > Be aware that xvid or divx don't work well in MM most of the time. > > > -- > > > Graham Hughes > > MVP Digital Mediawww.myvideoproblems.com > > > "Martin" <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message > > >news:1183328598.569506.188080[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > > > >I have a bunch of MPEG-2 files that I'd like to edit in Moviemaker. > > > Some are from DVD, others are from my JVC Everio Camcorder, which > > > records in that format. > > > > I know that DIVX and XVID both work in moviemaker, and of course > > > WMV. > > > > Anyone know of a free converter from MPEG-2 to any of the three above? > > > > thanks, > > > > Martin- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - OK, it seems that I'm having a problem. I went home and installed "Super" on my PC. When I tried to launch it the first time (double- clicking the shortcut), I had a very long wait before anything happened. During this time, everything else slowed down dramatically. Just clicking on a folder in my file manager produced a ten-second wait before it opened.
Finally, my antivirus software popped up and said that Super was trying to access the internet. Is this normal? Anyway, it asked if I wanted to allow the access, and I said "NO", because I have no other option. I don't have internet at home.
Anyway, every time I launch Super I get the same problems - extremely slow launch and it seems to drag down everything else as well. When I click "Encode", there's about a minute's wait before it starts doing anything.
Does "Super" require an internet connection to work properly?
I've tried the following:
(1) Uninstalled and re-installed Super on the home PC. Didn't get an antivirus popup the second time, but maybe that's because I'd already answered the "allow or not" question during the first install. No improvement in performance, still tremendous waits to launch, and after clicking any action.
(2) Temporarily installed Super on my PC here at work, where we have always-on internet. This install, from the same downloaded zip file, works fine and fast, and does not bog down the PC. My home PC, by the way, is faster and has more RAM than this one, on which Super works fine.
Anyone else experience this problem?
thanks,
Martin
> > Thanks, I downloaded "Super" and will try to give it a workout this > weekend. BTW, is there a downloadable "user's manual" for this > software? There seems to be a lot of stuff that I don't quite follow > the ramifications of. For example, what actually happens if you > select WMV output and 10Kbps, or what actually happens if you select > 720x480 and 4:3 aspect at the same time? For that matter, what is > huffYUV (selectable under "codec" pulldown)? > > best regards, > > Martin- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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One other note - I think the antivirus popup occured during the first auto-launch of the software, not when I double-clicked to open it, which would have been the second time.
Martin
On Jul 3, 6:42 pm, Martin <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > > OK, it seems that I'm having a problem. I went home and installed > "Super" on my PC. When I tried to launch it the first time (double- > clicking the shortcut), I had a very long wait before anything > happened. During this time, everything else slowed down > dramatically. Just clicking on a folder in my file manager produced a > ten-second wait before it opened. > > Finally, my antivirus software popped up and said that Super was > trying to access the internet. Is this normal? Anyway, it asked if I > wanted to allow the access, and I said "NO", because I have no other > option. I don't have internet at home. > > Anyway, every time I launch Super I get the same problems - extremely > slow launch and it seems to drag down everything else as well. When I > click "Encode", there's about a minute's wait before it starts doing > anything. > > Does "Super" require an internet connection to work properly? > > I've tried the following: > > (1) Uninstalled and re-installed Super on the home PC. Didn't get an > antivirus popup the second time, but maybe that's because I'd already > answered the "allow or not" question during the first install. No > improvement in performance, still tremendous waits to launch, and > after clicking any action. > > (2) Temporarily installed Super on my PC here at work, where we have > always-on internet. This install, from the same downloaded zip file, > works fine and fast, and does not bog down the PC. My home PC, by the > way, is faster and has more RAM than this one, on which Super works > fine. > > Anyone else experience this problem? > > thanks, > > Martin > > > > > > > Thanks, I downloaded "Super" and will try to give it a workout this > > weekend. BTW, is there a downloadable "user's manual" for this > > software? There seems to be a lot of stuff that I don't quite follow > > the ramifications of. For example, what actually happens if you > > select WMV output and 10Kbps, or what actually happens if you select > > 720x480 and 4:3 aspect at the same time? For that matter, what is > > huffYUV (selectable under "codec" pulldown)? > > > best regards, > > > Martin- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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I've never seen this problem with super. It sounds like it hasn't installed properly. Use system resotre to go back before installation and try again.
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Graham Hughes MVP Digital Media www.myvideoproblems.com
"Martin" <funkychateauSPAM[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1183506340.178114.168520[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
[Quoted Text] > One other note - I think the antivirus popup occured during the first > auto-launch of the software, not when I double-clicked to open it, > which would have been the second time. > > Martin > > On Jul 3, 6:42 pm, Martin <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> OK, it seems that I'm having a problem. I went home and installed >> "Super" on my PC. When I tried to launch it the first time (double- >> clicking the shortcut), I had a very long wait before anything >> happened. During this time, everything else slowed down >> dramatically. Just clicking on a folder in my file manager produced a >> ten-second wait before it opened. >> >> Finally, my antivirus software popped up and said that Super was >> trying to access the internet. Is this normal? Anyway, it asked if I >> wanted to allow the access, and I said "NO", because I have no other >> option. I don't have internet at home. >> >> Anyway, every time I launch Super I get the same problems - extremely >> slow launch and it seems to drag down everything else as well. When I >> click "Encode", there's about a minute's wait before it starts doing >> anything. >> >> Does "Super" require an internet connection to work properly? >> >> I've tried the following: >> >> (1) Uninstalled and re-installed Super on the home PC. Didn't get an >> antivirus popup the second time, but maybe that's because I'd already >> answered the "allow or not" question during the first install. No >> improvement in performance, still tremendous waits to launch, and >> after clicking any action. >> >> (2) Temporarily installed Super on my PC here at work, where we have >> always-on internet. This install, from the same downloaded zip file, >> works fine and fast, and does not bog down the PC. My home PC, by the >> way, is faster and has more RAM than this one, on which Super works >> fine. >> >> Anyone else experience this problem? >> >> thanks, >> >> Martin >> >> >> >> >> >> > Thanks, I downloaded "Super" and will try to give it a workout this >> > weekend. BTW, is there a downloadable "user's manual" for this >> > software? There seems to be a lot of stuff that I don't quite follow >> > the ramifications of. For example, what actually happens if you >> > select WMV output and 10Kbps, or what actually happens if you select >> > 720x480 and 4:3 aspect at the same time? For that matter, what is >> > huffYUV (selectable under "codec" pulldown)? >> >> > best regards, >> >> > Martin- Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >
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I always shut off my modem and turn off my anti-virus before I launch SUPER. It does take like 15 seconds to launch SUPER on a 1.6Ghz machine. So I'm not aware that SUPER is trying to access the internet. But I do have problems that SUPER won't complete a Title that is more than 13 minutes long, it just quits in the middle of the job. I must have Titles that are 10 minutes or less to have the best chance of completing the transfer from DVD to a 320 x 240 DivX .avi file.
YouTube, however, compresses videos on the order of Windows Movie Maker. I uploaded a DivX .avi file to YT that was 53.0 MB, and it redownloaded from YT (on Firefox using Unplug) as a 13.9 MB .flv file. I also uploaded a 16.0 MB Windows Movie Maker file (.wmv) to YT and it came back as a 14.0 MB .flv file from YT. So, YouTube compresses the crap out of any video uploaded such that the video loses way too much detail...and so does Windows Movie Maker!
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"Cymbal Man Freq." <Don't Bother[ at ]ForgedPostsAnonymous.unorg> wrote in message news:efGQjamvHHA.1212[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... | I always shut off my modem and turn off my anti-virus before I launch SUPER. It | does take like 15 seconds to launch SUPER on a 1.6Ghz machine. So I'm not aware | that SUPER is trying to access the internet. But I do have problems that SUPER | won't complete a Title that is more than 13 minutes long, it just quits in the | middle of the job. I must have Titles that are 10 minutes or less to have the | best chance of completing the transfer from DVD to a 320 x 240 DivX .avi file. | | YouTube, however, compresses videos on the order of Windows Movie Maker. I | uploaded a DivX .avi file to YT that was 53.0 MB, and it redownloaded from YT | (on Firefox using Unplug) as a 13.9 MB .flv file. I also uploaded a 16.0 MB | Windows Movie Maker file (.wmv) to YT and it came back as a 14.0 MB .flv file | from YT. So, YouTube compresses the crap out of any video uploaded such that the | video loses way too much detail...and so does Windows Movie Maker! (
That was the same 6:04 video that was encoded from SUPER at 1008 kbps, 53.0 MB DivX .avi & 16.0 MB .wmv . A 320 x 240 picture uses 76,800 pixels per frame, times 30 frames a second equals 2,304 kbps. I used 1008 kbps because YT's 10 minute video limit also has a 100 MB upload limit and the best way to stay under 100 MB with a 10 minute video is with a lower sampling rate like 1008 or 1154 kbps. But uploading a huge video file didn't improve results substantially because YouTube processed the video and crumpled it like a piece of paper then flattened the sheet of paper back out again. Disgusting.
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Graham,
That's one of the first things I tried, to no avail. I uninstalled and then restored to a point from the prior day. Then I turned off my antivirus software and tried the installation again. Same result - long time to launch program, extremely slow response to doing any other simple task while waiting for launch, etc.
When I click on "convert", there is a minute or two wait before I get the little "working on it" message, just as before. During this wait, everything else on my desktop slows to a crawl - long waits just to see a mouse click take effect. Once "working on it" is reached, all seems OK, but I haven't made enough comparisons to know if the actual conversions are going slow. I don't have the problem that "Cymbal Man" posted, though .... file length doesn't seem to matter. I left it running yesterday and converted a 90-minute video without errors.
I have now installed on two other computers with internet access disconnected, and it works properly on both. So, I have installed "Super" on a total of four computers, three of which work normally and one which does not. The "bad" one is, unfortunately, the one I need to use!
Works correcly on: Toshiba Laptop 2.3 GHz Celeron, 512 MB Ram, XP- SP2, no internet; Compaq 400 MHz Celeron, 256 MB Ram, XP-SP2, no internet; and Dell Optiplex 3.0 GHz P4, 1 GB Ram, XP-SP2, firewalled 10/100 connection. Loads and launches slow as molasses on: Dell Dimension 2.4 GHz P4, 1 GB Ram, XP-SP2, no internet.
In doing these other installations, I made another interesting observation. During installation, there is a sequence with a panel and progress bar that says something like "installing files". On the three computers that yield an acceptable result, this portion of the installation sequence probably only takes 15 seconds. During installation on the "bad" machine, it takes a couple of minutes. BTW, the "bad" machine has never been online, is defragged, virus-scanned, and has less "extraneous" software and utilities installed than any of the "good" machines :(
PS - I also found last night that there seems to be no combination of settings, including toggling "use direct show" and playing with the other settings, that will allow this software to generate a WMV file. Except, that is, on the Dell Optiplex computer. Super on the Optiplex outputs WMV just fine with default settings. Is this some buggy software, or what?
Martin
On Jul 4, 5:08 am, "Graham Hughes" <graham.hug...[ at ]dvds2treasure.co.uk> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I've never seen this problem with super. It sounds like it hasn't installed > properly. Use system resotre to go back before installation and try again. > > -- > > Graham Hughes > MVP Digital Mediawww.myvideoproblems.com > > "Martin" <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:1183506340.178114.168520[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > > > > > One other note - I think the antivirus popup occured during the first > > auto-launch of the software, not when I double-clicked to open it, > > which would have been the second time. > > > Martin > > > On Jul 3, 6:42 pm, Martin <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> OK, it seems that I'm having a problem. I went home and installed > >> "Super" on my PC. When I tried to launch it the first time (double- > >> clicking the shortcut), I had a very long wait before anything > >> happened. During this time, everything else slowed down > >> dramatically. Just clicking on a folder in my file manager produced a > >> ten-second wait before it opened. > > >> Finally, my antivirus software popped up and said that Super was > >> trying to access the internet. Is this normal? Anyway, it asked if I > >> wanted to allow the access, and I said "NO", because I have no other > >> option. I don't have internet at home. > > >> Anyway, every time I launch Super I get the same problems - extremely > >> slow launch and it seems to drag down everything else as well. When I > >> click "Encode", there's about a minute's wait before it starts doing > >> anything. > > >> Does "Super" require an internet connection to work properly? > > >> I've tried the following: > > >> (1) Uninstalled and re-installed Super on the home PC. Didn't get an > >> antivirus popup the second time, but maybe that's because I'd already > >> answered the "allow or not" question during the first install. No > >> improvement in performance, still tremendous waits to launch, and > >> after clicking any action. > > >> (2) Temporarily installed Super on my PC here at work, where we have > >> always-on internet. This install, from the same downloaded zip file, > >> works fine and fast, and does not bog down the PC. My home PC, by the > >> way, is faster and has more RAM than this one, on which Super works > >> fine. > > >> Anyone else experience this problem? > > >> thanks, > > >> Martin > > >> > Thanks, I downloaded "Super" and will try to give it a workout this > >> > weekend. BTW, is there a downloadable "user's manual" for this > >> > software? There seems to be a lot of stuff that I don't quite follow > >> > the ramifications of. For example, what actually happens if you > >> > select WMV output and 10Kbps, or what actually happens if you select > >> > 720x480 and 4:3 aspect at the same time? For that matter, what is > >> > huffYUV (selectable under "codec" pulldown)? > > >> > best regards, > > >> > Martin- Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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I've never had troub;e with it, I suspect that it and another programme on your machine are possibly interfering with each other. What this is I don't know and could take ages to find out I'm afraid. Are you positive you can't do the conversion on one of the other machines and then take the file to the other computer to work on?
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"Martin" <funkychateauSPAM[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1183656256.506145.123460[ at ]n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
[Quoted Text] > Graham, > > That's one of the first things I tried, to no avail. I uninstalled > and then restored to a point from the prior day. Then I turned off my > antivirus software and tried the installation again. Same result - > long time to launch program, extremely slow response to doing any > other simple task while waiting for launch, etc. > > When I click on "convert", there is a minute or two wait before I get > the little "working on it" message, just as before. During this wait, > everything else on my desktop slows to a crawl - long waits just to > see a mouse click take effect. Once "working on it" is reached, all > seems OK, but I haven't made enough comparisons to know if the actual > conversions are going slow. I don't have the problem that "Cymbal > Man" posted, though .... file length doesn't seem to matter. I left > it running yesterday and converted a 90-minute video without errors. > > I have now installed on two other computers with internet access > disconnected, and it works properly on both. So, I have installed > "Super" on a total of four computers, three of which work normally and > one which does not. The "bad" one is, unfortunately, the one I need > to use! > > Works correcly on: Toshiba Laptop 2.3 GHz Celeron, 512 MB Ram, XP- > SP2, no internet; Compaq 400 MHz Celeron, 256 MB Ram, XP-SP2, no > internet; and Dell Optiplex 3.0 GHz P4, 1 GB Ram, XP-SP2, firewalled > 10/100 connection. Loads and launches slow as molasses on: Dell > Dimension 2.4 GHz P4, 1 GB Ram, XP-SP2, no internet. > > In doing these other installations, I made another interesting > observation. During installation, there is a sequence with a panel > and progress bar that says something like "installing files". On the > three computers that yield an acceptable result, this portion of the > installation sequence probably only takes 15 seconds. During > installation on the "bad" machine, it takes a couple of minutes. BTW, > the "bad" machine has never been online, is defragged, virus-scanned, > and has less "extraneous" software and utilities installed than any of > the "good" machines :( > > PS - I also found last night that there seems to be no combination of > settings, including toggling "use direct show" and playing with the > other settings, that will allow this software to generate a WMV file. > Except, that is, on the Dell Optiplex computer. Super on the Optiplex > outputs WMV just fine with default settings. Is this some buggy > software, or what? > > Martin > > On Jul 4, 5:08 am, "Graham Hughes" <graham.hug...[ at ]dvds2treasure.co.uk> > wrote: >> I've never seen this problem with super. It sounds like it hasn't >> installed >> properly. Use system resotre to go back before installation and try >> again. >> >> -- >> >> Graham Hughes >> MVP Digital Mediawww.myvideoproblems.com >> >> "Martin" <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> news:1183506340.178114.168520[ at ]w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > One other note - I think the antivirus popup occured during the first >> > auto-launch of the software, not when I double-clicked to open it, >> > which would have been the second time. >> >> > Martin >> >> > On Jul 3, 6:42 pm, Martin <funkychateauS...[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> OK, it seems that I'm having a problem. I went home and installed >> >> "Super" on my PC. When I tried to launch it the first time (double- >> >> clicking the shortcut), I had a very long wait before anything >> >> happened. During this time, everything else slowed down >> >> dramatically. Just clicking on a folder in my file manager produced a >> >> ten-second wait before it opened. >> >> >> Finally, my antivirus software popped up and said that Super was >> >> trying to access the internet. Is this normal? Anyway, it asked if I >> >> wanted to allow the access, and I said "NO", because I have no other >> >> option. I don't have internet at home. >> >> >> Anyway, every time I launch Super I get the same problems - extremely >> >> slow launch and it seems to drag down everything else as well. When I >> >> click "Encode", there's about a minute's wait before it starts doing >> >> anything. >> >> >> Does "Super" require an internet connection to work properly? >> >> >> I've tried the following: >> >> >> (1) Uninstalled and re-installed Super on the home PC. Didn't get an >> >> antivirus popup the second time, but maybe that's because I'd already >> >> answered the "allow or not" question during the first install. No >> >> improvement in performance, still tremendous waits to launch, and >> >> after clicking any action. >> >> >> (2) Temporarily installed Super on my PC here at work, where we have >> >> always-on internet. This install, from the same downloaded zip file, >> >> works fine and fast, and does not bog down the PC. My home PC, by the >> >> way, is faster and has more RAM than this one, on which Super works >> >> fine. >> >> >> Anyone else experience this problem? >> >> >> thanks, >> >> >> Martin >> >> >> > Thanks, I downloaded "Super" and will try to give it a workout this >> >> > weekend. BTW, is there a downloadable "user's manual" for this >> >> > software? There seems to be a lot of stuff that I don't quite >> >> > follow >> >> > the ramifications of. For example, what actually happens if you >> >> > select WMV output and 10Kbps, or what actually happens if you select >> >> > 720x480 and 4:3 aspect at the same time? For that matter, what is >> >> > huffYUV (selectable under "codec" pulldown)? >> >> >> > best regards, >> >> >> > Martin- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >
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