best .avi > .wmf converter?

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Hi. I've got some HUGE .avi files that I'd like to convert to .wmf for
use on Windows-only CDs. What's the best program for converting .avi
files to (hopefully much smaller) .wmf files? I'd love to go with
shareware, especially if I can download a full-featured but time-dated
evaluation version. Thanks for your help... Bruce
 
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"Bruce Brown" wrote ...
> Hi. I've got some HUGE .avi files that I'd like to convert to .wmf for
> use on Windows-only CDs. What's the best program for converting .avi
> files to (hopefully much smaller) .wmf files? I'd love to go with
> shareware, especially if I can download a full-featured but time-dated
> evaluation version. Thanks for your help... Bruce

Huh? WMF is a still picture format. You want to convert all the
frames in your "HUGE .avi files" to thousands of WMF files?
http://www.whisqu.se/per/docs/wmf.htm

Or do you mean WMV (Windows Media Video)? The Microsoft
WMV encoder is free...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
 
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:12:40 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
<rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote:

>Or do you mean WMV (Windows Media Video)? The Microsoft
>WMV encoder is free...
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx

Yes, but if it's because of the size, then better encode to XviD
-which keeps them as Avis, and not that hellish Wmv format.
 
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"Bariloche" wrote ...
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:12:40 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
> <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote:
>
>>Or do you mean WMV (Windows Media Video)? The Microsoft
>>WMV encoder is free...
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
>
> Yes, but if it's because of the size, then better encode to XviD
> -which keeps them as Avis, and not that hellish Wmv format.

WMV is quite good in my experience (and that of many others).
What causes you characterize it as "hellish"?
 
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Sorry for the confusion -- .wmv is what I meant to say. And thanks for
the link to Microsoft's Windows Media Encoder 9. It looks like exactly
what I need short term. In fact, I'm downloading it right now... Bruce

> Huh? WMF is a still picture format. You want to convert all the
> frames in your "HUGE .avi files" to thousands of WMF files?
> http://www.whisqu.se/per/docs/wmf.htm
>
> Or do you mean WMV (Windows Media Video)? The Microsoft
> WMV encoder is free...
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
 
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Can XviD's avis be read by Windows Media Player as readily as WMV? How
much smaller at XviD files? Thanks... Bruce

> Yes, but if it's because of the size, then better encode to XviD
> -which keeps them as Avis, and not that hellish Wmv format.
 
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I'm interested to hear you've had good experience with .WMV. Do you
think it is an appropriate choice for dishing video clips (1) on
Windows-only CD-ROMs, and (2) over the Web on sites where 98 percent
of the traffic is Windows 98 and higher? Thanks for your thoughts...
Bruce

>
> WMV is quite good in my experience (and that of many others).
> What causes you characterize it as "hellish"?
 
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"Bruce Brown" wrote ...
> I'm interested to hear you've had good experience with .WMV.
> Do you think it is an appropriate choice for dishing video clips
> (1) on Windows-only CD-ROMs,

Yes. I use WMV written on CD-R (or even DVD-ROM for large
files) for distribution all the time. Quite nice.

> and (2) over the Web on sites where 98 percent
> of the traffic is Windows 98 and higher?

Yes again. For example....
http://www.professionallyspeaking.org/archive.html

I put up WMV files in relative high quality for those with
broadband connections.

OTOH, I went too far in trying to compress the audio (WMA)
files as you can hear. I need to bump the quality up a notch or
two (at the expense of larger files).
 
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