Re: WMV to avi or mov?? microsoft have the answer

: : What is "Graph Editor"? It's actually GraphEdit and it comes with the Microsoft DirectX 8 SDK, which you get with MSDN or download from Microsoft's web site.

: : It lets you see and alter the path of software (codecs and drivers) used to read and play or write a multimedia file.

: : When I get GraphEdit, what do I do?

: : 1) Use the File->RenderFile menu option to load in a file.
: : 2) Remove the last two "filters" (or software components) from the graph. These default to your sound card driver and your video card driver. We don't want that, we want to convert to a different file format.

: : We'll do AVI, because that's what you'll want if you're using AVI editors to edit the movie.

: : 1) Use the File->RenderFile option and choose your ASF file (can use WMV, etc)
: : 2) The default graph is built for you
: : 3) Delete any filters after (but not including) the Windows Media Audio Decoder filter
: : 4) Delete any filters after (but not including) the ASF ICM Handler filter
: : 4) Insert a new filter (Graph->InsertFilters) called "AVI Mux" from the DirectShow filters section
: : 5) Link the ASF ACM Out to XForm In of Windows Media Audio Decoder
: : 6) Link XForm Out of Windows Media Audio Decoder to Input 1 of AVI Mux
: : 7) Link ASF ICM Out to Input 2 of AVI Mux.
: : 8) Insert a new filter called "File writer" from DirectShow section and choose a file name
: : 9) Link the AVI Out of AVI Mux to the In of your file writer
: : 10) Right-click the AVI Mux filter and choose Properties
: : 11) Choose the Full option of the Interleaving section and click OK (this makes the sound and video match up and is the whole point of the AVI format)
: : 10) Press the play button
: : 11) Wait until the play button is active again - this means the thing is finished (you can right-click on AVI Mux and look at the Current Position and Duration count to see how far in seconds the conversion has progressed during the conversion)
: : 12) Have fun editing your AVI

: : NEVER a good sign.

: : MPG, MPEG which wmv is supposed to be the competitor of has better support on the web.
: : Larger files maybe, but, more broadly accessible.

: : NOTE to Microsoft: Who cares if yours is the
: : latest and greatest technology if only 10% of
: : the PCs out there can take advantage of it?
: : I'd rather deal in the format that the other 90%
: : can take advantage of than satisfy myself that
: : I have the latest and greatest which very few
: : others can see. Duh...
Hi I tried it but I only get the music ?
Peter