PROBLEMS CONVERTING WMV IN TMPEG

I've got a couple of files I'd really like to get out
of that wmv format.

I followed your posted suggestions on a site google
directed me to. I have the audio part ready to go,
it's in the ...wmv.wav form, but the video will not go
into TMPGE. Per your advice, I changed the extension
to asf and when that did not work, ran the repair
function in asftools. In each case I get this from
TMPGE: "file <name>... needs converting from wmv to
mpg <file> can not open or unsupported"

It seems to know that it is a wmv file, even with the
different extension.

I don't know if you have any more ideas, but if you
do, I'd be glad them try them.

Thanks,
Art

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WHAT VERSIONS OF WMV AND TMPEG ARE YOU USING? I AM USING TMPEG BETA 12 AND WMV8(WHICH i BELIEVE IS THE HIGHEST VERSION OUT RIGHT NOW) AND HAVE NO PROBLEM OPENING UP WMV USING ANYTHING BELOW VERSION 8. TRY TAKING THE WMV FILE AND CONVERTING TO A DIFFERENT VERSION OF WMV AND WMA. TO DO THIS USE WINDOWS MEDIA ENCODER.

STEPS TO CONVERT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. DOWNLOAD THE ENCODER FROM VCDHELPER.COM
2. INSTALL
3. ONCE YOU HAVE DLOADED THE ENCODER RUN THE PROGRAM AND SELECT THE "BROADCAST NEW SESSION WIZARD OPTION THEN CLICK NEXT

4. SELECT "CONVERT FILE INTO AUDIO OR VIDO OPTION" THEN CLICK NEXT

5. BROWSE TO THE FILE YOU WANT TO CONVERT THEN CLICK NEXT.

6. SELECT "PLAY FROM THE COMPUTER OPTION" THEN CLICK NEXT

7. CLICK ON THE CREATE OR MANAGE PROFILES BUTTON
8. CLICK ON NEW
9. TYPE IN A NAME FOR THE NEW PROFILE AND CLICK NEXT.
10. SELECT A "TARGET AUDIENCE"(BITRATE)AND CLICK NEXT
11. SELECT VERSION OF WMV AND WMA CODEC YOU WANT TO CONVERT TO CLICK FINISH AND CLOSE THE MANAGE PROFILES BOX YOU SHOULD RETURN TO PROFILE SELECTION SCREEN.

12. SELECT THE NEW PROFILE YOU HAVE CREATED
AND CLICK FINISH.

AFTER THE ENCODER IS DONE CONVERTING TRY OPENING THE FILE UP UNDER TMPEG IN ITS NEWLY ENCODE WMV FORMAT.

i BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE COMMANDS IN TMPEG ARE GIVEN THROUGH DOS WHICH HAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS THAT CAN BE WRITTEN ON THE COMMAND LINE AS WELL. YOU MIGHT WANT TO MOVE THE FILE TO THE A SMALLER DIRECTORY (LIKE C:) AND TRY NAMING THE FILE WITH AS FEW CHARACTERS AS POSSIBLE. BEFORE TRYING TO OPEN IT UNDER TMPG.

HOPE THIS HELPS YOU OUT.

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