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chuck - 16 Apr 2004 00:48 GMT

I have some video files in avi format and would like to
convert them to wmv so that I can play them on my pocket
pc. Does anyone know of a free conversion progam that will
convert them?
Thanks

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SpaceWalker - 16 Apr 2004 05:31 GMT

Windows Movie Maker 2 is free and built into windows

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Event Horizon Computers

>I have some video files in avi format and would like to
> convert them to wmv so that I can play them on my pocket
> pc. Does anyone know of a free conversion progam that will
> convert them?
> Thanks

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Richard Harris - 16 Apr 2004 15:19 GMT

Or download Microsoft Windows Media Encoder Series 9. This has a lot more
options for customizing the compression of video. And it's free also! Have a
look at it on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia

Rich

> Windows Movie Maker 2 is free and built into windows
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Knott Me - 16 Apr 2004 22:27 GMT

Besides Windows Media Encoder (which works very well and even has built in
presets for pocketPC), the other option is to use PocketMVP (freeware) to
play the .avi files as is.

I have some video files in avi format and would like to
convert them to wmv so that I can play them on my pocket
pc. Does anyone know of a free conversion progam that will
convert them?
Thanks

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] - 16 Apr 2004 23:29 GMT

You can also usefully convert with Real Producer (now Helix Producer)
from real networks, and play them with the real player for PPC. About
all it's useful for as it doesn't support rtsp streams from media
servers :-p

Cheers - Neil.

>Besides Windows Media Encoder (which works very well and even has built in
>presets for pocketPC), the other option is to use PocketMVP (freeware) to
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>convert them?
>Thanks

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Shawk - 17 Apr 2004 12:14 GMT

> You can also usefully convert with Real Producer (now Helix Producer)
> from real networks, and play them with the real player for PPC. About
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> day at http://www.fresh-toast.net : NetMeeting solutions
> for a connected world.

I had problems with windows encoder - sound and video were way out of synch
(probably my fault of course) however I tried TMPGenc and the following
guide and it was easy .....
http://forum.pocketmovies.net/viewtopic.php?p=3415#3415

Good luck, Shaun.

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kengory - 17 Apr 2004 15:06 GMT

I installed PocketMVP on my iPaq 5555 running WM2003. It will only play
small AVI files. When I try to play a file larger than 50 MB, the ipaq dies
and I have to do a soft reset. I have started converting all my DVD's to
AVI then convert them to WMV using the Windows Media Encoder. The only way
I have found to make it work.
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