Need help converting video to .WMV

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I'm trying to throw some video onto my wife's Zune. I successfully converted a DVD using the trial version of Cucusoft SW. Now I want to try some video I've got in .AVI format. The problem is I can't find anything that will convert the video.

I've tried Windows Media Encoder but it doesn't work. Windows Media Player won't play it. AutoMKV won't convert it. It looks like the .AVI is in a DivX video format, but I don't think DixV Pro doesn't convert from DivX to WMV. What can I use to convert DivX to .WMV?

BTW, this converting video business is a real racket. There is no easy way to convert X to Y no matter what the source of the content. It seems to me like there should be free, easy to use tools to do this like with music. Its almost like they don't want you to be able to convert video files at all...
 
i have a utility at home that i use for my zune file conversions. i think it's just an overlay for the windows converter but it makes it super easy. lets you queue up lists of files so they can convert overnight, does it to the correct format for zune (320x240 wmv file), works with divx, xvid, etc... When i get home i'll post the link, i have no idea what it's called right now
 
R2Di2Dc2Do said:
www.videohelp.com i'm sure they will have something in there
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Thanks for the link. I found this site during a google search. They identified AutoMKV (among others) but when I downloaded it it didn't have the proper codec. I suppose I could investigate further to see if that codec is available, but I have a feeling that if it was not incuded already then its not available free of charge. The only other option would be to somehow add the codec after purchasing DivX Pro for $20. DivX does not claim to convert from DivX to WMV, but I might be able to take the codec and give it to AutoMKV.

Really, I'm struggling here. This all seems like the early days of [music] CD copying when there was no simple single tool for ripping and converting to MP3. The biggest difference, however, is not the lack of a good program, rather it seems the problem is the fear of any developer to put ALL the peices together in one FREE program.

At this point, Cucusoft for $30 might be the easiest solution.
 
jred321 said:
i have a utility at home that i use for my zune file conversions. i think it's just an overlay for the windows converter but it makes it super easy. lets you queue up lists of files so they can convert overnight, does it to the correct format for zune (320x240 wmv file), works with divx, xvid, etc... When i get home i'll post the link, i have no idea what it's called right now
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Yeah, shoot me that link. Thanks.
 
jred321 said:
i have a utility at home that i use for my zune file conversions. i think it's just an overlay for the windows converter but it makes it super easy. lets you queue up lists of files so they can convert overnight, does it to the correct format for zune (320x240 wmv file), works with divx, xvid, etc... When i get home i'll post the link, i have no idea what it's called right now
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Bump for link or other recommendations.
 
jred321 said:
http://www.marauderzstuff.com/programs/m2pmcencoderzx/default.aspx

oh yea thanks for reminding me, i forgot :) this is what i use and it goes through instructions to make sure you have the utilities it needs too
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Thanks for the link. I had to install .Net first before running the SW. Unfortunately, I received an error (C00D002F) that originates from one of the MS programs. It indicates a corrupt file, but Media Player has no problem playing the file.

Like I said earlier, it seems that the lawyers have the small independent SW guys scared to make a program that *could* be used for nefarious purposes.

Oh well. Next step is to feed the Zune SW a file without further manipulation to see if it can convert it in a reasonable amount of time with decent quality.
 
no doubt. only downside is the 100mb limit, so this is more for small files like off a camera in your case etc
 
get winavi or better yet get rid of that DRM garbage zune and get a creative vision m, it takes avi
 
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-YellowMSP- said:
get winavi or better yet get rid of that DRM garbage zune and get a creative vision m, it takes avi
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I agree with your asessment re: DRM. Although, I'm not sure that the use of only .WMV is really a part of MS's DRM plan as much as it is a Sony-like move to keep everything on the device MS. I believe that two scenarios are likely with the Zune: 1) MS will realize that an overly restrictive product is a poorly selling product. Even though Apple has had monumental success, that doesn't mean that model will work for MS. They will release firmware updates that allow all Windows Media Player supported formats. 2) The Zune as a product space (portable media player) will cease for MS. The user community will begin to dev SW/firmware that opens the device to all kinds of cool uses including better utlization of the wi-fi connection.

As for the Vision:M, its a nice device but the Zune is such a better peice of HW. Once these artificial SW/firware limitations are removed the device will be the best on the market. Even better then the iPod...
 
http://www.zunescene.com/forums/
for more answers. i haven't checked in a while but they could have some cool hacks already

you can get around the 3 plays/3 days thing if you consider that DRM. the only other DRM there is on the device is if you download the music from the zune store which, unless you get the $15/month unlimited plan, isn't really worth it. WMV is a file format, nothing to do with DRM

edit: this thread might have what you need in it http://www.zunescene.com/forums/index.php?topic=1999.0
 
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From wikipedia.

* Wireless transfers are restricted in ways which seem to critics to be unfair and more restrictive than might be expected from the phrase "You can play a sample song up to three times in the three days after you receive it." Critics find it unfair that
o restrictions are applied even to songs for which the recipient owns a paid-for and current Zune Pass.[36]
o restrictions are applied even to material that is self-recorded, or copyright-free and unprotected by DRM.
o a song expires in three days even if it has not been played at all.[citation needed]
o playing just a portion of a song (one minute of the song or half the song, whichever is shorter) counts as one "play."
o A song cannot be re-sent to the same device, nor can a song received from someone else be passed on to a third person.

* Zune cannot send all songs wirelessly to other Zunes. Observers have reported that about 40% of the most popular Zune store downloads cannot be shared; attempts to do so trigger the message "cannot send some songs due to rights restrictions."[41] A Microsoft spokesperson attributed the problem to the feature's being a "new experience, and its implementation is in a version 1.0 stage" and saying that the company "is working to expand the number of songs that can be shared."[42] Initially, observers criticized two music publishers, UMG and Sony, for what was assumed to be an intentional restriction, while criticizing the Zune Marketplace for not disclosing which songs could not be shared.[19] Music publishers denied having placed any such restrictions.[42]




zen vision m http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=213&subcategory=214&product=14331, personally now that they have a 60gb version my ipod might go bye bye
 
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that's great, except there's a workaround for all of that that isn't too complicated. you can even send videos and any other file zune to zune if you want




also, how many plays do you get from a song you send from a creative player or an ipod to another?
 
jred321 said:
also, how many plays do you get from a song you send from a creative player or an ipod to another?
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This is really the point with the Zune, isn't it? I think there are so many up sides to the player even if MS had to make a deal witht he devil in version 1.0. They just lost a $1.4B decision because they licensed MP3 technology from a German company and not Altcatel/Lucent. Do you think management at MS might be a little gun shy when it comes to new technology/media formats. I firmly believe that DRM and usage rights will become better defined over the coming months and years, and with that MS will allow more HW feature utilization.

The point being: at least the Zune has the HW capability. As a song and video player alone it is still better then the Vision:M and the iPod.
 
jred321 said:
that's great, except there's a workaround for all of that that isn't too complicated. you can even send videos and any other file zune to zune if you want




also, how many plays do you get from a song you send from a creative player or an ipod to another?
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all my songs play for however long i play them for. I don't need anybody to send me a song, i can get them myself
 
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