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Alright, I am looking for two different computer programs and I am hoping to get some reccomendations.

Video conversion - I'm looking for a program to convert wmv's to something a bit better (Divx, Xvid, Mpeg-4). Divx encoder won't take the files and the program I use to convert files for my Axim (Auto GK) doesn't take wmv's.

Video editing - looking for something to do some basic editing. I already have Adobe Premiere so I don't need something that elaborate. Just need to cut out commercials from some stuff I taped off of TV. Looking for something easy to use for simple edits.

For video conversion, google TMPGenc.

--JamesT

Hi there,

I'll gladly answer any questions you have to the best of my abilities, but I will recommend starting at videohelp.com--pretty much the best collective resource I've found for video editing.

For simple edits, I use Virtual Dub. Taking out a commercial would be as easy as marking the start of the commercial, marking the end, and pressing delete

WMV's a tough codec because Microsoft owns it, so everyone's afraid to make processors for it. The right thing to do would be to use Windows Media Encoder.

Or...create a text file whose body consists of the one line:

DirectShowSource("C:\Path folderes\movieFileName.wmv")

...and save it as yourChoice.avs

If you can play this .avs file in Windows Media Player, then you will be able to open it in VirtualDub

For editing, I use Windows Movie Maker from Microsoft =FREE