Re: can't play wmplayer 10 video files @work

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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:44:55 +0800, "full.arm" <full.arm@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

the company i work for only has wmplayer8 and can't play wmplayer 10 video
files, which of course works fine on wmplayer10.

any ideas on how to change/convert it so its playable at work? i've googled
however with no success, perhaps its what i'm typing for answers that is
giving me no successful results

"Windows media encoder" wa sthe google term you needed : It's here
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx

From that application, you can select from the Compression tab to
output in windows media 8 video (WMA9 is supported by all players
including WMP7). Time to experiment !

There's some background information on codecs here which is useful
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/codecs.aspx

One possible alternative to re-encoding the files (losing some
quality) might be that although you can't *install* WMP9 decoders on
the system, depending on IT policy. In that case you want this page :
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/codecdownload.aspx

Since those are .exe files you might simply be out of luck there.

Cheers - Neil

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