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Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by maxmangion, 2003/07/09.

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    maxmangion

    maxmangion Inactive Thread Starter

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    when downloading something that has a wmv extension, is it ideal to convert it to something like mpeg or avi ... or shall i keep it as wmv.

    If yes, which software utility would recommend ?

    Thanks!
     
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    By default *.wmv files are associated with Windows Media Player (on my XP m/c). If you are happy with that app, use it!
     
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    thx for the info.

    Actually, I read somewhere that *.wmv files are compressed files. In fact even their filesize is small, compared to other extensions such as *.avi.

    So in your opinion shall i keep them as *.wmv files or would you recommend that i shall convert them to any other format ?

    Thanks
     
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    *.wmv files are indeed compressed - as are *.avi. *.mpeg and so on.

    What you do with them is entirely your choice, but you might like to experiment and convert a copy of a *.wmv file to your preferred format and run each and compare the output quality and then decide how to handle them in the future.

    I can't give you an opinion as I don't use multimedia files at all.
     
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    thx for your reply.

    Actually, I need to read some guides about all these types of multimedia file extensions, because they confuse me a bit :)

    Thanks
     
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