> -----Original Message----- > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 3:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: for those of you who missed it > > > Microsoft has put a lot of pressure on any company that offers a wmv > convertor. You'll be hard pressed to find a legal software > pkg to do it.
Actually simple conversion is just fine... The lack of packages isn't to do with MS pressue so much as the newness of Windows Media... Many professional packages do this (but aren't cheap). You can actually do the conversion using only MS tools... However it's not simple (you must use GraphEdit, from the resource kit, to redirect the stream output... Not pretty). Windows Media marks are major switch in video compression on Windows. It's not the same story as AVI compression and so many companies are only now catching up (just in time to go back and tweak things for Windows Media 9). However Windows Media also support Digital Rights Management - and converting a digitally protected file does, understandably, get MS a little upset. Not that it can't be done... But it is a violation of the (completely absurd, in my opinion) Content Protection Act. I don't agree with the law, but as long as it's on the books I don't blame any company for defending it. So, in short: removing digital rights management is (to MS) a very bad thing. Converting personal (non-protected) media isn't. That being said MS is still pushing Windows Media as an "end" format: they expect you to have orginals on hand and to generate non-editable Windows Media for publication. Only lately have they really embraced editing directly in Windows Media format. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
