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Carl,

What format is the video in?


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"Hmmmmmm" <trebmallarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi I have windows media player v8.5 I have transferred a short home vid to
> ppc, I get the sound but no visual.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> Carl
>

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Interesting... should work I believe.

Have you tried to play it in another player on your PPC? Such as PocketTV
or BetaPlayer?

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"Hmmmmmm" <trebmallarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> its wmv format
>
> "Clinton Fitch (Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!)"
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>> Carl,
>>
>> What format is the video in?
>>
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>> "Hmmmmmm" <trebmallarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23IhqmKbJFHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi I have windows media player v8.5 I have transferred a short home vid
>>> to ppc, I get the sound but no visual.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Marc,

Good point and one I'd not thought of until you mentioned it.

Carl,

What is the size of the video?


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"Marc" <see@signature.url> wrote in message
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> Clinton Fitch (Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!) wrote:
>
>> Interesting... should work I believe.
>>
>> Have you tried to play it in another player on your PPC? Such as
>> PocketTV or BetaPlayer?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
> I get this with an 80mb video I have, I think its down to limited memory.
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thanks for all your advice

Carl


"xTenn" <xTennREmoveThisPart@tds.net> wrote in message
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> "Hmmmmmm" <trebmallarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> its wmv format
>>
>
> Check the bitrate of your video.
>
> Older players running 8, etc. have problems playing bitrates above 600 k.
> I can reproduce this at will between a 3835 and a 3115 using a 700k wmv.
>
> Also, in some cases too large a video will not work (such as 640x480) with
> slower players.
>
> The good news is that a more efficient/forgiving player ( such as beta
> player) will sometimes play these. If not, and you realy want to watch
> it, rip it over to mpg and use another player. WMVs tend to be compressed
> more, requiring more processor work to display the video while saving on
> video size.
>
> Of course, there are many custom encoding methods out there, so without
> knowing what you have it is hard to get very exact.
>
>
>
>