I read all of the questions and answers, but didn't find the question I was trying to ask. Which is: can these files be converted to windows media player? I ask because, I would like to download these and have them easily accesible for most computer users. Rather than having to go through many different processes just to do them.
Any answers would be great.
Well, I have been able to watch every movie I have downloaded from here. But not every WMV movie I have downloaded. I dunno about different formats of movies, but I wonder if it is because I am using windows 98.
If you're referring to the AVI files, you can play them in WMP just fine when you have installed a DivX -compatible codec.
If you are referring to FMV files, refer to the FAQ.
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can these files be converted to windows media player?
I would like to know what exactly do you mean with this. What does "converting to windows media player" mean?
Windows media player is just a multimedia player. It doesn't have its own format. It can perfectly play the AVI files which you get from the nesvideos site, as any other multimedia player does (assuming you have the correct codecs installed in your system, which is something completely non-related to wmp itself).
If you mean that you are having trouble with the .torrent files, you should be more specific on what troubles you have. BitTorrent is basically just a way to download the files, it has nothing to do with playing the videos themselves. (If you are suggesting that the site would provide the AVI files directly instead of using BitTorrent to share them, then you should be prepared to download an AVI file for a couple of months instead of a couple of hours like currently.)
In that case he should really explain why he wants the videos in a closed proprietary format instead of a more open and widespread one.
Being closed and proprietary causes its problems. For instance some programs don't support it because of licensing issues (VirtualDub is a good example of this).
And besides, what would be the advantage of using WMV over AVI in this context? It's not like Windows Media Player was unable to show AVIs.
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Lates benchmarks also show that WMV is one of the slowest codecs and image quality is in the same playing field as DivX anyway.
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I'd be all for it, seeing as how I never seem to have the proper codecs to view certain movies (Battletoads, Contra 3, etc.......), and others are viewable, but the video leaves some sort of "motion-trails", making it near-impossible to tell what's on the screen (Dragon Warrior, Astyanax, etc).
I HAVE the latest DivX codec, and yet it looks as if I'm missing something......
