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what up · Post by **what up** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:47 am

is it possible to find wmv 3, or 2 online for free, or a trial , or somehting.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:47 am

do you mean WMM?
wmv is a format that you get when you use windows media encoder (or otherwise encode with windows software)

Radical_Yue · Post by **Radical_Yue** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:19 pm

WMM 2 is free for download at www.download.com

There actually was a special fun pack put out for WMM that costs about $20.00

It has some nice effects and transitions.
If you are cheap, that's what you should check out.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:45 am

If you are talking about the Windows Media Video codecs WMV3 = Windows Media Video v.9, and WMV2 = Windows Media Video v.8, then if you have Windows Media player it will either have them pre-installed or should be able to download them automatically from Microsoft. If for some reason you cannot have WMP download it for you, then you can get it directly from Microsoft here: WMV codec installer.

If you are looking for a VfW (Video for Windows) version, then for WMV2 (v.8) you are out of luck. Microsoft never intended WMV2 for use in anything but DirectShow. There is a VfW (or VCM - Video Compression Manager) version that is available for WMV3 (v.9) which will allow you to use WMV3 video in an AVI or ASF container. Why? Who knows... You can download it by clicking this link: wmv9VCMsetup.exe.

Now if you are asking about WMM2 (Windows Movie Maker 2), the video editor, then it is part of Windows XP Service Pack 2. You'll have to update your Windows XP to SP2 to get WMM2. Microsoft link HERE.

8bit_samurai · Post by **8bit_samurai** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:21 am

Radical_Yue wrote:WMM 2 is free for download at www.download.com

There actually was a special fun pack put out for WMM that costs about $20.00

It has some nice effects and transitions.
If you are cheap, that's what you should check out.

if you add another $29.00 to that $20.00 you can get about 180 additional fx/transitions. I think that's the amount of fx/transitions. I had it typed down somewhere or another. Also with $10.99 more, you could get Magix. Something like that. I'm pretty sure you could another $10.00 or $20.00 to that and get a better editor or something. and so on and so forth.