If you surf the web or watch media on your computer, you have probably come across the WMV file. WMV stands for Windows Media Video and while it was originally designed for streaming video from websites, it is also used for music videos and full length motion pictures. WMV, a Microsoft product plays with Windows Media Player. The current WMV version is WMV9. WMV files can play in Windows Media Player along with VLC, Winamp and DivX players as well.
While WMV files are usually high quality
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A VCD (Video CD) is a video format or CODEC that has been used for video playback in DVD and VCD players since its adoption in 1993 by the video industry. The format allows 800 megabytes of VCD information to be stored on an 80 minute CD. The most recent version of the VCD format has a playback control (PBC) that is similar to that found on DVD menus. End-users do have the need arise; however, to convert the audio tracks on a VCD to MP3 format for use on a wider range of software programs and ha
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MP4 has emerged as the most commonly accepted multimedia standard on the Internet. It boasts the same audio and video quality found on DVDs and is rated at a higher quality than the MP2 and MP3 formats. The format is also optimized to stream on the web, however, a number of audio playback devices continue to be slow adopters of the MP4 format. As a result, a common task that arises for the end-user is to convert MP4 to MP3.
How Many Types of MP4 Formats Are There?
The power of the MP4 containe
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Although movies stored in DVD format are high quality and can be ripped or copied to a consumer's personal computer, they are bloated in size (3-9 gigabytes per movies) and have weird or obscure file naming conventions. By converting a DVD to AVI or other formats, before storing on a computer or portable hard disk a significant space savings can be obtained and the file naming can be tailored to meet personal preferences by the end user. A popular open source project supported on the Windows
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MP4 was released as a multimedia container format in 1998 and is designed to supplant all prior releases of MPEG formats. The MP4 format is optimized for streaming on the Internet, but requires conversion to DVD format to be viewed on many DVD players. As a result, consumers commonly have the need arise to convert MP4 to DVD format.
Convert MP4 to DVD Using Nero
Nero is a popular video editing software package that is available to try out for free before making the decision to purchase. The ap
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The WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) audio format is based on a format standard designed by Microsoft and IBM designed to store audio bit streams on personal computers (PCs). The format is the primary one used on Windows computers to store uncompressed or raw audio using the linear pulse-code modulation (LPCM) format. A common task that arises for consumers is to convert WAV to MP3 format in order to use the audio file(s) on portable music players that do not read the WAV format.
Steps to Conve
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An ODT file is the native text document format that the Open Office productivity suite of program stores. The Open Office text editor provides functions similar to the MS Word application. Any new work that the program creates is saved in ODT format. A common need that arises for Open Office users is converting ODT to DOC format in order to view or manipulate documents in Microsoft Office. The file conversion can be completed for free with the Open Office productivity suite.
How to Convert ODT
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The Advanced Auto Encoding (AAC) was originally used for audio encoding in DVDs, but has become better known as the default format for music tracks stored in the Apple iTunes library. In order play music stored in the iTunes default format on other MP3 players, the end-user must convert AAC to MP3 format.
Convert AAC to MP3
Step 1 – Open the iTunes player on the computer by selecting the program icon from the “Programs” sub-menu or choosing the desktop application icon.
Step 2 – C
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In order to burn an AVI file to a DVD, the file must often be converted to a proper DVD format. This can be done with the use of file converters and/or DVD burning software. File converters are often able to convert many different formats into any of the other formats that they support. Some DVD burners have built-in file converters while others are designed to encode all files in the same manner so that file format is irrelevant. AVI is a very popular format, however, and most DVD burners can r
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Lotus 123 was a spreadsheet software that the Lotus Development Corporation, now a subsidiary of IBM, created. It was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Lotus 123 was originally developed for DOS, but eventually became available for the Windows Operating System. However, Microsoft Excel quickly rivaled and outperformed Lotus 123, causing Lotus 123 to lose its place as the leading spreadsheet software. Lotus 123 itself was discontinued in 2002, but Lotus SmartSuite (2008) and Lotus Symphony (2010) a
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