Yet, no matter how hard I try, I just can't give my videos to WMV.
However, as many now know all too well, there's just one problem: it only supports WMV.
The Zune supports WMV only, no DivX, no XviD, no H.264 -- basically nothing we use.
The only content I have not been able to enjoy is WMV because there is no CODEC that will work.
Whenever the subject of Microsoft's WMV codec comes up, I can't help but break out into my best Jerry McGuire impersonation.
We're not saying the iPod is innocent here or anything, but we'll take H.264 as a standard over WMV any day.
As for download format, the full-length and preview videos are standard .wmv fare, but can only be played by the Unbox player.
Microsoft, you have got to make it easier to transcode into WMV.
If Microsoft wants to limit its devices to WMV-only, it's got to step up to the plate and deliver some consumer-level transcoding tools.
Do they not understand that people will resent having to use WMV if they can't find or make any content that's in WMV?
As I watched Topher Grace and Dennis Quaid "standing on their heads" I couldn't help but draw some comparisons to Microsoft's upside-down WMV strategy.
Media playback includes high quality compressed and lossless audio formats, such as MP3, WMA, OGG, and AAC, as well as MPEG4 and WMV video formats.
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Step up the plate, Microsoft, and, if you're going to force the world into WMV, for the love of God, give us the tools we deserve.
Zune software doesn't read Media Center's proprietary DVR-MS files, perform .wmv conversions for Zune playback, nor does it list hand-encoded episodes as TV shows in the library.
Unlike DivX, whose presence is nearly ubiquitous in both the torrent world and the transcoding world, WMV transcoding is often ignored by the most popular transcoding programs.
Instead of a few silly pixels wasting your time with unrealistic demands, the EGGE is a low-maintenance digital media player that supports MP3, WMV, MPEG, and AVI formats.
Newly released ZuneTVWatcher beta acts as a liaison by monitoring your recorded TV show folder and automatically converting files to a .wmv format, meaning way less manual labor on the user's part.
The system will play WMV and MK4 files, but the system has no idea what to do with MKV files by default, and even an old AVI file we tried to play failed miserably.
On the bright side, such substantial time frame suggests that the upcoming fix should also address other bugs like incompatibility with the desktop suite, weird loading behavior in the browser, and missing WMV video playback functionality.
Audio purists will appreciate the device's new 5.1-channel sound enhancement technology and support for the MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WAV and MP3HD audio codecs, and video hounds will love being able to playback MPEG4, WMV, H.264, Xvid and Divx files.
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Multi-codec support for DivX Xvid, MP4 and WMV, and support for virtual 5.1 surround sound delivery transforms the device into a personal entertainment system and HD video (720p) decoding and recording capabilities make the Samsung Wave an outstanding device for capturing, sharing and viewing video.
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