Saving Files to Play in Windows Media Player

rdbl · Post by **rdbl** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:51 pm

I am looking for help to save my digital movies in a format that can be played using Windows Media Player. Thank you.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:11 pm

WMP supports numerous formats (MPEG1/MPEG2/AVI/WMV), all of which are supported by UVS. WMV is probably the most useful of these since it offers excellent quality at relatively low bitrates.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:26 am

Just a question, Torsten: don't the codecs have to be already there for WMP to use them?

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:19 am

WMP comes with support for MPEG1, AVI, and WMV. MPEG2 can be used if a third-party DVD decoder or MPEG2 codec is installed. WMV or AVI using DivX would be my choice for encoding video for local playback. DivX encoding performance is MUCH better than WMV.

rdbl · Post by **rdbl** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:39 pm

THOFF,
When I have my digital video project open in Ulead Video Studio 9, it only allows me to save it as VSP file and Windows Media Player does not recognize that format. How do save it as a WMV? Thanks.

Roger

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:17 pm

Go to the SHARE tab (top right along the top), then pick Create Video File on the Top Left side of the screen -- it's a film reel icon. That will let you save your video in a variety of formats -- using templates or customizing yourself...

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:19 pm

And as a footnote, the .VSP extension does not indicate you have a video file. It is only a small project file (V[ideo] S[tudio] P[roject]) which tells the computer where all the video clips you used are located and what you did to them by way of editing, additions, audio etc. With video editing, you do not 'save' your work as such as a video file: you have to produce/render one through the Share process as already described above.