When this player is available I think I will finally take the plunge and
convert my edited DV files to high qaulity WMV.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114279,00.asp
I currently use the free Windows Media Encoder 9 Series to convert my DV
files to a WMV format with goood quality and that could tolerate a few
re-encoding generations if necessary. However, I am reluctant to delete any
DVs because I don't know if the format I selected will playback in a
hardware device. This player would validate that.
This is my current "Encode DV.bat" file:
cd \program files\windows media components\encoder
rem the following command is all on one line
cscript.exe wmcmd.vbs -input "C:\Video\Edited" -output
"C:\Video\Encoded" -v_codec WMV9 -v_mode 2 -v_quality 85 -v_keydist
1 -v_preproc 1 -a_codec WMA9PRO -a_mode 2 -a_setting Q75_44_2_24
rem pause so that you can see any possible errors in the command
pause
The script above encodes all files in "C:\Video\Edited" to variable bit rate
quality level 85 deinterlaced, audio quality level 75. The results are
placed in "C:\Video\Encoded". For all the switch definitions see Start Menu,
All Programs, Windows Media, Utilities, Windows Media Encoding Script, the
Using command-line options section