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jonbwfc
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Is there a decent procedure for exporting the recorded programs from WMC into a more 'friendly' format (say .MP4)? All the guides on the internet seem to either involve a long chain of command lines with esoteric parameters or invokve paying dodgy looking chinese software companies for software, which to my mind is never a wise move.
Anyone got any recommendations?
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Amnesia10
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Well could you create a macro, or an equivalent, to do all the command line actions for you?
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pcernie
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Would Super C do it? It's incredibly simplistic-looking but works with most formats. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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mikepgood
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I did look into this ages ago and gave up. Very very slow and unreliable.
I can't remenmber how/what I used
It seems to have been made deliberatly difficult.
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jonbwfc
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I decided to try Super-C. First of all the web page that hosts it looks like some sort of Chinese scam site. Then the installer repeatedly tried to install about six other bits of software that I didn't ask for, don't want and had nothing to do with the actual program itself, requiring me to decline the install of each one, often with a very small button or ambiguously worded text links . Then I ran it and the first thing it said was 'attempting to disable virus scanner heuristics'. Then it crashed.
When I went to uninstall it I found it had installed two other bits of software I didn't ask for that it never gave me a chance to tell it not to.
Hells no.
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pcernie
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Holy fcuk, it's changed!   Yeah, I see what you mean http://download.cnet.com/Super-C/3000-2 ... tml#rateitIt used to be brilliant  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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jonbwfc
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Handbrake works. I don't know if it didn't work before, or I'm just an idiot.
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big_D
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ZDNet's Ed Both was going on about this a couple of weeks ago. Most free software, delivered over cnet etc. are packaged up within an installer that tries to trick the user onto installing other crud. For each additional package they trick the user into installing, they earn a couple of cents.
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JJW009
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Not just obscure stuff either. Bloody Java updates... _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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