Fall update: your hopes and predictions [Archive]

PaulWillocks

October 24th, 2006, 15:22

Well the fall dashboard update is due very soon, I've heard within the next two weeks. I cant find any info on what additions/fixes will be made so what would you like to see included in the update?

I personally would like to see additional iPod support so that when I connect my iPod to the 360 I can listen to more than just my podcasts :'( At the moment all my downloaded music and music from CD's doesnt get recognised. I know its to do with supported file formats so thats one thing I'd like to see added, additional audio format support.

The_Glovner

October 24th, 2006, 15:24

PRIVATE CONFERENCE CHAT! NOW! OR PEOPLE START GETTING HURT, quite splinter cell style so they won't even know when it's happening.

PaulWillocks

October 24th, 2006, 15:27

PRIVATE CONFERENCE CHAT! NOW! OR PEOPLE START GETTING HURT, quite splinter cell style so they won't even know when it's happening.

Amen to that.

UKJAY

October 24th, 2006, 15:41

Yes Private Group chat and group video chat.
The option to Block and Unblock those on your Friends list individually similar to MSN so that some people can see you're online and some people wont.
The option to change video effects in a game. Like what you can do in video chat with the black and white, green, blurry stuff. If you could apply the same video effects whilst in a game of UNO or other video stuff would be fun.
I'd still like to see a way of having my face as a main gamerpic. I know they can't do that because of what people might see, but still if there was an option to pay 400gamerpoints for a main face gamerpic that would get proofed by MS support first would be even better...

PaulWillocks

October 24th, 2006, 15:51

I'd still like to see a way of having my face as a main gamerpic. I know they can't do that because of what people might see, but still if there was an option to pay 400gamerpoints for a main face gamerpic that would get proofed by MS support first would be even better...

Thats sounds good, I think we should be allowed to upload a custom gamerpic from our PC's(and Macs :P ) via the xboxlive site. Like you say though they would more than likely charge microsoft points for that as it would make all the other gamerpics on the marketplace redundant.

Fanappy

October 24th, 2006, 16:35

check the main page

UKJAY

October 24th, 2006, 17:31

check the main page

For what? What's that mean??

Oh i see, fall update in a week...

Chris

October 24th, 2006, 20:32

I hope we get an option that lets us have the six pieces of content downloading at once, and then turn off automatically when they're all done. There's been too many times that I want to download a demo or other content but can't stay and stare at it for an hour. I also don't feel like leaving my console on for 5 hours straight. It'd be just nice if the content was downloaded and ready for me when I got home.

cybermans

October 24th, 2006, 20:37

I hope they fix the the dvd player as it now displays some 4:3 dvd's in real 4:3 instead of stretching it to full screen

Rival24

October 24th, 2006, 20:45

I hope they fix the the dvd player as it now displays some 4:3 dvd's in real 4:3 instead of stretching it to full screen

Dude, you want your 4:3 movies stretched? 8)7

Fanappy

October 24th, 2006, 21:28

read what it saus Rival he wants it in proper 4:3 not how it is at the moment streched to full screen.... although i dont have a problem with any of my dvd's....

Cage

October 24th, 2006, 21:57

I guess reading is an art 8)7 :+
Rival is right btw.. he want's them to be stretched and not only 4:3 as it displays them now..

I know what he means. I have a 16:9 tv and want to watch 16:9. My bravia has some nice smart streching which looks great..

Rival24

October 24th, 2006, 22:06

I guess reading is an art 8)7 :+
Rival is right btw.. he want's them to be stretched and not only 4:3 as it displays them now..

I now what he means. I have a 16:9 tv and want to watch 16:9. My bravia has some nice smart streching which looks great..

Was it that unclear?

I do NOT want my movies to be stretched, I want to view the movie how it was intended to be viewed by the director. Most action movies are 2.35:1 nowadays so that leaves some black bars as well.

Cage

October 24th, 2006, 22:15

Was it that unclear?

Guess so.. Fanappy didn't get it :P

I do NOT want my movies to be stretched, I want to view the movie how it was intended to be viewed by the director. Most action movies are 2.35:1 nowadays so that leaves some black bars as well.
Bars on the top and bottom are ok. Thats how it is for so many years now (watching 16:9 movie on a 4:3 tv) but the bars on the side look like shit in my opinion. I'd rather lose some movie on top and bottom then watch a small screen. But that's just me :P

UKJAY

October 24th, 2006, 23:25

oh well, lets hope we see some black bars in the next update then...

trj156

October 25th, 2006, 02:57

full mpeg/wmv/divx/xvid/every video file type supported for streaming from a windows xp computer. im getting my own laptop sometime around next summer so until then i need to be able to watch funny videos and you-know-what videos on something other than the family computer. i also want the fall update to include an NES, SNES, and Genesis emulator.

ps i know the emulator isnt happening, i just thought it would be cool. please dont think im stupid or something.

Fanappy

October 25th, 2006, 03:01

Fanappy doesnt get a lot of things (or able 2 spell it would seem) : so what ur saying is widescreen (not streched which is what i meant to say)

trj156

October 25th, 2006, 03:10

Was it that unclear?

I do NOT want my movies to be stretched, I want to view the movie how it was intended to be viewed by the director. Most action movies are 2.35:1 nowadays so that leaves some black bars as well.

so it would be best if there was an option to stretch movies to full (wide) screen OR view them at the originally intended aspect ratio?

Chris

October 25th, 2006, 03:23

and Genesis emulator.

ps i know the emulator isnt happening, i just thought it would be cool. please dont think im stupid or something.

I think the Genesis could be a possibility, simply because it could be released to other consoles and not just the Xbox 360. They could sell it as a disc and let you browse through Sega servers through Xbox Live for old games or something similar to that. It would only work until you signed off of Xbox Live. You'd then have to sign back on to use the service again.

Maybe something like that.

Nineset

October 25th, 2006, 03:29

Mpeg4 support in the media extender. Acctually I wouldn't mind having a lot more options in the extender. It certainly lacks the function of the real Media PC. I guess that is why it is called an extender.

It's been said but group chat! I'm sick of in game kiddies screaming in my ear when I have a couple of friends in a game and Mute doesn't work properly all the time. They really need to do something about 12 year olds ruining online gaming.

I can dream but how about breaking mpcc (or whatever) rules and allowing higher res over component for DVDs

Aift

October 25th, 2006, 03:42

chisoxfan23

October 25th, 2006, 07:16

Mpeg4 support in the media extender. Acctually I wouldn't mind having a lot more options in the extender. It certainly lacks the function of the real Media PC. I guess that is why it is called an extender.

I like this idea, along with the iPod ideas. I'd like to see a few better bands on Artist of the Month but beggars can't be choosers. ;)

I also like the custom gamerpic idea. That'd be really cool.

Something that may be a ways out and possibly far-fetched - Instead of just a picture, possibly have 10 or 15 second video for a gamerpic?!

PaulWillocks

October 25th, 2006, 12:15

You can listen to music from you're iPod. I do it all the time, when I am not at my house to connect to my PC...

When I connect my ipod to the 360 all that shows up are the podcasts. Any downloaded music or songs taken from CD and put onto the ipod are unable to be played for some reason.

Stonie

October 25th, 2006, 13:31

I am hoping that the latest update stops people that have altered their DVD Firmware to play copied games have their Gamertags made redundant by Live.

These people are the same people that are glitching games like PGR3 etc, and possibly a reason why developers don't put that much effort into making games these days, also why us genuine people seem to get stiffed on pricing issues.

A game can be appreciated more if it is bought legit.

When I connect my ipod to the 360 all that shows up are the podcasts. Any downloaded music or songs taken from CD and put onto the ipod are unable to be played for some reason.

Then you need to download the optional i-pod support patch from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Curry

October 25th, 2006, 13:33

I really really wonder if they will..... the "problem" is essentially still "contained", a mere few percent of the market at most. They may accept that as "free advertisers and at least not PS3 buyers" instead of fighting them.

The_Glovner

October 25th, 2006, 15:21

These people are the same people that are glitching games like PGR3 etc, and possibly a reason why developers don't put that much effort into making games these days, also why us genuine people seem to get stiffed on pricing issues.

Depends what "glitches" you are talking about in PGR3.

The only one I have experienced is when someone in the room is "Bridging" through a laptop or PC.

Essentially they are hosting the room by everyones IP's going through their PC and them not putting the IP's into their firewalls "allowed" files so when the flick a switch everything that is not allowed on the firewall (i.e. your IP) is kicked from the room.

Which has the result of making it look to you as if everyone has left the race but in actual fact it is you that has left the "main" race and so don't benefit from any league standing points but actually get a penalty from effectively quitting early from the race.

Happened a few times to me but if you know what to look for just send in a complaint.

It's quite hard to spot who's doing it so after you have it happen keep a note of the guys in the room with you and if your are with any of them again (they usually do it in groups as you need to finish with at least four players to get anything from it) see if happens again if so, you have just been bridged.

StrayBezza

October 25th, 2006, 15:28

Glovner- I have seen PES 6 running in HD in gamestation this morn! It looks the bollocks my friend and everyone was saying how good it was 2 play.....woot......FUCK FIFA

Stonie

October 25th, 2006, 15:29

No, I am on about people who have literally altered cars and shit. There are some cars being raced online which are faster than they should be, and certain Ferrari F50 GT's being in a different colour other than red.

Glovner- I have seen PES 6 running in HD in gamestation this morn! It looks the bollocks my friend and everyone was saying how good it was 2 play.....woot......FUCK FIFA

I have someone on my Friendslist that has got the game already. He got it yesterday and aparrently works for a retail game company. Nothing can prove him wrong otherwise, he has 60 points for the game already in his achievments list.

He did confirm however that the review on RewiredMind (http://www.rewiredmind.com/review/proevolutionsoccer6) is very accurate.

Roll on tomorrow when my copy arrives.

Studley

October 25th, 2006, 15:41

360 support for XNA Game Studio stuff would be great, I'm looking forward to getting stuck in with making some games :+

UKJAY

October 25th, 2006, 17:36

Yeah if you pre-order games you get them a few days earlier than official release (stonie)

Also studley yeah the XNA Game studio stuff would be great. It would be even better if you can put your own achievements in too, but soemwhow I dont think they'd allow that!!

Stonie

October 25th, 2006, 17:47

Yes, I am well aware of that, I always order from Gameplay and pay the 99p first class delivery and get my games 1 day before release.

I have heard from another of my friends on my list, he confirms that the Review is everything to go by, he has also told me that Game are selling the game now, because someone else has already broke the street date, so they have been told that they can sell it. I cannae confirm this, but this is where he said he got the game from and that is what the employee told him(you know how dumb Game employees can be!!). He is taking it back tomorrow when his order from gameplay arrives.

TRIGGER M4N

October 25th, 2006, 17:51

Way to keep on-topic! I need to know why a browser isn't on Xbox 360. Fuck all this 1080p native, compressed, progressive scan, HDMI 14:4 ratio bullshit techno-crap. Browser is what we want!

The_Glovner

October 25th, 2006, 18:01

Don't care for a browser myself, just get a PC for that one.

PaulWillocks

October 25th, 2006, 18:20

Don't care for a browser myself, just get a PC for that one.

Yeah I agree, I got my 360 to cover all my gaming needs not take over from my PC.

Chris

October 25th, 2006, 18:45

But don't you love the fact that it plays DVDs, Paul?

Playing movies on an Xbox 360 has nothing to do with gaming, but you still love the functionality once in a while.

Rockaholica

October 25th, 2006, 18:45

who wants to control the internet with a clunky controller anyway...and most likely the on-screen keyboard...GROSS!!1!

PaulWillocks

October 25th, 2006, 18:59

But don't you love the fact that it plays DVDs, Paul?

Playing movies on an Xbox 360 has nothing to do with gaming, but you still love the functionality once in a while.

No, I've got a DVD player for that. ;)

TRIGGER M4N

October 25th, 2006, 19:42

No, I've got a DVD player for that. ;)

Within' the 360?

Chris

October 25th, 2006, 20:28

No, I've got a DVD player for that. ;)

I won't use DVDs as an example.

Are you also telling me that if you could all the sudden stream video from your XP PC to your Xbox 360 from an auto-update that suddenly came out, you wouldn't use it because you've got a TV for that? There's no gaming involved in downloaded movies from the net, right?

My point is that if it's free, who would it hurt? If you don't want to use it, don't use it. With Xbox.com so closely integrated with Xbox Live, I think it's a real possibility for a browser to come to the Xbox.

If it's a feature Microsoft can put it on the outside of the packaging to make more people want the Xbox 360, they'll do it.

Studley

October 25th, 2006, 21:27

The option to Block and Unblock those on your Friends list individually similar to MSN so that some people can see you're online and some people wont.

Why don't you just use the Appear Offline feature?

JUST KIDDING. CALM DOWN! :P

Curry

October 26th, 2006, 01:48

Way to keep on-topic! I need to know why a browser isn't on Xbox 360. Fuck all this 1080p native, compressed, progressive scan, HDMI 14:4 ratio bullshit techno-crap. Browser is what we want!
Great, a webbrowser without a mouse or keyboard, that has to be updated weekly to prevent viruses taking over our game console if we know Microsoft's reputation with webbrowsers. Apart from that, a browser is useless without a big cache, so a harddrive would be mandatory.

I'm thrilled just thinking about it.

TRIGGER M4N

October 26th, 2006, 01:52

OK, maybe I should of put, a browser is want I want?

Chris

October 26th, 2006, 01:57

I want one too.

Rival24

October 26th, 2006, 02:01

I want my Xbox 360 to automatically write Xboxic posts for me.

Chris

October 26th, 2006, 02:03

Fuck yes.

trj156

October 26th, 2006, 02:28

OK, maybe I should of put, a browser is want I want?

yes!! i'd actually buy a usb keyboard if a browser came out.

UKJAY

October 26th, 2006, 03:36

Why don't you just use the Appear Offline feature?

JUST KIDDING. CALM DOWN! :P

Lol very funny.....you must have seen my other thread!! \o/

Yeah I'd like to see a browser in there, not because I can use my laptop for that - but I like extra features of personal choice, where it can be used if I want to every now and again. I remember getting a Dreamcast years ago and that had a browser, thought it was EXCELLENT until I realised it didnt let you in chat rooms, couldnt use javascript, didn't play flash files...but technology has come on a long way - if my T-Mobile MDAII Phone can have a full flash, java enabled browser then Im sure this can...

Curry

October 26th, 2006, 04:29

My phone can also call my GF and I'm sure the 360 could too if they finally added VoIP to the damn thing. They really should do that.

UKJAY

October 26th, 2006, 04:41

Yeah thats not a bad idea.

PaulWillocks

October 26th, 2006, 12:09

I won't use DVDs as an example.

Are you also telling me that if you could all the sudden stream video from your XP PC to your Xbox 360 from an auto-update that suddenly came out, you wouldn't use it because you've got a TV for that? There's no gaming involved in downloaded movies from the net, right?

My point is that if it's free, who would it hurt? If you don't want to use it, don't use it. With Xbox.com so closely integrated with Xbox Live, I think it's a real possibility for a browser to come to the Xbox.

If it's a feature Microsoft can put it on the outside of the packaging to make more people want the Xbox 360, they'll do it.

I'm simply saying that personally I dont want features on my 360 that I wouldnt use. I dont want a web browser because I have a PC which provides a better browsing service/experience than a console ever could for example. Also I'm not to bothered about streaming media from my PC to my 360 either, It less hassle to just use my DVD player, HDTV and surround sound system. I just dont want 'my' 360 to duplicate things that I already have as its pointless to me. My 360 is purely a games machine, anything that enhances the gaming experience is what I'm after. I would like enhanced iPod support so that I can listen to most of my music library whilst playing games.

TRIGGER M4N

October 26th, 2006, 12:22

I just dont want 'my' 360 to duplicate things that I already have as its pointless to me. I would like enhanced iPod support so that I can listen to most of my music library whilst playing games.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that 'duplicating' what would happen if you plug iPod into a PC?

PaulWillocks

October 26th, 2006, 12:35

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that 'duplicating' what would happen if you plug iPod into a PC?

No because I said I want to listen to my iPod through my 360 whilst playing GAMES. The only reason I connect my ipod to my PC is to charge it up and download music, totally different to why I use it on the 360.

If you connect an iPod to the 360 at the moment it works the same as if you had ripped a CD to the hard drive. It cuts out in game music and plays from the iPod, My PC doesnt do that, plus I dont play games on my PC. The only problem is the 360 only supports certain file formats so most of my ipod music library is redundant except for podcasts etc.

TRIGGER M4N

October 26th, 2006, 12:41

Did you download the optional iPod support?

PaulWillocks

October 26th, 2006, 12:45

Did you download the optional iPod support?

Yeah it didnt seem to do anything. :'(

UKJAY

October 26th, 2006, 12:53

OK - maybe the browser should be an optional download from marketplace

kobejonez

October 26th, 2006, 12:53

I hope the visualisations get updated they won't but thats what I hope and also a web browser.
Predictions: The obvious ones like HDDVD support and wireless headset support.

Sir SpankalotUK

October 26th, 2006, 19:19

I want a browser.
stream from the pc all movie formats without media centre.
Like the ability for me to mark all marketplace content as viewed so it does show up as newly released for two whole weeks.
Something like a RSS newsfeed reader on the main dashboard page, scroll a list of news items, about marketplace content, events and competitions. With the ability to filter.
Would like the dashboard to ignore animations if waiting to display something (e.g. when going back to the dashboard from a arcade title with the cam plugged in, you have to wait for the background animation to finish sorting itself out before it will finish displaying the dashboard).
conferencing, say upto 8 people, this includes the use of cams and headsets.
Some system stats like temperature of the various bits, fans speeds etc.
Would also like the friends list to have groups, so you can catagorise your friends.
Last but not least a flawed press X to add more ms points without actually charging my CC.

kidkit

October 27th, 2006, 00:37

if 1080p is being unlocked what sort of new resolutions do you think we'll see for the vga cable? Lots of 20+" widescreen lcds are shipping with the bizzar-oh resolutions like 1440 x 900 and 1680 x 1050

trj156

October 27th, 2006, 02:10

sooooo...any news on the release yet?

Pedle Zelnip

October 27th, 2006, 21:43

I'm simply saying that personally I dont want features on my 360 that I wouldnt use.

I don't care what features they add so long as they don't get in the way. If "WebBrowser" was just one more tab in the dash, doesn't bother me any (doubt I'd ever use it, as I only have SDTV, not HDTV, but the point is it doesn't get in the way of the things I *do* do with the Xbox).

As for things I'm hoping for, the ability to play DivX files is at the top of the list. I can do this now from my PC as it has TV-out, but it would be nice to not have to turn on my loud P4 to watch a TV show I downloaded. Even if MS doesn't want to allow you to stream a video file from a non media center PC, at least let us burn a DVD with some DivX files on it and throw that into the Xbox.

Downloading interface could be vastly improved. Would be nice to be able to move a download up or down in the list rather than just move it to the top. Often I start downloading a big demo, then as I continue to browse the marketplace I decide to download a few smaller files like picture packs & the like. Would be nice to be able to say "okay download all the small files first, then work on that 1GB demo".

I'd also like to see it get easier to move out of menus. Particularly when doing things that have a deep menu depth (like playing a song from a PC), you have to hit B a million times to get back to the dashboard. You can hit the center button and then Y to go back to the dashboard, but it's slow. The animation of moving from one screen to another is nice, but it definitely slows down the process of backing out of menus.

The ability to see the size of music on the hard drive as well would be nice. I always keep a bit of music on the Xbox itself for those times when I travel with it, but I have no idea how much space is being used by it. If you go to Music in the Memory section of the System tab, all that comes up is the warning about how you're about to delete all your music.

User-specified/created gamerpics would be nice too. They could even make money off of this: create a section in the marketplace for user-created gamerpics, and charge say 5 or 10 MS points or something for downloading them. Would go to cover the costs of policing the content, and then whatever's on top of that they could pocket.

Okay I'm done now (finally). :P

One more thing I forgot: the ability to create our own dashboard themes would be very nice. Since we can set any picture we want as the background, why can't we also create our own "skins" for the panels & such?

Balloonenstein

October 27th, 2006, 22:49

kidkit

October 28th, 2006, 00:49

While this wouldn't necessarily need to be a part of the fall update, I would like to see some more HD content like full length movies and TV shows. I don't mind having to pay for it, and I think it would be an easy addition to the marketplace. They could even start of with the new Battlestar Galactica since they've already got content on Live.

A feature like downloadable tv programs would be bad ass but the hard drive size would unfortunately come into play here... More one off teaser episodes etc wouldn't hurt at all though!

Pedle Zelnip

October 28th, 2006, 02:13

A feature like downloadable tv programs would be bad ass but the hard drive size would unfortunately come into play here... More one off teaser episodes etc wouldn't hurt at all though!

Why would you pay for TV shows through marketplace when you can download them off the Internet for free?

Balloonenstein

October 28th, 2006, 06:13

Why would you pay for TV shows through marketplace when you can download them off the Internet for free?
To have them play in HD on my TV, which I can't hook my computer up to.

Chris

October 28th, 2006, 06:20

Having HD shows on your HDD will cause massive damage.

Curry

October 28th, 2006, 07:32

Why would you pay for TV shows through marketplace when you can download them off the Internet for free?
Because that is slightly illegal and some people actually do mind that :*

Pedle Zelnip

October 28th, 2006, 08:20

Because that is slightly illegal and some people actually do mind that :*

As do I, but actually my understanding is that it is perfectly legal in Canada which is where I happen to live. :P (although to be fair, my understanding of copyright law in Canada is a bit dated)

The way I look at it is that if I pay for cable already, what difference does it make if I download shows off of the Internet, or set my VCR to record them?

Rival24

October 28th, 2006, 08:55

As do I, but actually my understanding is that it is perfectly legal in Canada which is where I happen to live. :P (although to be fair, my understanding of copyright law in Canada is a bit dated)

The way I look at it is that if I pay for cable already, what difference does it make if I download shows off of the Internet, or set my VCR to record them?

With downloaded stuff you skip past commercials which pay for the most part of the show :P

Pedle Zelnip

October 28th, 2006, 09:56

With downloaded stuff you skip past commercials which pay for the most part of the show :P

And when you set your VCR to tape a show do you watch the commercials?

UKJAY

October 28th, 2006, 19:17

but you have an ipod, why would you want the use of a 360 to listen to it...lol

Rival24

October 28th, 2006, 19:23

And when you set your VCR to tape a show do you watch the commercials?
Of course I do O-)

If I had a VCR

PaulWillocks

October 30th, 2006, 10:54

but you have an ipod, why would you want the use of a 360 to listen to it...lol

God people really do not understand this iPod thing do they! I dont want to sit there with my iPod headphones on whilst playing my 360 as I wouldnt be able to hear the game sound effects etc etc.

There is an option to connect your ipod to the 360 via usb at the moment, this exchanges the ingame music for the music on the ipod but leaves all the games sound effects which play as normal. So you can play any game with your own choice of music. It also sounds alot better through a full surround sound system rather than headphones. I would just like more audio file support thats all.

(Note.. Doesnt matter now anyway as my 360 has died, got the 3 red light of death on Saturday. Im well pi$$ed off, looks like I've got to send it back for repair :-( )

trj156

October 30th, 2006, 21:46

no browser???!?!? im pissed.

Rival24

October 30th, 2006, 21:48

List of features. (http://www.xboxic.com/news/1886)

Pedle Zelnip

October 30th, 2006, 22:22

List of features. (http://www.xboxic.com/news/1886)

From the link:

- Play video from CD or DVD data discs.

SWEET!!!!! Now if only they'll get DivX support working.....

TRIGGER M4N

October 30th, 2006, 23:17

OK, this is rather technical for me, but could this be a possibility?

Could I say, download a gametrailer from... gametrailers.com or IGN in WMV (WVM? - What ever MS wants us to use) and play them on my 360, without downloading any extra things? (I already have windows media connect.)

Rival24

October 30th, 2006, 23:18

TRIGGER M4N

October 30th, 2006, 23:20

WOOOOW that was frickin fast! Ok, cool. Thank-you Rival.

Nino

October 30th, 2006, 23:25

I wouldnt be surprised if sites started offering their videos in X360 720P WMV now, they already offer their stuff in PSP format...

trj156

October 31st, 2006, 02:46

is there a free decent program anywhere to encode mpegs and stuff into WMVs? fyi i dont have limewire or anything to pirate one, so i need legit freeware or something.

Curry

October 31st, 2006, 03:05

Can't Windows Media Player just do that?

Pedle Zelnip

October 31st, 2006, 03:37

Can't Windows Media Player just do that?

I don't know about WMP, but Windows Movie Maker can.

trj156

October 31st, 2006, 03:49

I don't know about WMP, but Windows Movie Maker can.

instructions? TIA if you have any.

Pedle Zelnip

October 31st, 2006, 05:12

- start WMM
- Make sure that "Capture Video" is selected under the Movie tasks pane on the left hand side.
- Click on "Import Video"
- Pick the video clip you want to convert, and tick off "Create Clips for video files", and click OK
- Drag the imported video down to the timeline
- Click file -> Save Movie File
- Pick "My Computer"
- Call it whatever you want, place it wherever
- Pick "Best quality playback on my computer"
- Click next
- Wait patiently.

And that's it.

HTH.

trj156

October 31st, 2006, 07:12