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Digital Media Converter
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Convert Your Files to Play on a Portable Media Center |
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Entertainment on the move |
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Entertainment - anywhere
and everywhere! This
is the driving force
behind Portable Media
Center devices, which
are entertainment
powerhouses small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Leading manufacturers like Creative, iRiver and Samsung manufacture Portable
Media Centers, running
Microsoft Windows software and having storage capabilities from
up to 40 GB.
Portable Media Centers
have small video screens
(up to 4 inches [9 cm]
diagonal, along with
either a hard disk or
flash memory to store
video, audio, and still
pictures. This
article explains how to
transfer your media
files to a Portable Media Center using
Digital Media Converter. |
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How to play your favorite content on a
Portable Media Center |
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Owners of Portable Media
Center complain that
there devices have
plenty of space, but
there is so little
content available in the right
format. It's like a library with no books.
The Portable Media Center supports
Windows Media Video
(WMV) files with a resolution of 320 X 240, recorded at a bit
rate less than 800 kbps.
Content providers are
working toward providing
more content directly
for Portable Media
Centers, but there is still a long way to
go. Until
everything you want
comes in the proper
format, you can convert
your existing video and
audio files to play on
Portable Media Centers. |
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Portable Media Center by
first recording it on a PC using a TV tuner card
(or an external device). Most
TV tuner cards produce MPEG or AVI files. If you are recording a TV show using
the Windows Media Center PC, it produces a very large DVR - MS file.
Your home videos created
on digital camcorders
may be in DV-AVI format.
Some digital cameras
create files in QuickTime format. |
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MPEG, AVI, DVR-MS, DV- AVI and QuickTime all need to
be converted to Windows Media format to play on a Portable Media Center. You
can use Digital Media Converter to perform all of
these conversions. |
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The Digital Media Converter provides a simple,
intuitive interface. You simply select WMV (Windows Media Video) for Portable
Media Center as the output format, and click on convert. You don't have to
worry about the finer details like screen resolution or other settings. |
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Converting Your Media
For Use On A Portable
Media Center |
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Start the Digital Media Converter. |
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On the
File
menu, click
Add
Files
or click the toolbar button labeled
Add Files. You can also use the shortcut
key Ctrl+L |
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Browse to the folder where the files you want to convert are located and select
one or more files |
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Click on the arrow button adjacent to the
Convert
button. |
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To
convert TV
shows,
videos in
MPEG 2 or in
QuickTime to
Windows
Media Video,
select
WMV- For Portable
Devices. |
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For
Audio files,
select
WMA-
For Portable
Devices. |
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Click on the
Convert
button to start the conversion process. |
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Your files are now ready to be played on
your Portable Media Center. Just plug your device into the PC, copy your
converted files and enjoy content of your choice. |
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