Lou Angel said:
The words "play list file", just describes type of file this is.
Actually it is a video commercial that is very cute.
http://av.rtl.nl/web/components/sho...telsell_sumsing.avi.MiMedia_WM_364K_V9_av.wmv
I would like to edit it, and the only way I know how would be to convert
it
to a .wmv format.
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The .wvx file redirects to some file, and that is so you don't get access
that file. It could also point to a data stream so you never get the file
(I'm not into stealing music or video but have heard there are recorders
that can capture streamed music or videos).
Yes, "play list" does describe what the file type is. From what I've found
describing that filetype, there is no audio/video content within but just a
pointer to somewhere else hence the "list" descriptor. I haven't had the
time to create or find one to download (to get the .wvx file). From what I
found to read, the .wvx file may actually be nothing more than a text file
and perhaps uses XML for tagging and organizing the entries in the playlist.
You were asking about a WVX file (not a WMV file).
When that link is used to start playing the .wmv file, the Save action under
the File menu (in Windows Media Player) is disabled, so it probably isn't a
file but instead used for streaming media. My guess is that you will need
to use a tool that capture streamed traffic which will be the content that
you are trying to obtain. While WMV can be delivered as a file, often it is
delivered as streaming video in an attempt to keep viewers from, ahem,
"acquiring" content that the author only wants you to see and never to
possess. There are other advantages to streaming media, like instant-start
of playback (after the client buffers enough to help ensure smooth
playback), disk space is not wasted on the viewer's host, and for live
presentations. Just because the link goes to an .wmv file doesn't mean it
is a file. It could be a pointer to initiate streaming media playback so
you never get a file downloaded to edit it, as you mentioned - which may
very well be the point of why streaming media was used.
Since you are posting from RoadRunner, you should have access to other
newsgroups on your NNTP server whose topic is about music and/or video (I
accidentally used up my monthly quota with Giganews and have to wait until
it gets renewed, so I'm just using the Microsoft NNTP server for now and
can't look for those other music- or video-related newsgroups. Those
communities would probably have a keener focus on the software tools
available for capturing streaming music/video. Or you could Google on "+WMV
+streaming +recorder".
Have you asked the video's author for permission to edit their work (because
presumably you are doing so to present it to someone else)? The author may
consider it copyrighted. Although the claimed author did not add licensing
information to the .wmv file (look at the License tab for properties of the
media in the Windows Media Player), they did put their name in the Copyright
field (shown in the Content panel).
