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What video file types can you import into MM2.1?
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PapaJohn \(MVP\)
WMV, AVI and MPEG-1 are the common ones... but there are always variations
on a theme, such as Divx encoded AVI files that would need another 3rd party
codec.
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on a theme, such as Divx encoded AVI files that would need another 3rd party
codec.
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John Kelly
Hello,
When you reach the dialog where you select a file to import...if you click
the small down arrow which you should see to the right of the "File Types"
you will be presented with a list of types that can be imported. Its a very
useful feature if you have lots of different file types all in one
location...you can choose what type of file you are going to import which
results in the display changing to show only those types.
Once you understand how it works you can go one step further...In the
dialog "File Name" above the drop down "Type" selector you can add a
wildcard description of the file you actually want. Here are some examples
*.wav Show all files with the extension WAV
*.j* Show all files with an extension starting with J
*.m* Show all files with an extension starting with M
PIC*.* Show all files whose name starts with PIC with an unspecified
number of characters after PIC and with any file extension
*PIC*.J* Show all files that have PIC somewhere in their name and also have
J as the first letter of the extension
There are other variables you can use...its a long time since I used any of
them...the one other I remember is the ? character....here are a couple of
examples...
??s*.* Show all files whose first two characters of the name can be
anything and the third letter must be an 'S' with any number of characters
after the S and with any extension.
???s*.* Show any file whose first three letters can be anything with the
fourth character an 'S' followed by any number of character and with any
extension
So, if assistant.wmv existed in the directory....the first of these example
would show it and the second example would not.. What you are actually
doing is creating a crude SQL statement something like WHERE CHAR[3]
EQUALS 'S' would be the equivelent statement in SQL (Structures Query
Language) for the ??s*.* example above. With the examples given there is
another statement that would have worked almost as well, and that is *.s*.*
It is not as good because it would also find names like ascot.wmv and
plastic.wmv
Hope the somewhat lengthy explanation is of some use
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Have A Nice Day.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
Check out free video hosting at www.the-kellys.org
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When you reach the dialog where you select a file to import...if you click
the small down arrow which you should see to the right of the "File Types"
you will be presented with a list of types that can be imported. Its a very
useful feature if you have lots of different file types all in one
location...you can choose what type of file you are going to import which
results in the display changing to show only those types.
Once you understand how it works you can go one step further...In the
dialog "File Name" above the drop down "Type" selector you can add a
wildcard description of the file you actually want. Here are some examples
*.wav Show all files with the extension WAV
*.j* Show all files with an extension starting with J
*.m* Show all files with an extension starting with M
PIC*.* Show all files whose name starts with PIC with an unspecified
number of characters after PIC and with any file extension
*PIC*.J* Show all files that have PIC somewhere in their name and also have
J as the first letter of the extension
There are other variables you can use...its a long time since I used any of
them...the one other I remember is the ? character....here are a couple of
examples...
??s*.* Show all files whose first two characters of the name can be
anything and the third letter must be an 'S' with any number of characters
after the S and with any extension.
???s*.* Show any file whose first three letters can be anything with the
fourth character an 'S' followed by any number of character and with any
extension
So, if assistant.wmv existed in the directory....the first of these example
would show it and the second example would not.. What you are actually
doing is creating a crude SQL statement something like WHERE CHAR[3]
EQUALS 'S' would be the equivelent statement in SQL (Structures Query
Language) for the ??s*.* example above. With the examples given there is
another statement that would have worked almost as well, and that is *.s*.*
It is not as good because it would also find names like ascot.wmv and
plastic.wmv
Hope the somewhat lengthy explanation is of some use
--
Have A Nice Day.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
Check out free video hosting at www.the-kellys.org
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All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work