Vista - Windows Movie Maker 6 encoding/publishing question

In WMM 2.1 (from XP), there are tons of options to use when encoding video;
and often when I want to save space, or am just doing a simple video to put
online, I will encode in the small 512kb/s (320x240 or 428x240). if I need
decent quality, I’ve never needed more than the 1mb/s or 2mb/s settings.
However, it seems that versatility is now lost in WMM 6; especially when it
comes to widescreen formats, where the smallest setting is 3mb/s. Working on
a laptop, my hard drive space is limited, and I would like to be able to save
my videos in smaller formats. Will this option be available ever? As of
now, I just save the files on my laptop, transfer them to an XP desktop (with
WMM 2.1), re-save them in the smaller format, then transfer them back and
delete the large one. Its quite a pain...

you can make and use custom profiles.... see my website's Save Movies >
Custom WMV Profiles page.

if you already have custom profiles in XP for MM2, they'll work in Vista
also.
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website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn


"matt" <cfusionpm@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In WMM 2.1 (from XP), there are tons of options to use when encoding
> video;
> and often when I want to save space, or am just doing a simple video to
> put
> online, I will encode in the small 512kb/s (320x240 or 428x240). if I
> need
> decent quality, I've never needed more than the 1mb/s or 2mb/s settings.
> However, it seems that versatility is now lost in WMM 6; especially when
> it
> comes to widescreen formats, where the smallest setting is 3mb/s. Working
> on
> a laptop, my hard drive space is limited, and I would like to be able to
> save
> my videos in smaller formats. Will this option be available ever? As of
> now, I just save the files on my laptop, transfer them to an XP desktop
> (with
> WMM 2.1), re-save them in the smaller format, then transfer them back and
> delete the large one. Its quite a pain...
>