I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media Player
supports.
Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
<CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media Player
>supports.
>Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?


Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992

That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
of them which you can test against.

Cheers - Neil
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples just
take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
Any other similar pages anywhere?


"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media Player
> >supports.
> >Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
>
>
> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
>
> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
> of them which you can test against.
>
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
What happened when you tried the other google hits ?

MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.

I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.

HTH
Cheers - Neil

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
<CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples just
>take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
>Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
>Any other similar pages anywhere?
>
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media Player
>> >supports.
>> >Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
>>
>>
>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
>>
>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
>> of them which you can test against.
>>
>> Cheers - Neil
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>
------------------------------------------------
Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

I've flagged this article as needing to be updated. Thanks to both of you
for pointing that out.

I could probably rebuild a page with this data elsewhere if really
necessary, but I imagine five minutes with a search engine should get you
going. =)

--
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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:9drq83dc7ilkupk3jt3mneec05943sjrda@4ax.com...
> It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
> What happened when you tried the other google hits ?
>
> MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
> correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.
>
> I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
> remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
>
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples just
>>take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
>>Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
>>Any other similar pages anywhere?
>>
>>
>>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
>>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media
>>> >Player
>>> >supports.
>>> >Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
>>>
>>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
>>> of them which you can test against.
>>>
>>> Cheers - Neil
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Ah, if only life were that simple...
I've spent the last week trying to gather example files in each of the
formats supported by Windows Media Player.
Using search engines only seems to be useful for finding descriptions of the
file formats, not sample files themselves.
I've had more luck using some file-sharing programs, but still don't have
them all.
Try finding an example .IVF file and you'll see what I mean...


"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> I've flagged this article as needing to be updated. Thanks to both of you
> for pointing that out.
>
> I could probably rebuild a page with this data elsewhere if really
> necessary, but I imagine five minutes with a search engine should get you
> going. =)
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:9drq83dc7ilkupk3jt3mneec05943sjrda@4ax.com...
> > It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
> > What happened when you tried the other google hits ?
> >
> > MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
> > correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.
> >
> > I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
> > remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.
> >
> > HTH
> > Cheers - Neil
> >
> > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
> > <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples just
> >>take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
> >>Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
> >>Any other similar pages anywhere?
> >>
> >>
> >>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
> >>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media
> >>> >Player
> >>> >supports.
> >>> >Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
> >>>
> >>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
> >>> of them which you can test against.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers - Neil
> >>> ------------------------------------------------
> >>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> >>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> >>>
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>
>
>

I doubt this particular format is there but a good place in general for
sample files is http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/


On 10/7/07 09:28, in article
CF226EC2-8546-4DC3-AD02-2A0689E1D48B@microsoft.com, "CliveT"
<CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Ah, if only life were that simple...
> I've spent the last week trying to gather example files in each of the
> formats supported by Windows Media Player.
> Using search engines only seems to be useful for finding descriptions of the
> file formats, not sample files themselves.
> I've had more luck using some file-sharing programs, but still don't have
> them all.
> Try finding an example .IVF file and you'll see what I mean...
>
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> I've flagged this article as needing to be updated. Thanks to both of you
>> for pointing that out.
>>
>> I could probably rebuild a page with this data elsewhere if really
>> necessary, but I imagine five minutes with a search engine should get you
>> going. =)
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>> --
>> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:9drq83dc7ilkupk3jt3mneec05943sjrda@4ax.com...
>>> It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
>>> What happened when you tried the other google hits ?
>>>
>>> MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
>>> correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.
>>>
>>> I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
>>> remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Cheers - Neil
>>>
>>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
>>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples just
>>>> take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
>>>> Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
>>>> Any other similar pages anywhere?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
>>>>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media
>>>>>> Player
>>>>>> supports.
>>>>>> Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
>>>>>
>>>>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
>>>>> of them which you can test against.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers - Neil
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>
>>
>>

Not all-inclusive, but very helpful.
Thanks John.


"John Lockwood" wrote:

> I doubt this particular format is there but a good place in general for
> sample files is http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/
>
>
> On 10/7/07 09:28, in article
> CF226EC2-8546-4DC3-AD02-2A0689E1D48B@microsoft.com, "CliveT"
> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Ah, if only life were that simple...
> > I've spent the last week trying to gather example files in each of the
> > formats supported by Windows Media Player.
> > Using search engines only seems to be useful for finding descriptions of the
> > file formats, not sample files themselves.
> > I've had more luck using some file-sharing programs, but still don't have
> > them all.
> > Try finding an example .IVF file and you'll see what I mean...
> >
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I've flagged this article as needing to be updated. Thanks to both of you
> >> for pointing that out.
> >>
> >> I could probably rebuild a page with this data elsewhere if really
> >> necessary, but I imagine five minutes with a search engine should get you
> >> going. =)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >> --
> >> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9drq83dc7ilkupk3jt3mneec05943sjrda@4ax.com...
> >>> It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
> >>> What happened when you tried the other google hits ?
> >>>
> >>> MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
> >>> correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.
> >>>
> >>> I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
> >>> remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.
> >>>
> >>> HTH
> >>> Cheers - Neil
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
> >>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples just
> >>>> take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
> >>>> Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
> >>>> Any other similar pages anywhere?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
> >>>>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media
> >>>>>> Player
> >>>>>> supports.
> >>>>>> Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
> >>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
> >>>>>
> >>>>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
> >>>>> of them which you can test against.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers - Neil
> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------
> >>>>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> >>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> >>>>>
> >>> ------------------------------------------------
> >>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> >>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

The article should be updated now.

Why would you need an IVF? Intel screwed up the registration of the IVF
source filter anyways, so it's a dead format requiring a partially broken
filter. I can't think of any reason why would anyone would need to support
that other than to reencode to a living format.

No offense to Indeo or Ligos fans. =\

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--

"CliveT" <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF226EC2-8546-4DC3-AD02-2A0689E1D48B@microsoft.com...
> Ah, if only life were that simple...
> I've spent the last week trying to gather example files in each of the
> formats supported by Windows Media Player.
> Using search engines only seems to be useful for finding descriptions of
> the
> file formats, not sample files themselves.
> I've had more luck using some file-sharing programs, but still don't have
> them all.
> Try finding an example .IVF file and you'll see what I mean...
>
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> I've flagged this article as needing to be updated. Thanks to both of
>> you
>> for pointing that out.
>>
>> I could probably rebuild a page with this data elsewhere if really
>> necessary, but I imagine five minutes with a search engine should get you
>> going. =)
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:9drq83dc7ilkupk3jt3mneec05943sjrda@4ax.com...
>> > It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
>> > What happened when you tried the other google hits ?
>> >
>> > MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
>> > correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.
>> >
>> > I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
>> > remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.
>> >
>> > HTH
>> > Cheers - Neil
>> >
>> > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
>> > <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples
>> >>just
>> >>take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
>> >>Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
>> >>Any other similar pages anywhere?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
>> >>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> >I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that
>> >>> >Media
>> >>> >Player
>> >>> >supports.
>> >>> >Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
>> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
>> >>>
>> >>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of
>> >>> most
>> >>> of them which you can test against.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers - Neil
>> >>> ------------------------------------------------
>> >>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>> >>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>> >>>
>> > ------------------------------------------------
>> > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
>> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>
>>
>>

Why would you need an IVF?
I've been asked to write some Javascript code which monitors a video
(uploaded by a user) and extract information like total time, time so far,
etc.
I need to have tested my code with every format supported by Windows Media
Player, and therefore allow for unlikely events like someone uploading an IVF
file.
I contacted Indeo but they said that IVF was a "legacy format" and they
didn't even have any sample files!

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> The article should be updated now.
>
> Why would you need an IVF? Intel screwed up the registration of the IVF
> source filter anyways, so it's a dead format requiring a partially broken
> filter. I can't think of any reason why would anyone would need to support
> that other than to reencode to a living format.
>
> No offense to Indeo or Ligos fans. =\
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "CliveT" <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CF226EC2-8546-4DC3-AD02-2A0689E1D48B@microsoft.com...
> > Ah, if only life were that simple...
> > I've spent the last week trying to gather example files in each of the
> > formats supported by Windows Media Player.
> > Using search engines only seems to be useful for finding descriptions of
> > the
> > file formats, not sample files themselves.
> > I've had more luck using some file-sharing programs, but still don't have
> > them all.
> > Try finding an example .IVF file and you'll see what I mean...
> >
> >
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I've flagged this article as needing to be updated. Thanks to both of
> >> you
> >> for pointing that out.
> >>
> >> I could probably rebuild a page with this data elsewhere if really
> >> necessary, but I imagine five minutes with a search engine should get you
> >> going. =)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Speaking for myself only.
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> --
> >> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9drq83dc7ilkupk3jt3mneec05943sjrda@4ax.com...
> >> > It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
> >> > What happened when you tried the other google hits ?
> >> >
> >> > MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
> >> > correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.
> >> >
> >> > I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
> >> > remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.
> >> >
> >> > HTH
> >> > Cheers - Neil
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
> >> > <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples
> >> >>just
> >> >>take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
> >> >>Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
> >> >>Any other similar pages anywhere?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
> >> >>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> >I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that
> >> >>> >Media
> >> >>> >Player
> >> >>> >supports.
> >> >>> >Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
> >> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
> >> >>>
> >> >>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of
> >> >>> most
> >> >>> of them which you can test against.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Cheers - Neil
> >> >>> ------------------------------------------------
> >> >>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> >> >>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> >> >>>
> >> > ------------------------------------------------
> >> > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> >> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Hi Zach,
I'm STILL looking for example media files for a work project, and struggling!

I've been looking for weeks for some formats, and wondered if you might have
access to any sample files..?

I'm looking for files in the following formats:
MPV2
IVF
AIFC
SND

And I'm also trying to find examples of files supported by RealPlayer, as
follows:
RMM
RV
RVX
RM
RM33J
RMS
RP

If you can help me in any way with my quest I would be very grateful!

Many thanks!

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> I've flagged this article as needing to be updated. Thanks to both of you
> for pointing that out.
>
> I could probably rebuild a page with this data elsewhere if really
> necessary, but I imagine five minutes with a search engine should get you
> going. =)
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:9drq83dc7ilkupk3jt3mneec05943sjrda@4ax.com...
> > It is quite old, and I admit I didn't try all of the links.
> > What happened when you tried the other google hits ?
> >
> > MS have a habit of rearranging their websites without notice, and not
> > correcting the mass of page not found errors which are then generated.
> >
> > I'm not aware of a comparable (or canonical) page though I'll try to
> > remember to find a similar example somewhere for reference.
> >
> > HTH
> > Cheers - Neil
> >
> > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 03:58:01 -0700, CliveT
> > <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks Neil, that did help, but for some reason many of the examples just
> >>take me to a default Microsoft page instead of the actual file...
> >>Am I doing something wrong or is the page just really old?
> >>Any other similar pages anywhere?
> >>
> >>
> >>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:36:02 -0700, CliveT
> >>> <CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >I'm trying to find example or sample files in every format that Media
> >>> >Player
> >>> >supports.
> >>> >Could anyone tell me where I could find this sort of collection?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Yes, it's the second link on google for "windows media file formats"
> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992
> >>>
> >>> That page lists the defaultly supported files and has examples of most
> >>> of them which you can test against.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers - Neil
> >>> ------------------------------------------------
> >>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> >>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
> >>>
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2007
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>
>
>

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 03:40:00 -0700, CliveT
<CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi Zach,
>I'm STILL looking for example media files for a work project, and struggling!
>
>I've been looking for weeks for some formats, and wondered if you might have
>access to any sample files..?
>
>I'm looking for files in the following formats:
>MPV2
>IVF
>AIFC
>SND
>
>And I'm also trying to find examples of files supported by RealPlayer, as
>follows:
>RMM
>RV
>RVX
>RM
>RM33J
>RMS
>RP
>
>If you can help me in any way with my quest I would be very grateful!


Real player have sample clips on their website for RA and RV at
different encoder conformance levels :
http://service.real.com/realplayer/test/

Some Realpix (RP) samples are on this page :
http://www.realnetworks.com/support/...s/realpix.html

The other formats are a right witches brew, I'm wasn't even sure what
most of those formats are (I've seen and used a lot ;-) until I read
http://home.real.com/product/help/rp...ia_Formats.htm

SND I *think* is a very old audio format, possibly Mac or even Amiga.
Websites dealing with those platforms may be the best starting point

Most files with names ending in AIF* are a form of RIFF audio, again
check Mac platform websites for those - possibly the Quicktime areas
on www.apple.com might have some pointers.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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> Real player have sample clips on their website for RA and RV at
> different encoder conformance levels :
> http://service.real.com/realplayer/test/

Thanks Neil, however I can only get hold of the RAM files (the link) not the
actual RM files...

> Some Realpix (RP) samples are on this page :
> http://www.realnetworks.com/support/...s/realpix.html

And the same here. I can view the samples but not download them.

> The other formats are a right witches brew, I'm wasn't even sure what
> most of those formats are (I've seen and used a lot ;-) until I read
> http://home.real.com/product/help/rp...ia_Formats.htm
>
> SND I *think* is a very old audio format, possibly Mac or even Amiga.
> Websites dealing with those platforms may be the best starting point
>
> Most files with names ending in AIF* are a form of RIFF audio, again
> check Mac platform websites for those - possibly the Quicktime areas
> on www.apple.com might have some pointers.

Good plan!
I'll follow your lead and see what I can find...
Many Thanks,
Clive

On 9/8/07 11:40, in article
F03B3A85-D061-4849-9EB4-41C0ACE02490@microsoft.com, "CliveT"
<CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi Zach,
> I'm STILL looking for example media files for a work project, and struggling!
>
> I've been looking for weeks for some formats, and wondered if you might have
> access to any sample files..?
>
> I'm looking for files in the following formats:
> MPV2
> IVF
> AIFC
> SND
>
> And I'm also trying to find examples of files supported by RealPlayer, as
> follows:
> RMM
> RV
> RVX
> RM
> RM33J
> RMS
> RP
>
> If you can help me in any way with my quest I would be very grateful!

MPV2 is probably MPEG2 and more specifically the video only version which is
more commonly represented by the file extension .m2v it would typically be
used where you take a multiplexed MPEG2 file (one which contains both video
and audio) and you 'demux' it to separate video and audio files e.g. a .m2v
and a .ac3

This page includes a sample .m2v file, and even though it is on an Apple
QuickTime related page it should work in other programs include WMP if you
have an MPEG2 codec
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75424

AIFC is the revised version of the original AIFF standard specified by
Apple. While I believe in theory it could be a compressed version (hence the
letter C) I have never in reality seen a compressed AIFF (of any type) file.
iTunes for Mac and Windows will convert to and from AIFF format and I would
expect this would be the newer AIFC style (but uncompressed).

Here are some links for info regarding AIFF/AIFC
http://developer.apple.com/documenta.../imsoundmgr.36
..htm
http://www-mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/Docume...AIFF/AIFF.html

Sample AIFF and AIFC files are here
http://www-mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/Docume...F/Samples.html

SND resources pre-date Mac OS X, i.e. They were for Mac OS 9 or earlier. Mac
operating systems prior to Mac OS X did not typically use file extensions so
a .snd file is not necessarily Mac related. Indeed I have seen reference to
..snd files being more to do with Sun Micro or Amiga computers

An example .snd file can be found on this Microsoft page
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316992

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:16:00 -0700, CliveT
<CliveT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> Real player have sample clips on their website for RA and RV at
>> different encoder conformance levels :
>> http://service.real.com/realplayer/test/
>
>Thanks Neil, however I can only get hold of the RAM files (the link) not the
>actual RM files...


Real player 11 beta has the ability to download and save linked files
- have you tried that yet ? It should be able to copy the files using
the download manager.

A manual altenative :



Right-click the RAM file link, choose Save-As. Now open that in
Notepad. In any text editor (homesite, notepad, frontpage) create
links to each of the RM files which are referenced in the RAM playlist
- for example :

<html>
<body>
<a href="http://service.real.com/file/example.rv">real video</a>
etc
etc
etc
</body>
</html>

Save that (web page) as (eg) download.html and open it in your web
browser. Right-click each media link and choose Save As.


HTH
Cheers - Neil
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