Comments on: How to put a WMA into a WMV with blank video?

Question: How to put a WMA into a WMV with blank video?

superboy422 — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:03:54 -0800

How can I turn a WMA into a WMV with blank video?

Here's what I would like to do. I want to take an existing MP3, which I will convert to WMA, but I want to wrap it into a WMV with nothing but blank video (or a static image that is displayed in every frame) so that it can be played on a device that only supports WMV files natively (but not WMA audio files).

Bonus points for finding an open-source way to do this that can be automated easily. If I need to do it by hand each time, it will will be significantly more inconvenient.

By: apple scruff

apple scruff — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:24:13 -0800

Windows Movie Maker? If 13 year olds can make millions of Jim & Pam fanvids set to Snow Patrol songs then I'm sure you will have no problem making basic videos with WMM.

By: Xoder

Xoder — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:25:32 -0800

Well, by hand, I'd suggest trying Windows Movie Maker.

By script? FFmpeg may be able to do what you want, if you have enough script-fu.

By: GalaxieFiveHundred

GalaxieFiveHundred — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:57:39 -0800

I've only used it a few times in desperation at work so I'm not perfectly sure, but Windows Media Encoder should do that. I know you can batch encode with it at least.