rfm2007

I think you are missing an essential point, and that is size of a file does not determine how long a film (or film clip) will last. At best, file size it is a rough guide and nothing more.

The timing of a film is dependant on the compression ratio and file type used to composed that film into a computer file, e.g. wmv, mov, mpg, avi, etc. For example, a large file (of about 200MB) could only last a few minutes (and I have come across plenty of those) while another file of the same size can last over an hour.

Therefore, the timing and quality of a film or film clip depends on several other factors than just size.

Hope this helps.



UK Bob

THank you UK Bob for your reply. I understand about the compression modes that are used but that wasn't my problem.
My problem is that when I download an mpeg or an avi sometimes I will download a 90 min. movie but the length of the movie on 'Media Player' or 'RealPlayer' is only, say, 5 minutes. If I click half way down the seek bar a couple of times I will get a portion of the movie much later in the movie (if that makes sense). If I could get the runtime to read 90 minutes on MediaPlayer or RealPlayer I wouldn't have a problem.
Understandez-vous?? Any help is much appreciated, RFM