On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:13:59 +0100, John C Bullas (via smtp.soton.ac.uk) <jcbullas at nildram.co.uk> wrote: > People! > > I need to chop 4 seconds off the start of a 58 second Windows Media > Video (WMV extension) > Irfanview has let me down for the first time.. anyone suggest an > alternative FREE package? never used it, but it will open .wmv (I just did it) and looks like it will allow you to export to other formats too.: http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html its free and has the following hardware requirements, so fits the bill I think: Windows (95/98/NT/2K), DirectX(*) 3.00 or later, Windows Media Player, 16 MB of Memory (64MB or more Recommended), 20 MB of Harddrive Space. hth Tony -- http://www.xebit.net/ Sent with M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: https://secure.bmtmicro.com/opera/buy-opera.html?AID=627923