OK, I have downloaded and tried assorted converter/encoders to compress my big *.mpg files to *.wmv and ended up using one that Jazzcat (Lori) suggested. It is a trial version at http://www.winavi.com/video-converter.htm and for purchase at $29.95. It works great. It compresses a 1 minute 14MB mpg down to a 2MB wmv. The trial has a watermark across the videos and the purchase gives you a registration code that gives full use immediately. I am finding it very easy to use. It will convert any video format to pretty much any other video format (avi, mpg, ra, wmv, vcd, dvd, vob and things I never heard of, plus an assortment of playback codecs for broadband, LAN, dial-up, etc. I am using my regular Windows Media Player for playback.