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That sounds like way too many steps. Each time you re-encode to a new format, you lose quality. There should be a wmv to avi converter out there somewhere, then you cut down the re-encodings to two: wmv-to-avi, then avi-to-amv.

OT: Why wmv? I usually try to avoid it where possible, one of the reasons being this problem of converting to other formats.
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If perhaps you are using windows movie maker to capture video from a video camera, I'd recommend looking at a dv-avi codec, there's a free panasonic one out there that works with WMM, better quality (but bigger files), gives a much better starting point for any further editing you want to do. Best to start with a large high-quality capture and compress it as a final step, rather than compress it at the start and have it degrade on every step of editing.
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