h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'd be happy with that! The only thing I'd say is that avi files tend to be quite huge - I'm discovering these things as I go - and for the simple reason of emailing them around mpeg-1 is probably a better format

How do I make it into one of those?

You don't need to - that was directed at Mr Trig

Basically, you can either email whatever you do directly to me and I'll sort it out, or put it up on YouTube and Trig will get it to me

ok great, I thought you were giving general info out about what to send.

I haven't thought about what to do yet - been ill. *coughs pathetically*

There are some more specific guidelines elsewhere in the conversation list, but they are just that - for guidance. I think between us we can sort out most problems, and I don't think a lack of technical knowhow should stop anyone from contributing

Jack Pazera does a whole range of freeware converters that you can get from his dhost page:

http://www.dhost.info/jack1024/index_en.php

I've used the FLV to AVI converter quite often without any probs, can't vouch for the others but if they're the same quality you shouldn't get any trouble.

I normally use MPEG Streamclip for most things - if I need something else, I just Google 'xxx to xxx freeware' and download anything that looks appropriate

I've bookmarked that page for future reference, though, thanks very much