A friend made a short visit to here and I received some video files. Unfortunately, they were in POS format, so I need an easy way to convert those crappy no-good WindowsMedia (WMV9?) to some usable format. Problem (not problem for me, but for conversion!) is that I don't have or use any crappy formats, nor I plan to.

The question is, is there software capable converting these without infesting the computer with WindowsMedia, I.E. software having codecs mentioned internally?

In case anyone wonders,
1. I stopped using WMV because it became too "hostile". If MS EULA is still as unacceptable, i don't know... nor care.
2. No Hollywood production in files. Main characters are two cats and a dog.