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[Expack2]

I've been recently trying to use the 2000 version of Smacker Tools to convert all 2,131 of Conqueror 1086 AD's Smacker-encoded video files into lower bit-rate versions. However, my computer is too fast for the application to properly execute a batch operation, even when running Smacker Tools in my virtualized, legit copy of Windows XP SP3, and all the CPU-slowing utilities I've tried, including CPUkiller, don't work or cause Smacker Tools to become unresponsive. There are three solutions I can think of:

1. Run Windows 3.1 under DOSBox (unlikely since I don't think this version of Windows is freeware and I don't own any version of Windows 3.x).
2. Utilize a workaround which entails overriding copies of the original files with the converted files - and manually hitting "Yes" 2,131 times.
3. Ask someone else with a sufficiently slow computer (probably one which runs a legal copy of Windows 95 or 98) to convert the video for me.

If someone could please give me some tech advice on this issue, I'd really appreciate it!

[dosraider]

If it can run in dosbox-W3.x take a look@
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=25293

Otherwise I could run it on one of my ol'W9x PCs (enough of those laying around lol ) but then you will have to up the whole thing 'ready to run' somewhere.

Another solution could be VPC/W9x, VPC/W9x behaves usually pretty good with older applics. (It's in fact developed for old applics, not for games, contrary to dosbox, just saying).

[Edit]
Also: Check your PMs

[Expack2]

Originally Posted by dosraider

If it can run in dosbox-W3.x take a look@
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=25293

Otherwise I could run it on one of my ol'W9x PCs (enough of those laying around lol ) but then you will have to up the whole thing 'ready to run' somewhere.

Another solution could be VPC/W9x, VPC/W9x behaves usually pretty good with older applics. (It's in fact developed for old applics, not for games, contrary to dosbox, just saying).

[Edit]
Also: Check your PMs

Thanks for all the advice! I'll try running Smacker Tools under Windows 3.x first. That way, I can finely control the amount of CPU firepower at DOSBox's disposal.