# changing the "can\_skip\_forward" value for a WMV file ? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 6, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/changing-the-can-skip-forward-value-for-a-wmv-file/24157 "2007-02-06T12:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/changing-the-can-skip-forward-value-for-a-wmv-file/24157/1 "2007-02-06T12:52:10Z")
just what the title says … ive got a bunch of downloaded wmv files that have skip forward / skip back set to false. this is rather irritating because a bunch of them are over an hour long i was going to just convert them to avi or mpg, but the soundtrack on the files keeps causing conversion errors, but only after the file is like 90% converted. an hour+ of sapping system rescourses goes down the drain any programs i can use to edit the 2 “false” settings to "true ? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/changing-the-can-skip-forward-value-for-a-wmv-file/24157/2 "2007-02-06T12:54:47Z")
I thought it wasnt a value and that it had something to do with the encoding. Im probbley wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/changing-the-can-skip-forward-value-for-a-wmv-file/24157/3 "2007-02-06T12:58:57Z")
a hex editor will work [winhex.com](http://winhex.com) and stop looking a porn