Creative CMV video format used by Zen MX

Do we know of anything other than the "Creative Centrale" application that can convert video files to the CMV format used by the Zen MX Or if there's anything in the pipeline?
It's just that Centrale's video conversion is slow and, so far as I can make out, it only lets you transcode files by copying them onto a connected player - which is not always convenient. It'd be nice to have some alternati'ves.
While I'm on the subject, I'm not exactly impressed by the CMV format itself. I realise it was probably designed for low-power decoding, so I wasn't expecting incredible compression ratios. But when you take a standard definition DivX file and slash it down to QVGA resolution, you'd hope the file size wouldn't go up!

I totally agree, the conversion time with the Creative Central software is far too slow. It can take up to a full day to convert a few films. The other thing is you always have to have the player connected to your PC while conversion is done. It is not my PC running slow that is causing the length of time it is the Creative Centale software.
It wouldn't be quite as bad if you could set the software to save converted files to a directory on your PC to drop onto the player or an SD card at a later date. Eliminating having to have your player connected to the PC while conversion is done.
I bought a Zen MX 8gb as a present for my brother in law who doesn't have a PC. I also purchased an SD/HC card which was to be used solely for video storage to watch on the Zen MX. I was going to buy a spare SD/HC card and load more video's/films on it for him. I intended to keep swapping the SD/HC cards with new video's/films loaded on it for him to watch. As the player has to be connected to my PC while video's I have stored are converted to the .cmv format this is not possible without him leaving the player as well as the SD/HC card with me.
Anyone who is wanting to watch a reasonable amount of video on there player would be better to stay away from the Zen MX and buy the Zen instead. The Zen MX is?a revamped model of the Zen but supports less codec's as stated above. The Zen MX will only play .cmv video files. The Zen is more expensive to buy than the Zen MX but for the bit extra in cost could be well worth paying for if you want to watch video on your player.
I wish there was other software available to convert video to the .cmv used by the Zen MX.
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