[sfscubaman]

Hi there,

I am a newbie in making video. I normally use the Microsoft Movie Maker to make movie. I do not have problems with the AVI files that I recorded with my small Canon Camera IS860 but when I tried to import files from my Sanyo HD video cam, the software said there is an error in the file or it is not compatible (need decoding).

I downloadeded different software (WinAVI, DivX, Movavi converter, etc.) and tried to convert the MPEG 4 files. They came out ok playing on the Window Media Play but will not display image (only audio) after I imported the files into WMM.

Can some one please tell me if it is possible to convert MPEG4 into a file format that works in the Window Movie Maker? Which software I should use? If WMM doesn't take MPEG4, which other movie making software that I should try?

Please advise and thank you for your help in advance.

[johnebadbak]

AVS Converter will do the job..
want free video software www.doom9.org..

[johnebadbak]

try VLC media player www.videolan.org this player will play every format i have tried on it..i use it to play movies on my LCD tv through the pc connected to the tv.from the HDD on the pc.

[johnebadbak]

You can import files with the following file name extensions into Windows Movie Maker to use in your project:

Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma
Picture files: .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf
Video files: .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv

[sfscubaman]

Hi thank you for posting your advice. I went to www.domm9.org and there are a lot of different softward for download but didn't find the AVS converter. Is there one particular that named AVS or there are others?

After the MPEG4 files convert to AVI files, are they good to be edit in the Windows Movie Maker?

Thank you.

[johnebadbak]

http://mp4cam2avi.sourceforge.net/
i did a search in google found this one ...may suit your requirement.i think its freeware.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/
AVS is commercial software i use it for some conversions found it the best stable software.

I use some of the free software at doom9 found it excellent video editor
MPEG2Schnitt 0.90 require a demultiplexer/muxer..to use it.
.http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ImagoMPEG-Muxer
tmpgenc mpeg video editor i use the mpeg_tools in this program to demultiplex the mpeg video mpg formats.