can't import video into movie maker

Hi,

I have video clips in my documents that I would like to import into movie
maker. When I hit import and go to the file where my videos are, they don't
appear therefore I can't import them. I've changed the default to play in
windows media player. The videos were recorded with a digital camera (Kodak
Easyshare) and then put on my computer. Can someone help me. My operating
system is vista.


--
Thanks so much.

Joh/Paula -- Thanks for posting all the possible solutions to Paula's
problem (mine as well). However, I should warn that using the free online
"media converter" will create water-marked cideos with the water-marked ID of
"WWW.jpeg.com. THIS IS A PORNO SITE. I do not know if someone has hacked into
media converter or whether this was intended at that site, nonetheless, this
is fair warning to anyone who uses Media Converter.

It's sad too, because the converter seems to work well for me, though I have
not been able to get the sound to come up. I'm going to do a little more
checking for free converters and if I find nothing available, I'll go to a
commercial product.

Len Taliaferro

"John Inzer" wrote:

> paula wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have video clips in my documents that I would like to import into
> > movie maker. When I hit import and go to the file where my videos
> > are, they don't appear therefore I can't import them. I've changed
> > the default to play in windows media player. The videos were recorded
> > with a digital camera (Kodak Easyshare) and then put on my computer.
> > Can someone help me. My operating system is vista.
> ===============================
> Kodak cameras create QuickTime .mov files
> that are not compatible with movie maker.
>
> File type compatibility with Movie Maker
> http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
> or...
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tuto...mpatibility.htm
>
> Try using the following apps to convert
> QuickTime .mov files to a format that
> can be used in Movie Maker.
>
> QuickTime 7 Pro
> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/
> (this would be the retail version
> not the free one)
>
> SUPER © Simplified
> Universal Player Encoder & Renderer
> http://www.videohelp.com/tools/SUPER_1
> (the mirror download site is faster)
>
> Convert .mov using TMPGEnc
> and the TMPGEnc Mov Plugin
> http://www.videohelp.com/oldguides/tmpgenc
>
> More info:
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Converting
> MOV Files
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MOV.html
>
> Free online converter:
> MediaConvert
> http://media-convert.com/
>
> MOV to AVI Conversion Guide
> http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/mov2avi.html
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John -- Thanks for the response.

I followed your instructions to the letter EXCEPT for the download part.
Somehow, I missed the download button so after I converted my files I went
back to my originals and changed the file extensions tfrom MOV to AVI and the
videos came up with the watermark.

Obviously something is amiss...probably set up for idiots like me who can't
follow simple instructions. Nonetheless, I got the RAD tools and converted
all 36 clips with no further incidents. They're now loaded into MM and I
will be moving forward with building my little vacation movie.

I did think it a bit odd that the files were not converted with the AVI
extension in place on the converted files but I didn't think to go back and
look for a download button.

I've run my multiple virus protection programs and have found no problems
there so I really can't figure out why those watermarks would appear. I would
think that if the files had not been converted I would not have gotten an
image at all but in reading so much stuff about converting files I understand
that both AVI and MOV extensions are only shells for multiple types of files.
I have not tried simply changing an unconverted file's extension tofrom MOV
to AVI. I think I'll try to do this next and see what I come up with.

I truly appreciate all the information you provide both here and on your
website. It has been most helpful as I get into this video stuff.

Thanks very much for what you do

Len



"John Inzer" wrote:

> lental wrote:
> > Joh/Paula -- Thanks for posting all the possible solutions to Paula's
> > problem (mine as well). However, I should warn that using the free
> > online "media converter" will create water-marked cideos with the
> > water-marked ID of "WWW.jpeg.com. THIS IS A PORNO SITE. I do not know
> > if someone has hacked into media converter or whether this was
> > intended at that site, nonetheless, this is fair warning to anyone
> > who uses Media Converter.
> >
> > It's sad too, because the converter seems to work well for me, though
> > I have not been able to get the sound to come up. I'm going to do a
> > little more checking for free converters and if I find nothing
> > available, I'll go to a commercial product.
> >
> > Len Taliaferro
> ==========================================
> Sorry you had issues with the Media-Convert
> site but I use it all the time and have not
> experienced the issues you report. Maybe
> you clicked a link that took you away from the
> Media-Convert site.
>
> Were you converting a .mov file? The following
> steps work for me. (no porno and no watermarks)
>
> Apple Quicktime conversion instructions
>
> 1) In the "File" field...click the "Browse"
> button and navigate to the .mov file you
> wish to convert. When you select the
> file...the path will appear in the 'File' field.
>
> 2) The "Input format" field should automatically
> show..."Apple Quicktime (.mov)" leave it
> as is...
>
> 3) "Output" format has two drop windows...
> the field on the left will display, "No video
> preset"...leave it as is...
>
> 4) In the next drop window to the right
> you can choose the format you wish to
> convert to...try:
>
> Audio Video Interleave (.avi)
>
> 5) Left click the blue *OK* button.
>
> Now...wait for the file to be converted.
> (be patient)
>
> When the conversion is complete you will see:
>
> File successfull converted !
>
> Left click the Download button...the Save As
> screen will appear...left click the Save button /
> Choose a folder to save in...left click the Save
> button. When the file is downloaded you should
> be able to play it with Windows Media Player
> and it should be compatible with Movie maker.
>
> That's it! Good luck.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

the codec used for compression can add a watermark... it doesn't need to
come from the software using the codec.

For example, a Canopus DV codec won't add a watermark when used by Canopus
software, but when used by something like VirtualDub, the name Canopus will
be a big bolder watermark on any file created with it.
--
website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn (MVP)


"lental" <lental@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EDC898ED-96E5-452D-BC56-08B47D8454EB@microsoft.com...
> John -- Thanks for the response.
>
> I followed your instructions to the letter EXCEPT for the download part.
> Somehow, I missed the download button so after I converted my files I went
> back to my originals and changed the file extensions tfrom MOV to AVI and
> the
> videos came up with the watermark.
>
> Obviously something is amiss...probably set up for idiots like me who
> can't
> follow simple instructions. Nonetheless, I got the RAD tools and converted
> all 36 clips with no further incidents. They're now loaded into MM and I
> will be moving forward with building my little vacation movie.
>
> I did think it a bit odd that the files were not converted with the AVI
> extension in place on the converted files but I didn't think to go back
> and
> look for a download button.
>
> I've run my multiple virus protection programs and have found no problems
> there so I really can't figure out why those watermarks would appear. I
> would
> think that if the files had not been converted I would not have gotten an
> image at all but in reading so much stuff about converting files I
> understand
> that both AVI and MOV extensions are only shells for multiple types of
> files.
> I have not tried simply changing an unconverted file's extension tofrom
> MOV
> to AVI. I think I'll try to do this next and see what I come up with.
>
> I truly appreciate all the information you provide both here and on your
> website. It has been most helpful as I get into this video stuff.
>
> Thanks very much for what you do
>
> Len
>
>
>
> "John Inzer" wrote:
>
>> lental wrote:
>> > Joh/Paula -- Thanks for posting all the possible solutions to Paula's
>> > problem (mine as well). However, I should warn that using the free
>> > online "media converter" will create water-marked cideos with the
>> > water-marked ID of "WWW.jpeg.com. THIS IS A PORNO SITE. I do not know
>> > if someone has hacked into media converter or whether this was
>> > intended at that site, nonetheless, this is fair warning to anyone
>> > who uses Media Converter.
>> >
>> > It's sad too, because the converter seems to work well for me, though
>> > I have not been able to get the sound to come up. I'm going to do a
>> > little more checking for free converters and if I find nothing
>> > available, I'll go to a commercial product.
>> >
>> > Len Taliaferro
>> ==========================================
>> Sorry you had issues with the Media-Convert
>> site but I use it all the time and have not
>> experienced the issues you report. Maybe
>> you clicked a link that took you away from the
>> Media-Convert site.
>>
>> Were you converting a .mov file? The following
>> steps work for me. (no porno and no watermarks)
>>
>> Apple Quicktime conversion instructions
>>
>> 1) In the "File" field...click the "Browse"
>> button and navigate to the .mov file you
>> wish to convert. When you select the
>> file...the path will appear in the 'File' field.
>>
>> 2) The "Input format" field should automatically
>> show..."Apple Quicktime (.mov)" leave it
>> as is...
>>
>> 3) "Output" format has two drop windows...
>> the field on the left will display, "No video
>> preset"...leave it as is...
>>
>> 4) In the next drop window to the right
>> you can choose the format you wish to
>> convert to...try:
>>
>> Audio Video Interleave (.avi)
>>
>> 5) Left click the blue *OK* button.
>>
>> Now...wait for the file to be converted.
>> (be patient)
>>
>> When the conversion is complete you will see:
>>
>> File successfull converted !
>>
>> Left click the Download button...the Save As
>> screen will appear...left click the Save button /
>> Choose a folder to save in...left click the Save
>> button. When the file is downloaded you should
>> be able to play it with Windows Media Player
>> and it should be compatible with Movie maker.
>>
>> That's it! Good luck.
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer
>> MS Digital Media MVP
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>>
>>
>>

Waaalll...at my age I should well know not to assume anything. Unfortunately,
as you suspected, I thought you were Papajohn, who also responded here. In
any case, I appreciate your comments here and all of the info that papajohn
provides at well. Thanks very much!!!

Len

"John Inzer" wrote:

> lental wrote:
> > John -- Thanks for the response.
> >
> > I followed your instructions to the letter EXCEPT for the download
> > part. Somehow, I missed the download button so after I converted my
> > files I went back to my originals and changed the file extensions
> > tfrom MOV to AVI and the videos came up with the watermark.
> >
> > Obviously something is amiss...probably set up for idiots like me who
> > can't follow simple instructions. Nonetheless, I got the RAD tools
> > and converted all 36 clips with no further incidents. They're now
> > loaded into MM and I will be moving forward with building my little
> > vacation movie.
> >
> > I did think it a bit odd that the files were not converted with the
> > AVI extension in place on the converted files but I didn't think to
> > go back and look for a download button.
> >
> > I've run my multiple virus protection programs and have found no
> > problems there so I really can't figure out why those watermarks
> > would appear. I would think that if the files had not been converted
> > I would not have gotten an image at all but in reading so much stuff
> > about converting files I understand that both AVI and MOV extensions
> > are only shells for multiple types of files. I have not tried simply
> > changing an unconverted file's extension tofrom MOV to AVI. I think
> > I'll try to do this next and see what I come up with.
> >
> > I truly appreciate all the information you provide both here and on
> > your website. It has been most helpful as I get into this video stuff.
> >
> > Thanks very much for what you do
> >
> > Len
> =======================================
> I'm glad you found a solution.
>
> BTW...I don't have a website...you
> must be thinking of PapaJohn.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

You're welcome from this corner too....
--
website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn (MVP)


"lental" <lental@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7BC199B6-CEE2-4195-AE0B-288F53364CA3@microsoft.com...
> Waaalll...at my age I should well know not to assume anything.
> Unfortunately,
> as you suspected, I thought you were Papajohn, who also responded here. In
> any case, I appreciate your comments here and all of the info that
> papajohn
> provides at well. Thanks very much!!!
>
> Len
>
> "John Inzer" wrote:
>
>> lental wrote:
>> > John -- Thanks for the response.
>> >
>> > I followed your instructions to the letter EXCEPT for the download
>> > part. Somehow, I missed the download button so after I converted my
>> > files I went back to my originals and changed the file extensions
>> > tfrom MOV to AVI and the videos came up with the watermark.
>> >
>> > Obviously something is amiss...probably set up for idiots like me who
>> > can't follow simple instructions. Nonetheless, I got the RAD tools
>> > and converted all 36 clips with no further incidents. They're now
>> > loaded into MM and I will be moving forward with building my little
>> > vacation movie.
>> >
>> > I did think it a bit odd that the files were not converted with the
>> > AVI extension in place on the converted files but I didn't think to
>> > go back and look for a download button.
>> >
>> > I've run my multiple virus protection programs and have found no
>> > problems there so I really can't figure out why those watermarks
>> > would appear. I would think that if the files had not been converted
>> > I would not have gotten an image at all but in reading so much stuff
>> > about converting files I understand that both AVI and MOV extensions
>> > are only shells for multiple types of files. I have not tried simply
>> > changing an unconverted file's extension tofrom MOV to AVI. I think
>> > I'll try to do this next and see what I come up with.
>> >
>> > I truly appreciate all the information you provide both here and on
>> > your website. It has been most helpful as I get into this video stuff.
>> >
>> > Thanks very much for what you do
>> >
>> > Len
>> =======================================
>> I'm glad you found a solution.
>>
>> BTW...I don't have a website...you
>> must be thinking of PapaJohn.
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer
>> MS Digital Media MVP
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>>
>>
>>