Unable to import MPG files

CAN ANYBODY HELP
I have a Sony DVD camcorder which seems to perform great. [this is 2 month
old] Having just been on a trip to Australia and Japan I have 3 discs [30
minutes each]] so these I transfered to my computer. Today I wanted to make
a movie out of these clips.. this is the message I get when I try to import
into WMM #clips\Cap0001.mpg could not be importrd. An interface has too many
methods to fire events from# Please help and explain what this means.
Thanks KARLES
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KARLES-Senior -New XP and really Novice Computer user, but do try and
sometimes quite successful!

DVDs use MPEG-2 files, which Movie Maker doesn't work with... You need to
use other software to convert the files into AVI files that work in MM2.

See the Digital Camcorders > Sony page of my site, and the Importing Source
Files > Video > Discs pages of my site for some info.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"KARLES" <KARLES@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFDC004F-155F-4DE6-BF1B-9DD1FD2ECBB3@microsoft.com...
> CAN ANYBODY HELP
> I have a Sony DVD camcorder which seems to perform great. [this is 2 month
> old] Having just been on a trip to Australia and Japan I have 3 discs [30
> minutes each]] so these I transfered to my computer. Today I wanted to
> make
> a movie out of these clips.. this is the message I get when I try to
> import
> into WMM #clips\Cap0001.mpg could not be importrd. An interface has too
> many
> methods to fire events from# Please help and explain what this means.
> Thanks KARLES
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> KARLES-Senior -New XP and really Novice Computer user, but do try and
> sometimes quite successful!

Thanks at least I now know there is nothing serious wrong with my computer or
my little knowledge!! Could I ask what kind of software there is around to do
this conversion? As I will need it all the time to make movies in MM.
Thank you
Karles

"PapaJohn" wrote:

> DVDs use MPEG-2 files, which Movie Maker doesn't work with... You need to
> use other software to convert the files into AVI files that work in MM2.
>
> See the Digital Camcorders > Sony page of my site, and the Importing Source
> Files > Video > Discs pages of my site for some info.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
> PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
> ..
> ..
> "KARLES" <KARLES@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FFDC004F-155F-4DE6-BF1B-9DD1FD2ECBB3@microsoft.com...
> > CAN ANYBODY HELP
> > I have a Sony DVD camcorder which seems to perform great. [this is 2 month
> > old] Having just been on a trip to Australia and Japan I have 3 discs [30
> > minutes each]] so these I transfered to my computer. Today I wanted to
> > make
> > a movie out of these clips.. this is the message I get when I try to
> > import
> > into WMM #clips\Cap0001.mpg could not be importrd. An interface has too
> > many
> > methods to fire events from# Please help and explain what this means.
> > Thanks KARLES
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > KARLES-Senior -New XP and really Novice Computer user, but do try and
> > sometimes quite successful!
>
>
>

The page about Sony camcorders has this post:

4/28/04 (Dave) - Right click the video thumbnail in Imagemixer and choose
"export as movie" - export to DV/AVI. Click the first of the check boxes for
resize options (not the second or both) - otherwise there are problems with
aspect ratio (on my machine anyway). The AVI files work a treat in MM2.

Does that work for you?
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"KARLES" <KARLES@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77259F19-D8D5-4744-B7E0-E219D2AEF7AB@microsoft.com...
> Thanks at least I now know there is nothing serious wrong with my computer
> or
> my little knowledge!! Could I ask what kind of software there is around to
> do
> this conversion? As I will need it all the time to make movies in MM.
> Thank you
> Karles
>
> "PapaJohn" wrote:
>
>> DVDs use MPEG-2 files, which Movie Maker doesn't work with... You need to
>> use other software to convert the files into AVI files that work in MM2.
>>
>> See the Digital Camcorders > Sony page of my site, and the Importing
>> Source
>> Files > Video > Discs pages of my site for some info.
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
>> PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
>> ..
>> ..
>> "KARLES" <KARLES@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FFDC004F-155F-4DE6-BF1B-9DD1FD2ECBB3@microsoft.com...
>> > CAN ANYBODY HELP
>> > I have a Sony DVD camcorder which seems to perform great. [this is 2
>> > month
>> > old] Having just been on a trip to Australia and Japan I have 3 discs
>> > [30
>> > minutes each]] so these I transfered to my computer. Today I wanted to
>> > make
>> > a movie out of these clips.. this is the message I get when I try to
>> > import
>> > into WMM #clips\Cap0001.mpg could not be importrd. An interface has too
>> > many
>> > methods to fire events from# Please help and explain what this means.
>> > Thanks KARLES
>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > KARLES-Senior -New XP and really Novice Computer user, but do try and
>> > sometimes quite successful!
>>
>>
>>

Hi Dave,
Thank you so much for the information and I am going to try that TODAY. So
that after my trip to Alaska [in September] I will be able to make a half
decent movie!!
I can't imagine were a senior with not that much knowledge would do without
the help of forums like this one.
I just love the new technologe around today.
Thanl you once again
KARLES

"PapaJohn" wrote:

> The page about Sony camcorders has this post:
>
> 4/28/04 (Dave) - Right click the video thumbnail in Imagemixer and choose
> "export as movie" - export to DV/AVI. Click the first of the check boxes for
> resize options (not the second or both) - otherwise there are problems with
> aspect ratio (on my machine anyway). The AVI files work a treat in MM2.
>
> Does that work for you?
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
> PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
> ..
> ..
> "KARLES" <KARLES@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77259F19-D8D5-4744-B7E0-E219D2AEF7AB@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks at least I now know there is nothing serious wrong with my computer
> > or
> > my little knowledge!! Could I ask what kind of software there is around to
> > do
> > this conversion? As I will need it all the time to make movies in MM.
> > Thank you
> > Karles
> >
> > "PapaJohn" wrote:
> >
> >> DVDs use MPEG-2 files, which Movie Maker doesn't work with... You need to
> >> use other software to convert the files into AVI files that work in MM2.
> >>
> >> See the Digital Camcorders > Sony page of my site, and the Importing
> >> Source
> >> Files > Video > Discs pages of my site for some info.
> >> --
> >> PapaJohn
> >>
> >> Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
> >> PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
> >> ..
> >> ..
> >> "KARLES" <KARLES@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FFDC004F-155F-4DE6-BF1B-9DD1FD2ECBB3@microsoft.com...
> >> > CAN ANYBODY HELP
> >> > I have a Sony DVD camcorder which seems to perform great. [this is 2
> >> > month
> >> > old] Having just been on a trip to Australia and Japan I have 3 discs
> >> > [30
> >> > minutes each]] so these I transfered to my computer. Today I wanted to
> >> > make
> >> > a movie out of these clips.. this is the message I get when I try to
> >> > import
> >> > into WMM #clips\Cap0001.mpg could not be importrd. An interface has too
> >> > many
> >> > methods to fire events from# Please help and explain what this means.
> >> > Thanks KARLES
> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > KARLES-Senior -New XP and really Novice Computer user, but do try and
> >> > sometimes quite successful!
> >>
> >>
> >>
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