trying to change an file ext.

[Guest]

I have downloaded an mini disc from my camcorder to hard drive, and now i
would like to edit it using movie maker, but it wouldn't except the original
file ext which was pdf. so i have changed ext to .wmv or .avi, and still
movie maker won't import it. Hope someone can help or if anyone knows of
another way of importing files. thanks

 

[LVTravel]

You need to go back to the instructions in the manual that came with your
camera to see the proper way to import a movie from the compact DVD into the
computer. It should NOT be imported as a pdf, which is not recognized by
WMM as it is a document file, but as either an AVI or WMV which are specific
file types. If your import program only imports as a MPG file, you will
probably also need to convert the image using a video converter program as
WMM has a problem with many MPG files.

See http://www.papajohn.org/, an excellent resource for WMM problems.

 

[Guest]

ok thankyou for your help.

You need to go back to the instructions in the manual that came with your
camera to see the proper way to import a movie from the compact DVD into the
computer. It should NOT be imported as a pdf, which is not recognized by
WMM as it is a document file, but as either an AVI or WMV which are specific
file types. If your import program only imports as a MPG file, you will
probably also need to convert the image using a video converter program as
WMM has a problem with many MPG files.

See http://www.papajohn.org/, an excellent resource for WMM problems.