Error message - "Unable to import"

[Guest]

I have video footage captured using Pinnacle Studio 9 which saved it as an
avi file. When I tried to use it in Movie Maker I got the "unable to import"
error message. I captured the same original footage using Movie Maker which
saved it as a wmv file. When I tried to import the file which Movie Maker
had just created I got the same "unable to import" error message. What's
going on here? Thanks for any help.

 

[Graham Hughes]

For the WMV it sounds like you may have either a corrupted movie maker
installation, see here and visit the link at the bottom
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/ProblemPages/MovieMakerDoesNotAppearAfterInstallingSP2.htm

or

The wmv got corrupted on capture. Try capturing as a dv-avi file
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/HowToCaptureDV-AVI.htm

Pinnacle probably uses a different type of avi to MM, so by using one of the
converters listed here you can change it over and use it. No loss of
quality.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm

This explains the differences
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/dv-aviFiles.htm