Importing films to Movie maker

[Aurora]

I am using Windows xp with Movie Maker ver 2.1

I used these sames videos when I was visiting my sister and on her Vista
system.
But on my system, I am having a lot of problems getting the videos into
Movie Maker. All of my videos have "mpeg" extentions, which is suppose to
be a supported file type. At first I got a message stating that I did not
have the codec. I followed the help instructions for automatically
downloading the codecs, but nothing seemed to happen. But now I am getting
this message.

"The file F:\Documents\Videos\Ava and Mommy - November 2008.mpeg cannot be
imported because the codec required to play the file is not installed on your
computer. If you have already tried to download and install the codec, close
and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to import the file again."

I have closed movie maker a couple of times, but am still unsuccessful at
importing my videos. In following the instructions, I went to tools in the
movie maker tool bar. Is that right or should I have been somewhere else to
try to download the codecs? Where in movie maker will I find the codecs? Is
version 2.1 the latest copy of Windows Movie Maker?

I would appreciate any help anyone can give me. I have a brand new grand
daughter and want to put my videos together to make a small DVD movie to
share with other relatives. thank you - Aurora

 

[John Inzer]

I am using Windows xp with Movie Maker ver 2.1

I used these sames videos when I was visiting my sister and on her
Vista system.
But on my system, I am having a lot of problems getting the videos
into Movie Maker. All of my videos have "mpeg" extentions, which is
suppose to be a supported file type. At first I got a message
stating that I did not have the codec. I followed the help
instructions for automatically downloading the codecs, but nothing
seemed to happen. But now I am getting this message.

"The file F:\Documents\Videos\Ava and Mommy - November 2008.mpeg
cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is not
installed on your computer. If you have already tried to download and
install the codec, close and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then
try to import the file again."

I have closed movie maker a couple of times, but am still
unsuccessful at importing my videos. In following the
instructions, I went to tools in the movie maker tool bar. Is that
right or should I have been somewhere else to try to download the
codecs? Where in movie maker will I find the codecs? Is version 2.1
the latest copy of Windows Movie Maker?

I would appreciate any help anyone can give me. I have a brand new
grand daughter and want to put my videos together to make a small DVD
movie to share with other relatives. thank you - Aurora

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Win XP has an earlier version of Movie Maker
and it has issues with MPEG files...hjave a look
at the frollowing articles:

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Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
or...
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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