Importing video files -- error "file does not contain any info"

[Guest]

I want to edit a MPG file in my harddrive. I clicked "Import video", choose
my file, and the following error message appeared. What does this message
mean?

The file C:\Documents and Settings\Hannabelle\My Documents\My
Videos\Hannabelle1.MPG is not valid because it does not contain any
information.

I don't understand this because the file is 2.5 GB long. Is it too big for
Movie Maker?

 

[Rehan]

Movie Maker does not support editing MPG files (properly). If youmust edit
in MM then convert it to an AVi format using VirtualDubMod.

 

[John Kelly]

Hello,

For the best possible source of info go to www.videohelp.com/convert and
explore the documents there and the offered programs for conversion to
either WMV (if you must) or AVI.

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[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

.... and check my Importing Source Files > Video > MPEG-2 website page
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