Can't put video files into Windows Movie Maker

[madon37s]

Hi all

I have a Kodak easyshare (that's a laugh) Z915 and when I try and put my video's from it into Windows Movie Maker to create a movie it will not move over. I can move the video file from the CF card into my video's in my documents but when I "import video" from WMM it just isnt showing in the "my video's" file.

I have noticed that the file comes up as a "Quicktime movie" file, have even gone to "properties" and changed the opening program to Windows Media Player but it does not work when I click on play! it comes up with a sentence

 

"Windows media player cannot play the file. The player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file"

 

I would really like to be able to play around with these video's like adding music, titles, transitions etc.

 

Is there a way to change how the video's recorded on the Kodak digital camera are played/uploaded into the computer so WMM can import them.

 

I use Windows XP professional, 2GB of RAM 'Intel Pentium Dua CPU'l

 

Your help would be very appreciated, thank you.

 

Kind regards

 

Paul

[paulc]

The first thing i would try is to download K-lite codec pack. to see if the video's will play in windows media player. then try windows movie maker

 

hope it helps

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, in truth these Quicktime files are a nuisance, I recently went through this problem with a similar file that I needed to edit, in order to upload it to YouTube. Without paying for the Quicktime editor there is no other choice available that I could find, and believe me I searched. Consequently that video is still useless to me as I saw no reason to buy the Quicktime editor just for one video.

My advice is sell that camera and buy one that will produce video in a format that Windows Movie maker can handle.

if you do decide to do that, check out any prospective new camera and make sure it is one that comes with a software bundle that includes a video editor, I did when I bought my Panasonic SD card machine.

Nev.

[madon37s]

The first thing i would try is to download K-lite codec pack. to see if the video's will play in windows media player. then try windows movie maker

 

My advice is sell that camera and buy one that will produce video in a format that Windows Movie maker can handle.

 

Hi Paul

 

I may have to have a look at doing that, thanks.

 

Hi Nev

 

TBH mate I can't sell the camera as my wife bought it for me as my birthday present! I still have my Samsung digi camera and mybe I will use that for the odd video instead as that transfers onto WMP easily. I will have to see how much that codec pack is and what it does etc.

 

Kind regards to you both

 

Paul

[paulc]

Hi madon37s

there is a freeware program that you can get to convert quicktime files to mpeg files so you can work with them in windows movie maker.

it is easy to use

 

search for (any video converter freeware)

the k-lite codec pack is free aswell

 

hope it helps Paul

[madon37s]

Hi Paul

 

Thanks for that m8, I have already installed the K-lite codec pack (the standard one) but, unfortunately it still will not play on my WMP and the same error message is coming up!

 

"Windows media player cannot play the file. The player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file"

 

I don't have a clue now what I am supposed to be doing:(.

 

One thing to mention though is that when I looked at the video files in my video's the were not longer showing the "quicktime" logo on the file but it had I presume as the WMP circle with the quarter colours of red, green, yellow and blue.

 

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLPPPPP MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Kind regards

 

Paul

[paulc]

what i would do then is convert the files to a mpeg file

i have just use my Kodak easyshare c340 camera to capture a video (i forgot i had that camera)

saved the file to my computer and it was a quicktime file. i found the any video converter i had

i converted it with that and all went well wmp played it and i opened it in windows movie maker

 

sorry the k-lite codec did not work

Paul

[madon37s]

Paul

 

How do I convert the video file from Quicktime to a file that WMP understands or does it do it automatically?

 

Which converter do you use mate or does it not matter which one I use?

 

Kind regards

 

Paul

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, from Paul's description I had a look round, and I think he means this-

 

Free Video Converter - Any Video Converter Free Version - convert video to any formats, avi to MPEG, avi to MP4, flv to MPG

 

I haven't downloaded to try it yet myself, but it looks promising.

Nev.

[paulc]

The link that Nev has is the one i used

open any video converter. click add video

in the profile box click dvd video pal mpeg ( that is for europe)

dvd video ntsc (that is for U S A )

click convert

that is all you have to do

Paul

[Plastic Nev]

Thanks for that Paul, I have downloaded it, and will install it later to give it a try with this high definition QT file I have. I have to go out soon, hence installing to try later.

I tried searching everywhere a couple of months back to convert that file and gave up in the end, yet this program must have been there, just didn't find it.

Nev.

[madon37s]

I'm really sorry to be a pain but, I really am lost on this! I have downloaded the converter that Nev put on here, I have converted a Quicktime video file into a mpeg4 file and it shows in the "converted" mobile phone section (I don't know why it went into there though). I have put it into "my videos" in my documents on my pc but the same is still happening! when I try to "import" the video from the "my videos" section into WMM it isn't even showing in there but it definitely is!!!

 

I am getting a bit fed up now as I just don'y have the ability to work out what is going wrong.

 

Can someone do me a step by step instruction on how to do this simple task!!

 

Many thanks

 

Paul

[paulc]

Hi madon37s

in the converter in the profile box (top right had side) set that to (dvd video pal mpeg)

from the dropdown menu. then let it convert

 

i do not know if WMM will take in mpeg4 files

 

Paul

[madon37s]

Hi Paul

 

Have done that mate and it has worked!!:D It was the fact that it was set on the mobile phone mpeg4 setting but I didn't realise this until you told me that it was on the right hand side of the window, Cheers.

 

Kind regards

 

Paul

[paulc]

Well done Paul

have fun with your video's :)

 

glad i could help

Paul

[Plastic Nev]

And thanks also PaulC from me for that converter, I chose to convert to MPEG2 as I have a video editor that works best with that format and it certainly did the business for me too.

 

Paul (Maddon37s) nice loco's by the way, but I have driven steam and know which I prefer:D

However if using the Windows Moviemaker I suggest selecting WMV from that drop down menu, it may be a quicker conversion, and Moviemaker will work well with that format.

In my case it took two hours to convert 13 minutes of video. it was originally recorded on a friends camcorder and passed over to me on a USB flash drive. it turned out to be high definition H264 format which is a high quality Quick time large screen thing, so that is probably why it took so long to convert. Frame size is 1440X1080 and frames per second is 30. Now at standard MPEG2.

Nev.