why wont windows movie maker let me import videos?

lazavas · 10-03-2009, 08:14 AM

ive got a flv video it wont let me import, what type of file does it have to be to let me import it?

thanks

Jason Johns · 10-03-2009, 08:20 AM

Hi there,

Are you sure Windows Movie Maker supports FLV files? It may not as Microsoft are notoriously about using their own formats.

Check which formats it supports and you may need to use something else to convert the FLV file into a movie maker friendly format.

Cheers

Jason

lazavas · 10-03-2009, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Johns

Hi there,

Are you sure Windows Movie Maker supports FLV files? It may not as Microsoft are notoriously about using their own formats.

Check which formats it supports and you may need to use something else to convert the FLV file into a movie maker friendly format.

Cheers

Jason

thanks mate, i have actually downloaded prism video converter plus and have gotten around the problem by converting the file and not it works, thanks

CanEh! · 10-03-2009, 08:30 AM

You need to convert the FLV file to a AVI before you import to windows movie maker.

benny02 · 10-28-2010, 06:51 AM

Yeah in Windows Movie Maker program FLV video format require conversion to AVI etc. to get imported in the program for further editing. I think Window guys should provide it's compatibility with even more video formats especially today when we have so many video files that we need to edit and work upon further.

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benny02 Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: why wont windows movie maker let me import videos? Yeah in Windows Movie Maker program FLV video format require conversion to AVI etc. to get imported in the program for further editing. I think Window guys should provide it's compatibility with even more video formats especially today when we have so many video files that we need to edit and work upon further.