I am trying to get videos from my camera to window's movie maker.?

Question

The file says it is avi and it wont let me open the file without seeing the actual video.....just the audio? any help that wont cost any money please? thanks!

Answer 1

movie maker will not accept avi formats. you need to download divx or something similar to watch them. If you want to edit, you will have to get some software for editing. Try it on download.com before you buy it.

Answer 2

WMM supports these file types.

 Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma

 Picture files: .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf

 Video files: .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv

I got this from the help section in WMM, worth taking a look at.

I'm not sure why you can't open an avi file. You don't say what kind of camcorder you are using?

If you have a mini dv (cassette) camcorder….

Your dv camcorder needs a firewire connection (ieee 1394) in order to download video, your PC probably did not come with a firewire port, so you will have to buy one and install it, since most computers (except possibly brand new) don't come with a firewire port, your camcorder did not come with a firewire cord so you have to purchase a cord too. Your camcorder did come with a USB cord and that is used for downloading stills from your camcorder. Make sure your camera is in playback mode.