windows movie maker codecs

[Don Glover]

I am trying to find where to download codes for the WMM. I have AVI files
that I have captured with my DV camera that creates AVI files but None of my
DVD creation programs including WMM likes the format. I CAN play them on
Windows Media Player, but WMM complains that I don't hav proper codes.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Probably DIVX or XVID (www.divx.com and ww.xvid.com)

The best way to edit movies that a digital camera (as opposed to a digital
camcorder) is to use a card reader.... copy the files to the hard drive and
then import them from the hard drive to Windows Movie Maker.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Don Glover" <corwyn at kolvir dot com> wrote in message
...
>I am trying to find where to download codes for the WMM. I have AVI files
> that I have captured with my DV camera that creates AVI files but None of
> my
> DVD creation programs including WMM likes the format. I CAN play them on
> Windows Media Player, but WMM complains that I don't hav proper codes.

[Don Glover]

Thanks. Good advice, but I did figure out what was going on. It turns out
that nero burning rom had installed a codec that allowed the videos to be
viewed but none of the DVD disc creators I have could use it.

I uninstalled nero and found a third party MPEG 4 codec and now everything
is happy again.
"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Probably DIVX or XVID (www.divx.com and ww.xvid.com)
>
> The best way to edit movies that a digital camera (as opposed to a digital
> camcorder) is to use a card reader.... copy the files to the hard drive and
> then import them from the hard drive to Windows Movie Maker.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging

[Arthur]

Are you at liberty to say what third party MPEG 4 codec you found? Also,
what do you use for MPEG 2 files? Thanks! -- Arthur

"Don Glover" wrote:

>
> Thanks. Good advice, but I did figure out what was going on. It turns out
> that nero burning rom had installed a codec that allowed the videos to be
> viewed but none of the DVD disc creators I have could use it.
>
> I uninstalled nero and found a third party MPEG 4 codec and now everything
> is happy again.
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Probably DIVX or XVID (www.divx.com and ww.xvid.com)
> >
> > The best way to edit movies that a digital camera (as opposed to a digital
> > camcorder) is to use a card reader.... copy the files to the hard drive and
> > then import them from the hard drive to Windows Movie Maker.
> > --
> > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > Printing & Imaging

[Don Glover]

It is called ffdshow and can be used found on source forge...


"Arthur" wrote:

> Are you at liberty to say what third party MPEG 4 codec you found? Also,
> what do you use for MPEG 2 files? Thanks! -- Arthur
>
> "Don Glover" wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks. Good advice, but I did figure out what was going on. It turns out
> > that nero burning rom had installed a codec that allowed the videos to be
> > viewed but none of the DVD disc creators I have could use it.
> >
> > I uninstalled nero and found a third party MPEG 4 codec and now everything
> > is happy again.
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > > Probably DIVX or XVID (www.divx.com and ww.xvid.com)
> > >
> > > The best way to edit movies that a digital camera (as opposed to a digital
> > > camcorder) is to use a card reader.... copy the files to the hard drive and
> > > then import them from the hard drive to Windows Movie Maker.
> > > --
> > > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > > Printing & Imaging