windows movie maker "codec"??

[Katie Grant needs help!]

HELP ME PLEASE!! I dont know what I'm doing and this video must be edited by
tonight. Every clip is in MPG format. I already tried to download and install
the codec by going to options..general..download codacs automatically. I just
want to import the clips but it keeps telling me this...

"The file \\Generaladmin\videos\Morton Video\M2U00755.MPG cannot be imported
because the codec required to play the file is not installed on your
computer. If you have already tried to download and install the codec, close
and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to import the file again."

 

[Gord Dibben]

Re: windows movie maker "codec"??

From a John Inzer post in WMM news groiup

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WMM has problems with mpg files.

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee

Also:

How do I convert an mpeg to WMV
with Windows Media Encoder?
http://tinyurl.com/2m4gob

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Gord

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:56:02 -0700, Katie Grant needs help! <Katie Grant
needs help!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>HELP ME PLEASE!! I dont know what I'm doing and this video must be edited by
>tonight. Every clip is in MPG format. I already tried to download and install
>the codec by going to options..general..download codacs automatically. I just
>want to import the clips but it keeps telling me this...
>
>"The file \\Generaladmin\videos\Morton Video\M2U00755.MPG cannot be imported
>because the codec required to play the file is not installed on your
>computer. If you have already tried to download and install the codec, close
>and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to import the file again."

 

[cavalier]

RE: windows movie maker "codec"??

>cavalier wrote ,maybe to late to help but download Prism Video Converter
from NCH Software and convert files to avi for use with movie maker.The best
part is its free.

"Katie Grant needs help!" wrote:

> HELP ME PLEASE!! I dont know what I'm doing and this video must be edited by
> tonight. Every clip is in MPG format. I already tried to download and install
> the codec by going to options..general..download codacs automatically. I just
> want to import the clips but it keeps telling me this...
>
> "The file \\Generaladmin\videos\Morton Video\M2U00755.MPG cannot be imported
> because the codec required to play the file is not installed on your
> computer. If you have already tried to download and install the codec, close
> and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to import the file again."