Re: Movie Maker won't recognize .avi files

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Smowrey wrote:
So I'm running Windows vista home premium 64 bit and I tried to edit
some .avi video files on my windows movie maker but when I tried to
edit the file it gave me a black screen in the preview box and only
recognized it as audio.

Does Windows Movie maker 64 bit not recognize .avi video files or is
there something I can do to fix this like download a patch?
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Try converting the .avi files to a compatible format
like .wmv before you import into Movie Maker.

Have a look at the following links:

Movie Maker 2 -
Importing AVI Files
http://tinyurl.com/2nncyj
or...
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-AVI.html

Converting to.wmv with Windows Media Encoder
might be worth a try:

Windows Media Encoder
http://tinyurl.com/bbal
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5691ba02-e496-465a-bba9-b2f1182cdf24&displaylang=en

How do I convert other video file formats to WMV?
http://tinyurl.com/2o8uso
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0065.mspx


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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk


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