Let me guess, no MJPEG support with Movie Maker 5.1?

Myt digital camera outputs mjpeg, like most. But when I import it into
Movie Maker I can't play it, so I can't see what I'm cutting or adding.

Wojo
Tue Dec 19 09:48:36 CST 2006

I don't know about the "like most" part but if your camcorder is digital
then it should have a firewire port on it.
Use that connection (if you don't have a port on the computer a firewire
card is rather inexpensive) and import
directly into Movie Maker. This way MPEG isn't an issue as you are capturing
video and saving it as DV-AVI or WMV video.
--
-Wojo
MVP - Windows Digital Media
www.wojos-web.co.nr

"Edward" <Edward.Nuxters@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Myt digital camera outputs mjpeg, like most. But when I import it into
> Movie Maker I can't play it, so I can't see what I'm cutting or adding.
>

Edward
Wed Dec 20 07:10:24 CST 2006


Wojo wrote:
> I don't know about the "like most" part but if your camcorder is digital
> then it should have a firewire port on it.
> Use that connection (if you don't have a port on the computer a firewire
> card is rather inexpensive) and import
> directly into Movie Maker. This way MPEG isn't an issue as you are capturing
> video and saving it as DV-AVI or WMV video.
> --
> -Wojo
> MVP - Windows Digital Media
> www.wojos-web.co.nr
>
> "Edward" <Edward.Nuxters@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165884360.371760.123560@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> > Myt digital camera outputs mjpeg, like most. But when I import it into
> > Movie Maker I can't play it, so I can't see what I'm cutting or adding.
> >

Where did I say it was a camcorder?
It is a digital still camera with some video capabilities. Canon Sd400.

John
Wed Dec 20 09:33:44 CST 2006

Edward wrote:
> Where did I say it was a camcorder?
> It is a digital still camera with some video capabilities. Canon
> Sd400.
================================
You may have some incompatibility issues
with your source files. Have a look at the
following articles:

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

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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

Edward
Wed Dec 20 14:26:50 CST 2006


John Inzer wrote:
> Edward wrote:
> > Where did I say it was a camcorder?
> > It is a digital still camera with some video capabilities. Canon
> > Sd400.
> ================================
> You may have some incompatibility issues
> with your source files. Have a look at the
> following articles:
>
> File type compatibility with Movie Maker
> http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> 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


Yes, I love how the most common file format gives it trouble... jpeg.
Soon Windows won't work with hard drives.

Wojo
Mon Jan 08 23:55:21 CST 2007

You said mjpeg and I dropped the j instead of the m in what I took to be a
typo.
Also you said you can't "play" it in movie maker so I assumed by that as
there was a lack of information provided.

Sorry for the confusion. Yes it is true that jpeg "sometimes" gives WMM
trouble but it is rare.
As far as jpeg being "the most common file format" I would say it isn't any
more common than GIF or BMP.

-Wojo

"Edward" <Edward.Nuxters@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wojo wrote:
>> I don't know about the "like most" part but if your camcorder is digital
>> then it should have a firewire port on it.
>> Use that connection (if you don't have a port on the computer a firewire
>> card is rather inexpensive) and import
>> directly into Movie Maker. This way MPEG isn't an issue as you are
>> capturing
>> video and saving it as DV-AVI or WMV video.
>> --
>> -Wojo
>> MVP - Windows Digital Media
>> www.wojos-web.co.nr
>>
>> "Edward" <Edward.Nuxters@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1165884360.371760.123560@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> > Myt digital camera outputs mjpeg, like most. But when I import it into
>> > Movie Maker I can't play it, so I can't see what I'm cutting or adding.
>> >
>
> Where did I say it was a camcorder?
> It is a digital still camera with some video capabilities. Canon Sd400.
>