Movie Maker:
Apologies if I am in the wrong area but I am a grandmother trying hard to get video and or photo footage into movie maker to make a movie of grandchildren. I can drag (or copy) the first photo/movie, but when I try to add others to make one longer movie it will not accept. does anyone know why?. Dont know anything about Codecs, or technical jargon or if its the type of photo/movie I an trying to import so will need simple explanation. thanks

Originally Posted by heathert1

Movie Maker:
Apologies if I am in the wrong area but I am a grandmother trying hard to get video and or photo footage into movie maker to make a movie of grandchildren. I can drag (or copy) the first photo/movie, but when I try to add others to make one longer movie it will not accept. does anyone know why?. Dont know anything about Codecs, or technical jargon or if its the type of photo/movie I an trying to import so will need simple explanation. thanks

1. It is best if you FIRST import all the pictures and movies into Windows Movie Maker > then insert them to the Timeline/Storyboard.

2. Windows Movie Maker ONLY accept the following video file formats.....
.asf, .dv-avi, .dvr-ms, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, .wmv

If your movies' file formats are NOT in the list above, Windows Movie maker will not take them.
In that case, you will need to google for a free video converter and use it to do the conversion.
The best video file format to convert to is WMV. It is the best and most reliable for Windows.

What is a file format ?
The file format is represented by the last 3 letters of the file.

Adding :
No need to buy a video converter. There are many FREE converters which will do the job fine.... unless you are a video buff or something.
I use Prism for video conversion. It does the job for me.

shadowjk & t-4-2

Thanks you for taking the time to reply.

The videos I have tried have a MTS extension and on my computer will open with power dvd. I do not get an error message it just will not play anything after the first video so I am unable to string several short videos together to make one long one.
t-4-2 It appears from what you say that movie maker will not accept the format from my videos. How do I go about getting a converter, do I have to put in what I want to convert from and what I want to convert to. Again apologies for lack of knowledge, but only just starting with the pictures/video stuff.

Originally Posted by heathert1

shadowjk & t-4-2

Thanks you for taking the time to reply.

The videos I have tried have a MTS extension and on my computer will open with power dvd. I do not get an error message it just will not play anything after the first video so I am unable to string several short videos together to make one long one.
t-4-2 It appears from what you say that movie maker will not accept the format from my videos. How do I go about getting a converter, do I have to put in what I want to convert from and what I want to convert to. Again apologies for lack of knowledge, but only just starting with the pictures/video stuff.

How to convert videos with Prism Video Converter - youtube video demo.
YouTube - ‪How To: Use Prism Video Converter! (For Beginners!) HQ‬‏

Originally Posted by heathert1

shadowjk & t-4-2

Thanks you for taking the time to reply.

The videos I have tried have a MTS extension and on my computer will open with power dvd. I do not get an error message it just will not play anything after the first video so I am unable to string several short videos together to make one long one.
t-4-2 It appears from what you say that movie maker will not accept the format from my videos. How do I go about getting a converter, do I have to put in what I want to convert from and what I want to convert to. Again apologies for lack of knowledge, but only just starting with the pictures/video stuff.

Here is a screenshot illustration of 3 simple steps to convert video file using Prism......

( I missed one last step .... click Convert.)

Solve problems for you（ I see it from the social networking site）

Flickr: Discussing The difference of Windows Movie Maker and QuickTime Movie Maker! in Enjoy video and audio without any limitation!

A small piece of advice - in lieu of Windows Movie Maker use the Windows Live Movie Maker. It is much easier to use than WMM, supports more codecs and the output quality is a LOT better.