Can I import MPEG-4 files into Windows Movie Maker in Windows Vista?

Anonymous
2009-08-16T21:07:02+00:00

Windows Media Player 11 recognizes and plays MPEG-4 just fine but WMM doesn't recognize them.  I would like to import some MPEG-4 files into Movie Maker and work with them - is there a codecs or something that allows this? 

I'm sure I can find a program to convert MP4 into a format MM will recognize but if possible I'd like to just skip the conversion step and work with MP4 directly in MM.

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2009-08-17T00:51:03+00:00

Windows Media Player 11 recognizes and plays MPEG-4 just fine but WMM doesn't recognize them.  I would like to import some MPEG-4 files into Movie Maker and work with them - is there a codecs or something that allows this? 

I'm sure I can find a program to convert MP4 into a format MM will recognize but if possible I'd like to just skip the conversion step and work with MP4 directly in MM.

Thanks!

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Movie Maker is not compatible with MP4 files...

best bet would be to convert them to .wmv.

The following freebie might be worth a try:

Format Factory

http://www.pcfreetime.com/

All to MP4 / 3GP / MPG / AVI / WMV / FLV / SWF.

All to MP3 / WMA / AMR / OGG / AAC / WAV.

All to JPG / BMP / PNG / TIF / ICO / GIF / TGA.

John Inzer - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-06T14:42:42+00:00

    My MPEG-4 and.3gp video files were downloaded to my Vista 32-bit PC from memory card, taken from cellphone.

    I had the same problem after uninstalling Nokia PC Suite: neither of these formats were recognised by Windows Media Player or Windows Movie Maker.

    Re-installing Nokia PC Suite solved the problem immediately: both MPEG-4 & .3gp formats accepted in WMP and WMM.

    I suggest downloading drivers/applications from the manufacturers (usually free) of the cellphone/camera.

    These appear to contain the necessary codecs for the video format which they produce.

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-10-05T02:40:33+00:00

    But how did it recognize it?

    I have the same problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-09-14T19:33:10+00:00

    First I installed Windows Live Movie Maker (under Windows Vista), and it would not recognize my MP4 files. After some surfing I decided to bow my head and convert my files before importing. I installed Format Factory from pcfreetime. Guess what? Windows Live Movie Maker suddenly recognized my MP4 files, without conversion, and I was able to trim and collate as desired. A streak of luck :)

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