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!

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments
Answer accepted by question author
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!

====================================================

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

Was this answer helpful?

10+ people found this answer helpful.
0 comments

44 additional answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2012-09-24T11:20:52+00:00

    That's like magic. Worked perfectly and instantly, thanks for the tip!

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2012-07-26T12:23:11+00:00

    Orbilin -

    Tried all the above.

    How did you get it to work??

    Thanks!

    ZAB06

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2012-05-22T19:06:12+00:00

    It totally  worked for me too!  

    I downloaded  & installed the http://www.pcfreetime.com/ Format Factory

    I had previously downloaded ffdshow per this thread: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-sound/windows-movie-maker-cannot-read-mp4-files/57c137ea-a400-460e-b983-92827bce341f?auth=1

    Thanks a ton!!!

    my machine is a Vista Premuim 32 bit.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2012-04-16T16:22:16+00:00

    <removed>

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments