crabstix Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I have 20 video files each abpout 5 minutes long. I need to merge them together and then edit them by cutting out unnecessary parts. I used a sony video camera and videod the footage in MPEG2 format. I used my friend's camera. Now I have the files on my laptop. When I dragged those files onto windows movie maker it would not accept them so i converted them to avi hoping that it would work but it didn't! So I tried converting to wmv. No luck either. Windows movie maker would not accept them. It says 'unspecified error' What am I doing wrong? Ultimately I want to slice the video to make a 7 minute video so that I can upload it to youtube Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simcity Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I have 20 video files each abpout 5 minutes long. I need to merge them together and then edit them by cutting out unnecessary parts. I used a sony video camera and videod the footage in MPEG2 format. I used my friend's camera. Now I have the files on my laptop. When I dragged those files onto windows movie maker it would not accept them so i converted them to avi hoping that it would work but it didn't! So I tried converting to wmv. No luck either. Windows movie maker would not accept them. It says 'unspecified error' What am I doing wrong? Ultimately I want to slice the video to make a 7 minute video so that I can upload it to youtube Any ideas? This two programs are great Quick Media Converter From: http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/ And if one file has error I use this one super@ http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html both programs are free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 AVI is a movie container rather than a codec (Google the difference). Possibly the main problem is that the original codec of these movie clips is not supported by Windows Movie Maker, and if that is the case then changing the container won't help, you'll need to do a full re-encoding of the file. Personally I use Media Coder for all types of conversions, but I don't know whether it will help you make the files acceptable for Windows Movie Maker or not. Still, might be worth a shot as it does conversions between all manner of formats and is 100% free. (The developer asks you to donate if you like it, but there is no need to do so if you don't want to.) To analyze your movie files in depth I recommend you to download MediaInfo. It is a free tool that analyzes all types of media files for technical data. Very useful and the right tool to use if you need to troubleshoot on online forums, because people who know their stuff will often be able to see what the problem is if you give them a log of the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballbreaker Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) You may need Sony MovieShaker software that should have come with the camera. Which Sony camera did you use? If its a Sony camera that uses micromv format (micro size tape) then it will require MovieShaker to download to hard drive and a program called mmv2mpg for converting to standard mpeg 2 format after its on the hard drive. You should then be able to use any editor program. Edited November 10, 2008 by ballbreaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) Virtualdub can join/edit avis. Edited November 10, 2008 by katana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Don't convert and lose quality. Use an MPEG2 editor. Found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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