How do I change the file type of a video?

Me and my friend made a video and I was trying to edit it on Windows Movie
Maker as i always do but i hit a huge snag. It's the wrong file type and I
don't know how to change it. I seriously need help. Please!

What filetype is it?

There are many convertors out there.

Do a net search for video file converters


Gord

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:26:01 -0700, BadLuckPixi
<BadLuckPixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Me and my friend made a video and I was trying to edit it on Windows Movie
>Maker as i always do but i hit a huge snag. It's the wrong file type and I
>don't know how to change it. I seriously need help. Please!

Check my website's Import Movie Source Files section.
--
website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn (MVP)


"BadLuckPixi" <BadLuckPixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news3AF7C82-38E3-4469-B769-9FFD9153B8FA@microsoft.com...
> Me and my friend made a video and I was trying to edit it on Windows Movie
> Maker as i always do but i hit a huge snag. It's the wrong file type and I
> don't know how to change it. I seriously need help. Please!

It's AVI file type and I need to to go into Windows Movie Maker. Is it
possible to convert it to the correct file type?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

> What filetype is it?
>
> There are many convertors out there.
>
> Do a net search for video file converters
>
>
> Gord
>
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:26:01 -0700, BadLuckPixi
> <BadLuckPixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Me and my friend made a video and I was trying to edit it on Windows Movie
> >Maker as i always do but i hit a huge snag. It's the wrong file type and I
> >don't know how to change it. I seriously need help. Please!
>
>

See PapaJohn's reply.

I don't know why I didn't think of his site to start with.

In case you missed it, here is the link to his site.

http://www.papajohn.org/

At left side menu expand "Import Movie Source Files" then Video>AVI


Gord



On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:53:06 -0700, BadLuckPixi
<BadLuckPixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>It's AVI file type and I need to to go into Windows Movie Maker. Is it
>possible to convert it to the correct file type?
>
>"Gord Dibben" wrote:
>
>> What filetype is it?
>>
>> There are many convertors out there.
>>
>> Do a net search for video file converters
>>
>>
>> Gord
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:26:01 -0700, BadLuckPixi
>> <BadLuckPixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Me and my friend made a video and I was trying to edit it on Windows Movie
>> >Maker as i always do but i hit a huge snag. It's the wrong file type and I
>> >don't know how to change it. I seriously need help. Please!
>>
>>

I would use something like avicodec first to determine which one of the 800+
video avi file types you have, then convert it to wmv using one of hundreds
of free converters on the web, google divx to wmv converter where divx is
your avi file type, or see some on this page
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPa...Programmes.htm

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"BadLuckPixi" <BadLuckPixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:698720A5-003B-4666-B0D2-A434CF557A12@microsoft.com...
> It's AVI file type and I need to to go into Windows Movie Maker. Is it
> possible to convert it to the correct file type?
>
> "Gord Dibben" wrote:
>
>> What filetype is it?
>>
>> There are many convertors out there.
>>
>> Do a net search for video file converters
>>
>>
>> Gord
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:26:01 -0700, BadLuckPixi
>> <BadLuckPixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Me and my friend made a video and I was trying to edit it on Windows
>> >Movie
>> >Maker as i always do but i hit a huge snag. It's the wrong file type and
>> >I
>> >don't know how to change it. I seriously need help. Please!
>>
>>