RE: Importing video into Movie Maker

I face the same problem.... on my new vista. Unfortunately microsoft doesnt
respond

"Swansong" wrote:

> I have same problem. I attended a bootcamp for speakers and received a video
> of my speech by disk for me to edit into a decent demo video. It is an .mpg
> file and windows movie maker won't import it. the error message I get is "
> could not be imported. An interface has too many methods to fire events
> from". I have no idea what this means and can't seem to find any answers
> anywhere to rectify the problem. Windows experts can't be that mean, not to
> give the error message but not the sway to find the solution, can they????????
> Mary
>
>
> "Trike" wrote:
>
> > I need to import a video I made for my local animal shelter into Movie Maker
> > so I can cut it into pieces for easy web viewing via YouTube or somesuch.
> >
> > I have an .mpg version I downloaded from one of the cable access stations
> > that broadcasts it, and I also have a DVD copy. I haven't tried loading it
> > via the DVD player because I don't see a way to do that.
> >
> > Videos are here (adding this link to quell any suspicion that I'm trying to
> > pirate DVDs or something):
> > http://www.mcam23.com/mpeg/movies/02...sPets/ForPets/
> >
> > I've read the other posts about converting .mpg files into .avi files, but
> > they all link to programs like VirtualDubMod which is 4 years old. Is that
> > program still viable, and is it easy to use? Money is tight, so freeware is
> > preferred and "easy" is pretty much a requirement.
> >
> > We're just trying to get the message out to help save puppies, kitties and
> > bunnies. Help!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Doug
> >
> > www.rescueleague.org