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MP4 in Windows Movie Maker 2.6?

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  • Started 3 years ago by Wevenhuis
  • Latest reply from at0mic
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Wevenhuis
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I have a problem, that my windows movie maker 2.6 apparently can not open mp4 files. On Windows Live Movie Maker, the program even crashes when I open an mp4 file. What can I do to get my MM 2.6 to recognize the MP4 formats?

I have a quad core computer with 3 Gb RAM running windows 7.

Thanks in advance!

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vistual
vistual
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converting them over to a format that it can handle will do the trick.
check out this guide and do a quick search for the app to give it a try - let us know how it goes.

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Wevenhuis
Posts: 13

Thanks!

Unfortunately the guide only ofered a maxium 5 minute conversion in what appears to be a trial version. So this didn't help much. I was looking for a patch, add-on or codec update for 2.6 so it can accept mp4's. Have you got any idea on this?

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vistual
vistual
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yeah - a codec pack might help ( i dont know ) but youll see alot of people will advise against them ....
here's another converter & its free

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LH
LH
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A specific codec is OK, just not a pack.

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at0mic
at0mic
Posts: 420

convert to WMV with Format Factory

uninstall all the Windows Live junk with Revo Uninstaller

then follow this guide to install WMM from Vista WMM 6.0

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