Re: [PCWorks] How do you get Windows Movie Maker to recognize Flash files? And some tips to help crashing
- From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:58:39 -0400
Only free to try, and like every other free flv conversion program it
sticks a watermark on the file as well.
I only play the flv files as is. Sorry I can't be of more help here.
Peter Kaulback
On 4/13/2009 11:53 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> Thanks, I use SUPER.exe for conversions, but it's rather buggy,
> and there's actually too many options. Such as: convert to AVI
> or WMV (or dozens of others), and EACH using dozens and dozens
> of bitrates PLUS 6 to dozens of output video codecs EACH. It
> can take forever to figure out which of these countless options
> works best for each flv file. If WMM could to this, that would
> bypass all of that conversion BS. Or if there was a way to do
> a "lossless" conversion, sort of like where nothing is changed
> (for the worse at least), that would be nice.
>
> Do you know if there is a free version of "Moyea FLV to Video
> Converter Pro"?
> -Clint
>
> God Bless,
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> www.OrpheusComputing.com
> www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
> www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kaulback"
>
>
> Clint WMM won't work with flv files, so you must convert them
> first.
> It's so basic in XP and improved little more in Vista Ultimate.
>
> There is a tutorial for this process here
> http://forum.soft32.com/windows/convert-flv-avi-editing-windows-movie-maker-ftopict377328.html
> or http://tinyurl.com/d2k8ag
>
> HTH
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
> On 4/13/2009 9:52 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a way to get Windows Movie Maker to
>> recognize Flash files? If you drag a .flv file to it, it
>> won't
>> let you. Yet, under 'Options' and 'Compatibility', it has
>> Codecs AND filters FOR .flv files! So this doesn't make any
>> sense why they would even be listed there if there is no way
>> for WMM to work with flv files.
>>
>> FYI, for those that use WMM and have freeze ups and crashes
>> with certain file types, I've found out that by unchecking
>> boxes under that area mentioned above an help. For some
>> reason recently, .wmv files were the only files that were
>> working properly. .AVI and .mpg/mpeg files were causing
>> freezes. Before I tried another mpg file, I unchecked every
>> mpg or mpeg box I saw (to save time in finding which was
>> causing it), and there's no more problems with mpg files.
>> -Clint
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