Edit video in Formats not From Microsoft in Live
Movie Maker
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Microsoft released Windows Live Movie Maker on August 19, 2009 as part of a refresh to their Windows Live Essentials download. Windows Live Movie Maker makes it easier for people to turn videos and photos into quality movies and slideshows, Microsoft said. It can import video and still images direct from cameras, and lets users add transitions, music and effects such as customised credits.
While you are trying it out, you may encounter a problem like 3GP files can't be added to Windows Live Movie Maker. Or it can't be played in Window Live Movie Maker. And many other video files as well, such as RM, RMVB, DAT and HD video formats: MTS, TS, HD MKV, HD WMV, and HD MOV, etc. It's quite necessary to get familiar with what all those files that could be imported to Windows Live Movie Maker.
Here are the types of file from www.help.live.com which are compatible with Windows Live Movie Maker; you can add the following types of video, photo, and audio files to Windows Live Movie Maker.
| Supported file types in Windows Live Movie Maker | |
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| Video file types (format) | File name extensions |
| Windows Media Video (WMV) files | .WMV |
| Windows Media files | .ASF and .WM |
| AVCHD files | .M2TS and .M2T |
| Apple QuickTime files | .MOV and .QT |
| DV-AVI files | .AVI |
| Microsoft Recorded TV Show files | .DVR-MS and .WTV |
| MPEG-4 movie files | .MP4, .MOV, and .M4V |
| MPEG-2 movie files | .MPEG, .MPG, .MPE, .M1V, .MP2, .MPV2, .MOD, and .VOB |
| MPEG-1 movie files | .M1V |
| Motion JPEG files | .AVI and .MOV |
| Photo file types (format) | File name extensions |
| Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) files | .JPG and .JPEG |
| Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files | .TIF and .TIFF |
| Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) files | .GIF |
| Bitmap files | .BMP |
| Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files | .PNG |
| HD Photo files | .WDP |
| Audio file types (format) | File name extensions |
| Windows Media Audio (WMA) files | .ASF, .WM, and .WMA |
| Pulse-code Modulation (PCM) audio files | .AIF, .AIFF, and .WAV |
| Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio files | .M4A |
| MP3 audio files | .MP3 |
Notes:
• Video and music files that are protected with digital rights management (DRM) can't be used in Windows Live Movie Maker.
• Support for using MPEG-2 and Microsoft Recorded TV Show video files in your movie is available only if your computer is running one of the following editions of Windows Vista or Windows 7: Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, or Windows 7 Ultimate.
• AVCHD video files that contain Dolby Digital audio can be used in Windows Live Movie Maker if your computer is running one of the following editions of Windows 7: Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, or Windows 7 Ultimate.
• MPEG-4 video files that contain AAC audio can be used if you're using Movie Maker on a computer running Windows 7.
• Some MPEG-4 video files can be used when you're using Movie Maker on a computer running Windows Vista if the necessary audio and video codecs are installed.
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First of all, it supports almost all kinds of video formats, such as AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, DAT, MOV and HD video formats: MTS, M2TS(AVCHD H.264), TS(MPEG-2), HD MKV(H.264, MPEG-2 HD), HD WMV(VC-1), and HD MOV(H.264, MPEG-4).
Secondly, it provides powerful video editing function, such as crop, trim, adjust video effect, add watermark, etc. Also, there are 42+ menu templates and 60+ transitions effects for you to choose from. Thirdly, Windows Live Movie Maker can only generate WMV files directly, which Video to DVD Burner supports burn video to DVD disc, DVD Folder and ISO file.
