iPod Nano Video with Windows Movie Maker

Hello trubol,

According to the same document is says you should be able to view it using Quicktime, Windows Movie Maker, or Windows Media Player.

"Once the recorded video is copied to your PC, double-click on the file to watch the video using QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker, or Windows Media Player. See the documentation that came with your computer for assistance. Note that, with Windows XP, Microsoft Movie Maker 2.5 or later is recommended for video importing and editing (Microsoft Movie Maker version 6.0 or later is recommended for Windows Vista)."

If your machine has all the most current updates, you shouldn't have to worry about upgrading your version of Windows Movie Maker either.

Hope this helps.

B-rock

Are you able to import the video properly into Movie Maker or is that where the problem lies?

What exactly is happening? Let me know because you should be able to edit it as explained in the Apple support documented you provided above. Would love to help. 😉

B-rock

trubol wrote:
No, I am not able to import the video into Movie Maker. Movie Maker gives me an error message that says it does not support the file format.
The documentation refers to Movie Maker Version 2.5, which I cannot find. I don't know if that accepts .mp4 files. I also don't know if the new Movie Maker for Vista/7 accepts .mp4. My version of Movie Maker (2.1 build 5.0) will not import the clips.

Movie Maker Version 2.5 is available with Windows XP Media Center Edition.

You can trim or convert the video in QuickTime Pro or some other 3rd-party utility.
This webpage: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/ provides more details about QuickTime Pro and its features.

-Jason

im having the exact same problem. I have a Vista, and it keeps on telling me that it doesn't recognize the file. Is it because it is .mp4? I thought it said on the support page that you don't have to convert it to watch it on Windows Media Player..... 😟

Found a fix. Right mouse click the video in Windows Explorer and say Open with. Then click Choose default program. Then click the drop down box or select browse. Then select Windows media player. Make sure Always use selected player to open file is checked. Then hit ok. Now you can import it with movie maker. 🙂

Yes, I've tried that already. I tried it again, but it still tells me that it can't play it on Windows Media Player because it is .mp4. I don't understand at all becuase it even said on the apple support page that you can watch it on Windows!

Do you have Windows Media Player 11? When you look at the file in Windows Explorer does it show the quicktime logo next to it or a Windows media player logo or does it show part the video?

Yes, I just checked and I have Windows Media 11 for Vista. Do you know if Windows supports .mp4?

Message was edited by: iPawd428

I found a free download video editing program called MPEG_Streamclip that will convert MPG4 to avi files that Movie Maker will accept and you can edit it there on XP. I understand that Windows 7 Movie maker will accept MPEG4, just not XP maching version like I have. This is a real pain, and I wished Apple had given us an easier way to edit the nano video files on our XP machines.

You can use the AVS Video Editing software to import MPEG-4 Movie files in the same way you'd import .avi files into Windows Movie Maker. Also, the AVS Video Editor will allow you to import iTunes .mp4 audio files and incorporate them into your soundtrack. If you still want to use Windows Movie Maker for your video editing you can also use video conversion software from the same company, i.e. AVS Video Converter 6, to convert from MPEG-4 into .avi or .wmv format. I've found converting to .wmv to be considerably slower than converting to .avi though. Here's a link to the AVS video software offerings below. BTW, the AVS Video Editor can be used for free, while there's a charge for the Converter.

* As always, exercise caution when using Shareware. So far my own experience has been good.


http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Editor.aspx?type=GoogleAdWordsSearch&gclid=CMKa 0-yPqp8CFQ975QodU24Y1Q