How to turn something from an Mp4 into something else that plays well with WIndows Movie maker, without losing my HD goodness? I know there are a ton of websites and free programs that will do the conversion, but the few I've tried don't do it in HD. Any suggestions?
Movie Maker that is built into Windows 7 will work with HD video.
VLC has a plugin (handbrake) that will convert video between formats and is open source.
Either way, it will take a while to do unless you've got a decent system.
In reply to Drewsifer:
Stop using Movie Maker, avoid problem?
I've had good success with Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) using the standard high profile to change the container type from .avi to .mkv. Plus there's a lot of options depending upon the video type to clean up the video. There's also a large community surrounding it, makes it pretty easy to figure out issues and get good tutorials.
ansonivan wrote: In reply to Drewsifer: Stop using Movie Maker, avoid problem?
You gonna buy me something else to use?
I'll check out handbrake. I love my VLC player, thanks for the tip.
If you're doing not for profit work I would recommend using a trial version of adobe premiere pro.
http://mp4cam2avi.sourceforge.net/ - this may help with conversion if you're truly stuck with movie maker.
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