How to edit IPod movies with Movie Maker on Windows XP

12Nov10

I have finally found a way to edit IPod movies (MPEG4 files) with Movie Maker on Windows XP!!! To make it work you have to download a program to your PC and use it to convert the IPod movie to a different format. Then Movie Maker can import and edit it.

1. Download Winff from http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html and install on your PC
2. Run Winff and then set the options as shown in this screen shot
3. Click the + button, add your file
4. Click Convert.
5. You should now be able open the AVI file with Movie Maker.

One other tip I’ll give you is, if you find that Windows Media Player won’t play your movie, download ffdshow from http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/ Don’t worry about changing anything in the setup (it can be quite complex), just install it and accept everything as is. You can play just about any file you like now.

Cheers, John

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