Window Movie Maker

Is evil, and of course not the best editing program. But, don't ask why I'm using it over a better editing program, I just don't have patience for other right now, I have "Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 6.0" and "Nero 7.8.5.0 Ultra Edition Enhanced". Anyway when I tried to import a .avi video file into WMM it gave me this error:

"The File C:\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\example.avi cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is not installed on your computer. If you already tried to download and install the codec, close and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to import the file again."

But, Microsoft says:

"SUMMARY
You should be able to import the following media file formats into Microsoft Windows Movie Maker:
• Video Files: .asf, .avi, .wmv
• Movie Files: .mpeg, .mpg, .mlv, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe
• Audio Files: .wav, .snd., .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .wma, .mp3
• Windows Media Files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv
• Still Image Files: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .gif, .dib"

What gives? Help please. Does anyone know a link to download this codec so I can import a .avi video file and edit it.

 

Don't know what else to suggest apart from this. Import the clip into Vegas, then export as AVI. Then movie maker should import it. I've had to do this a few times and it usually works.

 

Well I want to try this codec, so I'm going to wait until someone knows which codec.

 

Are you using Win XP or Vista?

There is an article on Microsoft regarding WMM and it buginess in Vista so it may not be your codecs that are the problem.

 

The K-Lite Codec Pack has helped me out with WMP on quite a few occasions. K-Lite comes with an uninstaller so no sweat if it doesn't fit. I don't know why I haven't run into that problem with WMM, perhaps the source of the file is the problem. Didn't like Nero, too much overhead. Found free programs that fit my needs to replace it.
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Can you give me a link to the "K-Lite Codec Pack" please?

 

http://www.majorgeeks.com/K-Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack_d5230.html

 

OK, thanks it worked. But when I import a video or edit it, some weird Divx program keeps on opening and closing in the task bar, and it's called Divx Settings Manager, and the file is DivXsm.exe or something like that, I tried to kill it in the task manager but it quickly flashes in the list and goes away, it also flashes on and off in the task bar near the time.

 

Anyone know why its doing that?