try to put a movie in windows movie maker

I made movies in movie maker before, but always with .jpg images.  now I would like to add a video from my camera, but when we download on the computer, it downloads as a. MOV file, which cannot be open in apple QuickTime.

How to convert the. MOV files. WMV files to work in movie maker?  or is there something more easy to operate?

I made movies in movie maker before, but always with .jpg images.  now I would like to add a video from my camera, but when we download on the computer, it downloads as a. MOV file, which cannot be open in apple QuickTime.

How to convert the. MOV files. WMV files to work in movie maker?  or is there something more easy to operate?

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As you have discovered, your .mov files are not compatible with Movie Maker.

To convert to a format compatible... the following freeware could be worth a try.

Pazera Free MOV to AVI Converter
http://www.Pazera-software.com/products/mov-to-AVI-Converter/
(click on the blue Download button not the Red)

The name of the file to download is:
'Pazera_Free_MOV_to_AVI_Converter.zip '.

After you download... Unzip and open the program...
(no installation required)

Drag and drop one or several .mov files...

Choose an output directory...

Select... WMV AVI - Video Codec - version 1 (WMP 7)...

Convert... (the button is on the top tool bar)

When the file is converted, you can change it in Windows
Movie Maker. Just open Movie Maker and go... File /.
Import into Collections and access your converted file.
John Inzer - MS - MVP - digital media experience

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