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How to Import MP4 to Windows Movie Maker

"Windows Media Player 11 recognizes and plays MPEG-4 just fine but WMM doesn't. I would like to import some MPEG-4 files into Movie Maker and work with them - is there a codec or something that allows this?" Well, this problem occurs because MP4 is incompatible with Windows Movie Maker. To edit MP4 video files in Windows Movie Maker, you'll need to convert MP4 to Windows Movie Maker compatible formats like WMV or AVI.

Here Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate is highly recommended to help you convert MP4 to WMV or AVI for Windows Movie Maker. In addition, it can convert between all regular video/audio formats, including MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, M2TS, RMVB, WMA, OGG, MP3, FLAC, AIFF, etc. What's more, it's also a DVD ripper, DVD burner and online video downloader. Now download it and follow the steps below to complete your task.

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How to Convert MP4 Video for Windows Movie Maker

1Load MP4 videos

Install and run the program, then click Add Files button to load MP4 video files that you want to convert from your computer or camcorder (or other devices like USB, cell phone, etc). You can also directly drag the MP4 video files into the program.

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2Select output options

Select WMV or AVI as output format for Windows Movie Maker and choose a proper output path as the destination folder for the converted files.

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3 Start to convert MP4 to WMV/AVI format

Click "Convert" to start the conversion from MP4 to WMV/AVI for Windows Movie Maker. After video conversion, the video files are compatible with Windows Movie Maker. Just open Windows Movie Maker, click "Movie tasks" and select "Import video". Seconds later, the video files will be displayed on the main panel of Windows Movie Maker.

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  • wpsuperplugins  2013-05-12 12:27
    Nice, was looking for this
  • Aimersoft Employee  2013-04-08 01:26
    Hi, once purchased, apart from the watermarks, you can get rid of all the limitations of the trial version.
  • kme  2013-04-07 15:07
    after you buy the product will the watermarks be removed?
  • Gonzales_philryan  2013-03-07 19:46
    its really cool thanks
  • Ingram  2013-02-20 07:33
    It's not free, but you can try to see whether it meets your needs before you purchase the full version. (There will be watermarks on the output video files in the trial version.)
  • Kaantekin  2013-02-07 02:11
    is it free?
  • facebook-100001527598921  2012-09-17 11:47
    Thanks for help:)