Please Help A Muppet.

[Mr Burns]

My mate burned some video-camera clips onto a DVD and when I go to view them it says...

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."

What do I do!?

 

[Moz168]

Download VLC.

Guaranteed to play with that.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Download vlc media player, Its play most things.

Edit: Snap!

 

[Mr Burns]

Okay cheers, do I just Google search VLC and will I be able to edit these clips in Windows Movie Maker?

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Movie maker is s**t, Type in how to get sony vegas for free on youtube, Amazing program.

 

[Mr Burns]

Point taken, but I'm halfway through an edit and could do with the clips off this DVD to finish it off. Am I screwed?

 

[quik97]

all vlc will do is play the clips i believe. not sure how you'd edit them maybe some kind of conversion program.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

No, You can always change the file type, What file type is it?

 

[Mr Burns]

No, You can always change the file type, What file type is it?

QuickTime Movie.

 

[Dink]

have tried to download quicktime?

 

[Mr Burns]

I've got Quicktime (I think).

EDIT- Yes, I've got Quicktime Player. I need to be able to view them via Windows Movie Maker.

 

[Marc.]

VLC does convert file type, I'm not sure how well it transcodes though, and it's fairly limited, IIRC

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

You can get free video converters on the web that will be able to help you out if you really need to use windows movie maker.

If this is a regular thing i agree with whoever said use sony vegas, it plays and allows you to edit pretty much any file!

 

[Mr Burns]

Cheers Geordie, I'm useless with software. I just need a simple program or technique so that I can edit a Quicktime clip in Windows Movie Maker.

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

IIRC the program i used was called handbrake not sure if its 100% now though!

Sony vegas is very simple once you get the hang of the basics! Im using Sony vegas 10 HD ready for buying my HD PVR

 

[Mr Burns]

I don't even understand the YouTube how-to on getting Vegas for free :S lol.