Importing Video and Audio

If you want to use existing video and audio clips in your movie instead of recording them yourself, you can obtain them from various companies that specialize in video processing, or you can download them from the Web. Commercial CDs are excellent sources for audio clips. You can import the video and audio clips into Movie Maker from files on your computer, from your CD drive, or from the Web. If you already imported a video clip and need a still picture of a frame from a video, you can take a picture of the video frame and save it as a file, which you can then import back into Movie Maker.

Import Video or Audio

Click the Import Media button on the toolbar.

Select the folder that contains the video or audio files you want to import.

To select a specific media type, click the Files of type list arrow, and then select a file type.

Select the files you want to import.

Timesaver:

To import several files at one time, press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then click each file that you want to import.

Click Import.

Movie Maker creates a new collection for the imported video or audio clips.

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Movie Maker Import File Types File Type File Extensions Video .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv Audio .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma Pictures .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf

Display Clip Properties

Right-click the clip you want, and then click Properties.

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Scroll the list of properties.

Click OK.

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Did You Know? You can rename a media clip. Click the Collection folder that contains the clip you want to rename, right-click the clip in the Collection area, click Rename, type a name, and then press Enter.