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[SDSkim]

ok so here is my dilemma. i need to film a video project for class. i have a camera that films and saves the video clips as mp4. windows MM doesnt accept mp4s so i made the effort to search for a coverter program that would change them to avi. but then WMM gives me shit about lack of proper codecs. so then i decide to try the software that came with the camera but that software claims my video cards are not compatible with the program. so what i need, is for someone to point me in the direction, for me to be able to successfully place my video clips in order, and create one video file that will essentially be burned onto a DVD.

somebody pleaassee help me:o

[DT]

Download a common CODEC like DIVX or XVID and use that to encode them (and by installing it was also give you playback capability).

http://www.divx.com/en/downloads

http://www.xvid.org/Xvid-Video.3.0.html

[flskimboarder]

what he said ^

[SDSkim]

thanks man

[SDSkim]

doesnt work. is all i have to do is d/l the codec? do i have to enable anything? or can i just go straight into movie maker and get it rolling, cuz that didnt work.

[Chrith]

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[ZapBulletRider]

The best way is to ram an apple into your power supply. The positive ions will give your computer a 10-15% efficiency boost, which will allow it to process video with fewer errors. See what's happening is when your software tries to process the video, it reaches it's allowable number of errors threshold and then decides that the video format is not compatible. This is because your computer cannot handle a high enough volume of instructions per clock cycle (IPCC). If you had a more powerful computer, it would handle more IPCC and the errors would be lower. But since your computer quickly reaches the error threshold, the software won't go any further. The apple trick, as crazy as it sounds, is a little known trick that will temporarily boost your processing power. It only gives you a window of like 30 mins or so though, so you'll have to do what you have to do quickly. Look for the little vent on the back of your computer, at the top, next to where your power cord plugs in. Take an apple, de-skinned preferably as it makes it easier, and shove it into the vent. Try to use a more acidic apple as it will have a greater effect. Granny smith works great.

[Brownisattva]

This is because your computer cannot handle a high enough volume of instructions per clock cycle (IPCC). If you had a more powerful computer, it would handle more IPCC and the errors would be lower. But since your computer quickly reaches the error threshold, the software won't go any further. The apple trick, as crazy as it sounds, is a little known trick that will temporarily boost your processing power. It only gives you a window of like 30 mins or so though, so you'll have to do what you have to do quickly. Look for the little vent on the back of your computer, at the top, next to where your power cord plugs in. Take an apple, de-skinned preferably as it makes it easier, and shove it into the vent. Try to use a more acidic apple as it will have a greater effect. Granny smith works great.

ZBR is exactly right, my computer was a high end model or so I thought. I had a 1GHz front side bus loaded with quad-core RAM and still couldn't process the MP4. The reason the "Apple Trick" works is because when you shove it into the vent it acts as a type of water cooling system and the acidity level of Granny Smith apples prevent damage to your machine since the motherboard is composed of a hydro-silicon base with a high pH level meant to stand up to any type of acid. The reason Macs use an apple as their logo is because their hardware is designed using materials from actual apples...this is why they overheat less and can handle more IPCC and why PCs cannot. ZBR got me to do this awhile ago and my computer can handle dual IPCC now.