If you are having import issue while editing Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV footage with Windows Movie Maker, this guide may help you out. Keep reading...
"I have some video clips from Canon(EOS Rebel T5) with a file extension .MOV. When I open windows movie maker and click "import" I browse to my file and select one of the video clips and try to import it. I get a message that says "cannot import as movie maker does not recognize the codec".
The problem lies in that Windows Movie Maker can not support the H.264 codec, not the .mov extension and editing and playing are not the same thing. So the simple change of the file extention means nothing to the problem. Then how can you import Canon Rebel T5 H.264 encoded MOV into Windows Movie Maker?
Firstly, you should not believe that Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 records in H.264 video with MOV extention. Rather, you'd better think of it as an MOV container that contains video data encoded with the H.264 video codec. And the intent of the H.264 project was to create a standard capable of providing good video quality at substantially lower bit rates, thus the H.264 videos are highly-compressed and great for playing. But when it comes to edit H.264 encoded MOV files in Windows Movie Maker, or other NLEs, the H.264 codec is usually can not be recognized or supported. In order to transfer H.264 MOV files to Windos Movie Maker, you need a codec conversion with a professional video converter.
Brorsoft Canon MOV Converter.does a good job in converting H.264 .mov files to .wmv formats for Windows Movie Maker editing in sync with original quality. What's more, it also supports transcoding all Nikon H.264 mov footages to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro, etc video editing programs. Download the program and you can follow the steps below.
Download Nikon MOV Converter:
How to import Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV to Windows Mover Maker
Step 1. Add files
Run the best MOV to Windows Movie Maker Converter, and click the "Add" button to load Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV videos. If you want to merge multiple clips just need to check the "Merge into one" box.
Step 2. Choose output format
This video converter offers optimized format preset for Windows Movie Maker. Just click "Format" menu firstly and then follow "HD Video" to set WMV HD(*.wmv) format.
Tip: If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.
Step 3. Start Conversion
Click "Convert" button to start converting Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV to WMV for Windows Movie Maker.
Once the conversion is finished you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly, and now you are ready to import and edit Canon MOV files with Windows Movie Maker.
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"I have some video clips from Canon(EOS Rebel T5) with a file extension .MOV. When I open windows movie maker and click "import" I browse to my file and select one of the video clips and try to import it. I get a message that says "cannot import as movie maker does not recognize the codec".
The problem lies in that Windows Movie Maker can not support the H.264 codec, not the .mov extension and editing and playing are not the same thing. So the simple change of the file extention means nothing to the problem. Then how can you import Canon Rebel T5 H.264 encoded MOV into Windows Movie Maker?
Firstly, you should not believe that Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 records in H.264 video with MOV extention. Rather, you'd better think of it as an MOV container that contains video data encoded with the H.264 video codec. And the intent of the H.264 project was to create a standard capable of providing good video quality at substantially lower bit rates, thus the H.264 videos are highly-compressed and great for playing. But when it comes to edit H.264 encoded MOV files in Windows Movie Maker, or other NLEs, the H.264 codec is usually can not be recognized or supported. In order to transfer H.264 MOV files to Windos Movie Maker, you need a codec conversion with a professional video converter.
Brorsoft Canon MOV Converter.does a good job in converting H.264 .mov files to .wmv formats for Windows Movie Maker editing in sync with original quality. What's more, it also supports transcoding all Nikon H.264 mov footages to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro, etc video editing programs. Download the program and you can follow the steps below.
Download Nikon MOV Converter:
How to import Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV to Windows Mover Maker
Step 1. Add files
Run the best MOV to Windows Movie Maker Converter, and click the "Add" button to load Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV videos. If you want to merge multiple clips just need to check the "Merge into one" box.
Step 2. Choose output format
This video converter offers optimized format preset for Windows Movie Maker. Just click "Format" menu firstly and then follow "HD Video" to set WMV HD(*.wmv) format.
Tip: If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.
Step 3. Start Conversion
Click "Convert" button to start converting Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV to WMV for Windows Movie Maker.
Once the conversion is finished you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly, and now you are ready to import and edit Canon MOV files with Windows Movie Maker.
Read More:
Create 3D from 2D
Convert 1080p to 720p
Add VOB files to iTunes
Split or Merge Video files
Import AVI to Premiere Pro
Convert MKV DTS to AC3 5.1
Import MKV/AVI/WMV to FCP