Hi, why is it I can watch my home movie on my video camera, I can watch it on windows media player but I can not import/save it on movie editor pro 2013?
Hi
You have not given us enough information to give you an answer.
Which camera make and model did you take the video with and what is the video format ?
Download and use GSpot to analyse a video clip and to determine if the codecs are installed - post the results back here then we can help you.
John
Hi, I took the video on a Panasonic VDR-D100. The format is VOB and the g spot programme say's the codec is installed.
I have done most of my home movies succesfuly, edited them and burnt them on to DVD, it's just two discs that I can't. for example the last one I tried to import was 45 mins long, but only 15 seconds was uploaded/imported to MEP. When I played the 15 seconds of footage it looked seemless, but when I went bacwards frame by frame there were odd frames from the rest of the film in it.
Like I said before I can watch the movies (straight from the mini disk) on windows movie player, but not two of them on MEP.
Hi,
I sometimes have problems with both .vob and .avi file containers. Since it does not happen often enough, and only with certain files, I just convert them to something else like MP4 or WMV using a free product calles "Any Video Converter". I suppose I should figure out why the import works on most files but not some, however for me it is faster and easier to just convert them to something that works and get on with it.
George
No answer, but a google search for "Panasonic VDR-D100" "format" found several sites including one that suggests that the format is mpeg-2 (VOB is a file extension, not a format, standard for DVDs) and that the camera can record in several modes XP, SP, &LP. MEP should cope with mpeg-2 though the codec may need to be activated (Plus or Premium versions) or purchased (standard version) What MEP are you using -- the latest is MEP 2013. Windows Media Player has its own codecs that are not necessarily available to MEP.
You say only two discs are causing a problem. What was different about these two? 45 min play time would not be the best ('XP') quality. Hiave you tried downloading the video to your computer via USB cable rather than reading the DVD disc?
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Panasonic-VDR-D100-Camcorder-Review/Format.htm
Hi
I have a Panasonic DVD recorder which records in the same format as your camera - but on to 12 cm discs -and I have successfully got recordings off the disc.
Put the mini DVD into your DVD drive on your computer then, using Windows Explorer, then copy the entire contents of the mini DVD, to a folder on your computer .
Open MEP and import the VOB file, from the folder you saved to above, on to the timeline.
HTH
John