[Web4lib] Flip Video & Microsoft Movie Maker Compatibility Issue - Advice?

[Pruntel,Alison]

Please excuse cross-postings...

We recently purchased the Flip cameras through techsoup.org. The camera comes with basic video editing software (FlipShare), but staff would like to use something that would provide more advanced editing. We were hoping to use Windows Movie Maker (we have 2.1 installed on our XP workstations), but unfortunately the file format is not compatible. Seems like we either have to purchase some conversion software or some other video editing software that is already compatible with videos created with the Flip camera.

Does anyone on the list have any suggestions/dealt with this already? I'll have to get our county IT department to approve any purchase/install of the software, and my initial search brought up some programs that seemed to be authored by questionable sources (especially the free stuff out there).

Thanks in advance,


Alison Pruntel
Electronic Resources Librarian
Fauquier County Public Library
11 Winchester Street
Warrenton, VA 20186
540-422-8515
alison dot pruntel at fauquiercounty dot gov
FCPL Web Site: http://library.fauquiercounty.gov
My Blog: http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com