Help choosing editing program, Please

Okay.. So yesterday i bought Sony Vegas 9 at Best Buy. Got home, put it
in, didn't work. So today i went back to Best Buy. Traded it in, got
home, put my new disk in, didn't work. I'm starting to get annoyed. My
camera (even though the best buy people told me it was) is for some
reason, not compatible with WMM. So I come to you. Can anyone help me
decide on a video editing program (preferably under $100) that will work
on my computer. It would also be nice to be able to download it to my
computer, rather than having to go to the store and pick it up.. Any
advice?


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Moderator(s), please move this thread over to JC.

Could you describe a bit more about what you mean by "didn't work" and
"not compatible with WMM"? It's very little information to work with,
other than possibly your camera is putting out some kind of annoying
file format. The answer to what file format might be found in your
camera's manual (look for PDFs on the CD, if there is one), but it also
might not...


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johnfoss;1162333 wrote:
Moderator(s), please move this thread over to JC.

Could you describe a bit more about what you mean by "didn't work" and
"not compatible with WMM"? It's very little information to work with,
other than possibly your camera is putting out some kind of annoying
file format. The answer to what file format might be found in your
camera's manual (look for PDFs on the CD, if there is one), but it also
might not...



Ooh sorry about that..

Well, when I put the disk in my drive nothing happened. I tried running
all kinds of commands and stuff but nothing happened, so I figured there
was something wrong with my disk... I guess not because the brand new
one isn't working either.. And yeah my camera is putting the clips in
MPEG4, and apparently WMM doesn't support that file type.


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thats weird... what camera do you have?


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It's a samsung.. I think that it is supposed to be uploading to a
compatible format, but my computer is doing something to it... I'm not
sure what to do, this is the second camera that had this problem.


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what type of computer do you have?


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EliB;1162334 wrote:
Ooh sorry about that..

Well, when I put the disk in my drive nothing happened. I tried running
all kinds of commands and stuff but nothing happened, so I figured there
was something wrong with my disk... I guess not because the brand new
one isn't working either.. And yeah my camera is putting the clips in
MPEG4, and apparently WMM doesn't support that file type.




DISREGARD MY PREVIOUS POST

Mpeg4 is an unuseable file (for the most part), sorry. Ive had
experience with this on my old digital camcorder. Get another camera
(like i did), or buy a software that can change the format of the video
(like 10-20 dollar software). I used to use demos of software that would
do what i was saying, but i'd just go for buying it. I mean, i dont know
if many are really that legit, but its your best bet if you dont want
another file type.


again, MPEG4 is virtually unuseable with almost ANYTHING, your software
isnt the problem, its the video format. Most digitals record to this
format, its made for speedy upload straight to youtube and such. It'll
take like 3 minutes to go buy the formatting software from the internet,
if possible, get the demo, make sure it works, then buy.

out of peer interest, what brand/model is your camera?


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download windows movie maker off of the internet


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