Windows Movie Maker wont take my MPEG to make into a movie. I need HELP please.?

Question

Is their any program that i can combine mpeg videos into 1 movie. this is what movie maker says when i put my vid in from my comp:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\Picture\Picture 1276.mpg could not be imported. The selected file is not valid or is corrupted.

it comes stright from my camera

it has always worked. it just now stopped

Answer 1

My bad:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308464
Supported formats for importing content
• Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv
• Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2
• Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff
• Windows Media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv
• Still images: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif
• MP3 format audio: .mp3


seems to me that your file is either corrupted or not a true mpeg file that Windows recognizes

Answer 2

most digital camera produce a modified mpeg files, but the software bundled with the camera can correct that. even if the camera can be pluged as a usb device.

I was trying a similar thing with a sony 30gb hdd cam coder. the one who records directly to a built in hard drive. when I plug it in I could see the camera as a removable drive and can copy the mpeg files directly but windows movie maker can't recognize it. when I import it through the camera bundled program it gives me almost the same file with the same name and extension and size. and it takes the same time as it was copied directly, but this times it just works fine.

the same goes for jpegs from my old nokia phone. it appears black when copied straight from the camera but appears fine when it goes though the phone desktop software.

the reason I belive is related t entries in the file header that makes windows unable to correctly recognize the files.