How to Set up a Flip Video Camera to MS XP
The Flip video camera comes with built-in software that launches when you plug the camera into your Microsoft Windows XP computer. The program will walk you through some set-up details, at which point you will be able to view and save your Flip videos to your computer for sharing and editing. Unfortunately, certain MS XP programs--including Windows Movie Maker--are not set up to recognize the MP4 video format used by Flip. Those files can easily be converted to the WMV format for use in all of MS Windows XP's native programs.
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Things You'll Need
- Flip Ultra or Flip Mino video camera
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Internet access
Instructions
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Setting Up FlipShare for MS XP
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Take some video footage with your Flip.
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Start up your Microsoft Windows XP-equipped computer and plug your Flip into one of the USB ports on your computer.
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When the FlipShare software starts up automatically, follow the installation wizard to install the program on your computer and view your video files.
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Choose the folder to which you would like to save all your Flip video files by default. In FlipShare, go to "Edit", "Preferences", "Library", "Change Location ..." and then select a folder. You may wish to leave this at the default. Just make sure you know where your Flip video files are stored when saved to your computer.
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In the FlipShare video viewing window, select the videos you want to save to your computer and click "Save to computer". When prompted, choose whether to remove the videos from your Flip after saving them to your computer.
Converting Flip Videos for All MS XP Programs
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Install a free video conversion program, such as Any Video Converter. Go to the website listed in the "Resources" section of this article and download the program file. Run it and follow the installation wizard.
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Launch your video-conversion software once installation is complete.
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Click "Add Video".
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Browse for and select all the Flip videos you want to set up and convert for use in MS XP, to add them to the conversion queue.
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In the "Profile" drop-down menu on the right side of the Any Video Converter program, select "Customized WMV Movie (*.wmv)".
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In the lower left portion of the program, click "Output Folder" and select the folder in which you want to store your new WMV video files.
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Click "Convert". Your Flip videos are now converted and set up for all of Windows XP's programs, including Windows Movie Maker.
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Tips & Warnings
Advanced users may wish to change the frame size, bit rate, audio options and other details when converting Flip videos in a media conversion program. In Any Video Converter, those details can be accessed in the "Profile" menu.
Converting Flip video files from the MP4 format to the WMV format will not change or overwrite your existing files. Rather, new files will be created.
Keep your original Flip videos in their original MP4 format as a database. The MP4 format is more universal than the WMV format. You might need those files again later.
