How to Transfer Flipshare to Movie Maker
FlipShare is the software provided with Flip video cameras. The software allows a user to transfer video files from the Flip camera onto the computer and also provides some basic video-editing tools. Whether transferred directly from a Flip video camera or edited in FlipShare, videos automatically save as MP4 files. Because Windows Movie Maker does not accept MP4 files, if you want to edit video transferred or edited by Flipshare in Movie Maker, you must convert the video files.
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Instructions
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Connect the Flip camera to the computer using the provided cord and open FlipShare by going to "Start," "All Programs" and clicking "FlipShare" in the menu. In the window that comes up, click the folder labeled "Unsaved" to view the files on the Flip that haven't yet been imported to the computer and click the "Select Unsaved" button at the bottom of the screen to select the videos. Click "Save to Computer" to bring up the "Save to Computer" window and click "Yes" twice to complete the save process.
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Open a Web browser and go to a media-conversion website such as Media Converter or Movavi Online. Click the "Upload a File" button or the "Add File" link, and, in the window that opens, navigate to the MP4 file, which automatically saves to the "C" drive in the "Program Files," "FlipShare" and then "Videos" folder. Double-click the file to add it to the converter, use the drop-down list of available file options to select a video format that Windows Movie Maker accepts, such as MPEG, AVI or WMV. Click "Convert" and then click the download link that comes up to download the new file to your computer.
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Launch Windows Movie Maker by going to the "Start" menu, clicking "All Programs" and selecting "Windows Movie Maker" from near the top of the program list, where Movie Maker appears with the other Windows programs. Click the "Add Videos and Photos" button on the ribbon at the top of the Movie Maker screen. Go to the folder where you saved the file you downloaded from the media converter website and double-click the file to transfer it into Movie Maker.
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Tips & Warnings
Windows Movie Maker accepts a number of file formats. The video and movie formats accepted are ASF, AVI, MPEG, MPEG1, MPG, MLV, MP2 and WMV.
