Comments on: Flip tip https://www.k12handhelds.com/flip-tip/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Karen https://www.k12handhelds.com/flip-tip/#comment-342 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:50:28 +0000 http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/?p=661#comment-342 Thanks for that tip. Nice to know there are at least *some* benefits to Vista. 🙂

]]> By: Flip in Focus https://www.k12handhelds.com/flip-tip/#comment-341 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/?p=661#comment-341 p.s. If you’re a teacher and only have access to XP machines, send me a note. Maybe we can work something out.

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]]> By: Flip in Focus https://www.k12handhelds.com/flip-tip/#comment-340 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:53:32 +0000 http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/?p=661#comment-340 If you’re running a relatively recent version of Vista that came with Movie Maker already installed, you can import the MP4’s directly — though it isn’t obvious.

If you use the ‘import’ dialog, “.MP4” isn’t one of the file types supported. However, if you have installed FlipShare, the codec that Movie Maker needs is there.

Rather than using the .MP4 files directly from the FlipShare library, which can screw up FlipShare’s database, select the clips you want in your movie from FlipShare, right click on one of them, and use the “Export to…” choice to put them into a folder on your desktop. (You can them move them wherever you wish.) This export is virtually instantaneous, since no conversion is done — it just makes an exact duplicate of the .MP4.

From their new location, drag them DIRECTLY into Movie Maker. There is a very good chance you can simply edit them as you would .wmv files and produce your movie. Recent versions of Movie Maker will, in fact, produce full resolution 1280×720 movies from your Flip videos, if you choose an HD output format.

I have other strategies for XP users available to members at my site, but the above should work for a very large percentage of you.

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