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Windows Movie Maker 2.6

Anonymous
2016-03-22T23:59:14+00:00

i am using windows movie maker 2.6 because well it is all i clould find in a video editing program,. however i keep getting this message when i try to add a video to the movie maker.

The required codec was not downloaded automatically because the Download codecs automatically check box is not selected in the Options dialog box.

Which Code ?

What Download Codex check Box?

I have never seen this before. I am using Windows 10 64 bit HP. Was working fine until this morning.

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-23T00:08:31+00:00

    A couple things:

    • Movie Maker 2.6 is a very old version of Movie Maker. It doesn't handle many video types (specifically .mov and .mp4) so that's probably the problem.
    • The latest version is Movie Maker 2012 (ver 16.4) which you should download and install. It handles many more types of video, uses your GPU, has the ability to place text where you want, etc.

    Movie Maker 2012 is part of Windows Essentials 2012.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-11T23:04:34+00:00

    none of the video editors work now. any ideas?

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-11T23:28:44+00:00

    Go back and try and figure out what has changed since it was working.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-03-23T23:34:55+00:00

    If you want the "classic" version of Movie Maker, then you should at least load Movie Maker 6.0 instead of 2.6.

    As for installing Movie Maker 2012, it is definitely part of the installer along with Photo Gallery. Do you get an error during installation? Have you checked and perhaps it is already installed?

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-03-28T04:49:45+00:00

    reinstalled and found  MM2012 , but it shudders and drags while videos are playing (All Formats).  MM 6.0 will only allow  AVI formats to be loaded into it. Gonna try and convert FLV & MP4 to AVI to see it that works. Only problem is when i click play in 6.0 the video will not play in preview window. *Sigh*

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