Windows Movie Maker Won't Read MPG Files- Workaround

A tutorial teaches you how to import and edit MPG video clips in Windwos Movie Maker.

I have taken video and tried to make a movie. The movie files are mpg files so they should work on Windows Movie Maker I think. However, they don't. What can I do? Any suggestion to work MPG files in Windows Movie Maker?

Searching high and low, I know that Windows Movie Maker does support MPG files generally. But there are several considerations when using this file format in the application. For example, the ability to open MPG files in Movie Maker is partially dependent on the operating system your computer is running. Another consideration if you have difficulty opening this file format is codec in MPG file. Two codecs are closely associated with the MPG video files and these are the MPEG-1 and the MPEG-2 codecs. The other codecs associated with MPG are the MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding and the MPEG-4 Scalable Lossless Coding. The MPG file format can be opened in Movie Maker, but only if all necessary codecs are installed.

How to Get MPG Files to Play on Windows Movie Maker without issues

In fact, as someone suggested, you can try to download a codec pack, which perhaps works but seems a bit complicated, especially for the novice, and usually messes up Windows Movie Maker. In this case, a better choice is to convert MPG to Windows Movie Maker most compatible format like WMV, AVI. Here we recommend Brorsoft Video Converter, which is a great tool to help you convert MPG to WMV for editing in Windows Movie Maker with the best quality.

With it, you can also convert MPG to MOV, MP4, AVI, FLV, etc. for different video/audio players. Meanwhile, this video app enables you to change MPG to editable format for Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Avid Studio, Magix Movie Edit Pro and more other NLE. Just get the utility and check out the easy steps to convert and import MPG to Windows Movie Maker without any troubles.How to Convert and Import MPG to Windows Movie Maker

Step 1. Import MPG files

Run the MPG to Windows Movie Maker Converter; click the Add button to load MPG files to the program from your computer. You can also directly drag the video files into the program directly.



Step 2. Select the output format

Hit the Format box and select HD Video –>WMV HD(*.wmv) on the dropdown menu as output format. Besides, you can also choose Divx HD(*.avi) as output if you have not installed the .wmv codec.



Step 3. Start conversion

Simply click the Convert button to start converting MPG video to Windows Movie Maker friendly video formats.

Within several minutes, the conversion would be finished and you can find the converted file on your computer by clicking the "Open" button. And then you can import the converted MPG files to Windows Movie Make for editing via its "Import video" option.