Window Movie Maker and Youtube Videos

Hey, I was curious if anyone knew how to import youtube videos to Movie Maker. I have tried changing the video format to .avi and .wmv and nothing seems to work. It keep saying I am missing a codec, but what codec am I missing?

Anyone know what can be done?

Thanks,
~TheMythLIves

I don't know.

I would guess that you would have to somehow download the youtube video to your computer. Then from there you should be able to import it to movie maker from your videos section...

Just a guess though, I have never tried....

reply to post by gimme_some_truth


Yea, I have it on my computer right now. But its not importing into movie maker. Its awful..lol..

Hi, do you want "ME"to help you??? LOL I think you know better by now. Hope you get this figured out because this will probably be one of my next delemas... :shk:

You have to convert the video to a format supported by Windows Movie Maker.

Try Avidemux, it's free and it can convert almost all YouTube videos to AVI.

reply to post by antar


lol, o boy. Its just odd, I a pretty sure, my computer has laughed at me when I try loading youtube videos to movie maker. I will keep trying,

reply to post by ArMaP


Thank you, I will try it out.

Sigh.. It didn't work. It keeps saying that I need a codec. I will have to find one.

reply to post by TheMythLives


if you ever figure out that codec thing, please share what you found out because i am having the same problem

you would think somebody would make a program that does all this for you.

changing formats , codecs, resizing , different players

reply to post by TheMythLives


Did you renamed the file to .AVI or .WMV?

If you did that is the reason, YouTube videos (and most videos we can see on sites like DiscloseTV or the useless ATS Media Portal) are Flash video, and AVI and WMF formats have nothing in common with that format.

Another thing you can do is use this site to download YouTube videos, for most videos you will get the option of downloading a MP4 version that not only will look better but may also give you less problems.

Free video conversion software and the codec pack you need

...Best Free Audio / Video Format Conversion Programs...

...K-lite codec pack (1st)...

Plus the update after you choose your flavor of codec pack

...Update for codec pack(2nd)...

These should resolve any problems your having.

Have fun TML.


[edit on 16-6-2009 by The Utopian Penguin]