Movie Maker Supports Many File Types

When you load an existing video clip into Movie Maker, you import the video (unless the video is already in Movie Maker's standard Windows Media format with the .wmv extension) into Movie Maker's editing area. Movie Maker can import just about any popular video format and work with that file. Most video file formats are recognized by their filename extension. Table 23.1 lists the many file types with which Movie Maker can import and work.

Table 23.1. File Types Supported by Movie Maker

File Type	Extensions
Video files	.asf, .avi, .wmv
Movie files (MPEG)	.mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2, .mpa, .mpe
Audio files	.wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .wma, .mp3
Windows Media files	.asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv
Still images	.bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif, .dib