My Canon digi camera also takes video clips (short ones) I've been able to figure out so far how to watch them on my pc using Nero but how the heck do I save it as an Mpeg? Nero doesn't do that so do I need some other program??

It gets saved as an MVI file on the camera btw.

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Import it into Windows Movie Maker and you can save it to any format you want... wmv files are usually the smallest file types...

Where do I find Movie Maker?

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Movie Maker comes with Windows XP....

But reading more on it, I think you have to find a program to convert it from the MVI file format.

I found this site, with a few suggestions....:

VideoHelp.com :: View topic - .MVI codec for TMPGenc?

I have a Canon IS3 which also takes video as well as photos. You can even snap a photo while filming and it will have the full 6 megapixel resolution. The video files are huge and I have to look into a way to make them smaller. My husband is vehemently against anything Microsoft (sort of hypocritical because we do use the Windows operating system - but not Internet explorer or Windows Media Player, or Microsoft Word (is that what it's called?)) I tried to upload a 4 minute video to YouTube and it didn't work because the file exceeded YouTube's limits. I have not downloaded the camera's software yet, so maybe there is some way there to change the format and shrink the file?

Ant, which Canon camera do you have?

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Karen, Sunny and Mister

I'd suggest that link I posted above. You'll be able to convert the file to a smaller file type using the programs they listed there.

Personally, I use Windows Movie Maker, because it's free and gives you a ton of options for file types to save as, but you have to convert it from the MVI file type to AVI/MPEG/WMV before Movie Maker will recognize it...

We have checked out VideoHelp, or rather, hubby has, but I will have him use the specific link you gave. Our videos are already in the .avi format, so I guess that's one step in the right direction.

I just double checked the link and it has to do with movies that are in .mvi, so perhaps that specific section of VideoHelp wouldnt help me....

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Karen, Sunny and Mister

Well, if you already have them in avi format, I'd suggest getting past the Microsoft hate long enough to give Windows Movie Maker a try....

It's a Canon A710IS

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Good stuff thanks Rick.

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