Many of our teachers have Flip cameras and struggle with editing and burning to DVD. Here are some simple steps to accomplish this using Windows software.

2. Step 1. I have a video camera.

3. Step 3. I want to show a finished movie to my friends/associates/students. INSERT PHOTO OF VIDEO SCREENING OR MAYBE A TL ROOM PIC

4. How do I get from Step 1 to Step 3?

5. Step 1. I have a video camera. Step 2. A miracle occurs. Step 3. I show my finished movie.

6. Welcome To Step 2

7. What camera are you using?

8. What format does it save to? Flip MINO saves to .AVI file Flip ULTRA HD saves to .MP4 file

9. What editor software are you using? What format does it accept?

10. What editor software are you using? What format does it accept? Supported formats for importing content (Windows Movie Maker XP) Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2 Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff Windows Media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv Still images: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif MP3 format audio: .mp3 Although you can play a file in Microsoft Windows Media Player, you may not be able to import the file into Windows Movie Maker even though this article lists that kind of file. You may not be able to import the file if the codec that was used to encode the audio or video is not a codec that is included with Windows XP. In that case, you may be able to re-encode the video or audio by using Windows Media Encoder, and then import the video or audio.

11. There HAS to be an easier way!

21. Not planning project for delivery device is like:

25. Sources for copyright-free music, clip art, stock photos and more : http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/ Check with your Teacher/Librarian if you don’t know your user name and password http://www.videomaker.com/downloads/

26. These links are available on my blog “ From The Video Suite” http://videosuite.blogspot.com/