Import Windows Media Center DVR-MS files to Movie Maker

Summary: In this article, you will learn how to convert DVR-MS to WMV format for editing in Windows Movie Maker smoothly on Windows (Windows 8).



The videos captured by DVR are output as DVR-MS file format. These files cannot be recognized by most of the programs and video editing software. Ever tried to import Windows Media Center DVR-MS files into Windows Movie Maker to make a home movie? In this page, I aim to share some tips and tricks for working with DVR-MS in Windows Movie Maker with you.

Although DVR MS is a Microsoft format, when we import .dvr-ms videos to Movie Maker, incompatible problems still occurred:

“When a TV program is recorded from Windows Media Center the recorded video has the file format name .dvr-ms. I can open and play these dvr-ms files with Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, Nero Showtime etc, but if I try to import a dvr-ms file into Windows Movie Maker I always get the error message “File could not be imported. Unspecified error”.

Well, according to my tests, I know Windows Movie Maker will successfully import and edit files with extensions .wmv, .avi, .mpg, etc. Thus, to edit DVR-MS videos in Windows Movie Maker natively, we can convert DVR-MS to Windows Movie Maker highly compatible format first.

The step-by-step guide to convert DVR-MS recording to Windows Movie Maker

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Overall, the program can be used as a utility to convert DVR-MS to more standard file format like .wmv, .avi, .mpg for Movie Maker with high quality and fast encoding speed. Besides Windows Media Center files, it can also help you encode/re-encode almost all 1080p/720p HD videos including AVI, MKV, VOB, MPG, MOV, TiVo, MTS etc. for using in Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro and more.

Step 1: Launch the DVR-MS to WMV converter, then head to the folder where the windows media center recording are stored, by default, the destination is user/public/recorded TV. Add the files to the program.



Step 2: Since WMV is a optimal format for editing in Windows Movie Maker, you can click the Format bar and select WMV from “Common Video” or HD WMV from “HD video”.



Step 3: Convert Windows media center DVR-MS to Windows Movie Maker.

After the conversion, get the output files by clicking the Open button. Now add the converted files to Windows Movie Maker timeline directly. Movie Maker will now have no trouble to work with the files. Enjoy your editing.

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