Tricks for Editing GoPro MP4 Files in Windows Movie Maker

Want to import GoPro MP4 videos to Windows Movie Maker but the WMM doesn't accept your files? Here you'll get the best solution to add GoPro videos to WMM.

The GoPro HD is an affordable high performance wearable camera to record sporting and other activities. The GoPro HD records in MPEG-4 and outputs its files as .MP4 files. Every time when you import GoPro MP4 videos to Windows Movie Maker or Windows Live Movie Maker, it will stop working. These are the common problems encountered by many Windows Movie Maker users. Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the issue. Let's find it out.


In fact, the files you are getting out of GoPro HD are suited to be delivered as is, which is usually not one you want to use for editing. To add GoPro videos to Windows Movie Maker, the easiest option is to convert GoPro MP4 to Windows Movie Maker editing-friendly format, such as WMV, AVI etc. Actually, it's not as difficult as you imagine. What you need is just a common video converter like Brorsoft Video Converter. It supports creating high quality WMV video for your Windows Movie Maker, no matter what's the format of your source video files. It can convert almost any video to WMV so you can import your video to Windows Movie Maker for editing. Plus, it comes with all regular video editing tools like Trim, Crop, Effect, Subtitle, Watermark. For basic video editing tasks, you can even replace your Windows Movie Maker with it.

If you're editing with Windows Movie Maker, chances are you already installed this great utility. If not, download it from here.

How to convert GoPro MP4 to Windows Movie Maker

Step 1. Add GoPro video files

First download and install Brorsoft Video Converter. When complete, start the program from Start menu or Windows desktop. And then drag and drop your source GoPro MP4 videos into it.

Tip: Check "Merge into one" box to join GoPro H.264 clips together if necessary.



Step 2. Set WMV as the output format

Hit the Format box and select HD Video -->WMV HD(*.wmv) on the dropdown menu as output format. If you want to make changes to the video settings like resolution, bit rate and other settings, click the Settings button at bottom.



Step 3. Convert MP4 to Windows Movie Maker compatible WMV format

When everything is ready, click the Convert button and all the imported GoPro MP4 video files will be converted to WMV format by this MP4 to Windows Movie Maker Video Converter.

Tips: To edit MP4 video before converting, click the Edit button in the primary window. Brorsoft Video Converter includes all regular video editing tools like Rotate, Trim, Crop, Effect, Watermark and Subtitle.

How to Import converted GoPro MP4 to Windows Movie Maker

Depending on your version of Windows Movie Maker or Windows Live Movie Maker, the buttons are slightly different:

Import MP4 video to Windows Movie Maker: When the conversion complete, open Windows Movie Maker and click Import or Import Video on the left to import your video to the movie collection and drag and drop to the timeline for editing.

Import MP4 video to Windows Live Movie Maker: Start Windows Live Movie Maker and go to Home tab in the ribbon menu and click Add video in the Add panel to locate the converted MP4 video.