It worked!!!!!!!
Thank you so very much!
I didn't save it correctly and when I did the "save as" thing that you
suggested, it saved it on my desktop as a wmv file!
You are a genius!!!!
Marie

"dickmr" wrote:

> After I re-read your post again....I think you did not actually download the
> movie. You said it played when you clicked on it in Yahoo....it opened up
> media player and played. Then, did you try to save it from within media
> player? If they allow you to download the movie, you can do it by right
> clicking on it and choosing 'save target as' and if it allows you to save in
> other then html (link) format as a video then you can do it. You say it
> plays in media player which i'm assuming was when you were in Yahoo....does
> it still play after you have it on your computer? If it does then you
> should be able to change the format type to something like AVI and then
> import it into Movie Maker.
>
> "dickmr" wrote:
>
> > If it plays in media player then it is a video, but the format is likely an
> > mpeg2 or something that Movie Maker doesn't like. I use a program called
> > AVS Converter (cost $30) to convert movies to other formats. Its also a
> > useful program for a number of other things too. If you want to try it out
> > or buy it you can find it here on download.com ..............
> >
> > http://www.download.com/AVS-Video-Co...-10438003.html
> >
> >
> > "MARIE" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Thanks for trying to help.
> > > The video comes from yahoo video. When you click to play it, it opens Window
> > > media player and plays it. When I saved it to my videos, it automatically
> > > saves it in .wpl and when I try to import it in movie maker, it says that it
> > > does not support the format. It's strange coz the actual movie description
> > > given in yahoo is a .wmv... Maybe it does not work because there is a
> > > copyright on it?
> > > I checked properties and it is a .wpl.
> > > Any hope?
> > > Marie
> > >
> > > "dickmr" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Marie..... .wpl is a file extension that relates to a windows media
> > > > player playlist, so it is not a movie file. Did you download the movie
> > > > first? Is the site allowing you to download it? Check to see if it
> > > > plays in your media player. Also, right click on it and check 'properties'
> > > > to see if it actually is a .wpl file. If it is, then its not a video
> > > > format. Good luck
> > > >
> > > > "MARIE" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am trying to bring a movie I found on the internet into Movie Maker. Whe I
> > > > > try do fo this, I get this message:
> > > > >
> > > > > The file .wpl is not a supported file type, and it cannot be imported into
> > > > > Windows Movie Maker.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you help?
> > > > >