UPDATE:
Since this video was produced, Flip introduced FlipShare 5.0, which took away all methods of exporting .wmv video from FlipShare. The method introduced in this video only works for FlipShare 4.5 and earlier.
Since Flips produce .MP4 video, some method of conversion is required to edit the video in any version of Movie Maker that runs on Windows XP. Windows Vista users can import the files directly into Windows Movie Maker 6, although it isn't obvious. Windows 7 users found that Movie Maker 6 was replaced by Windows Live Movie Maker, and that when you attempt to edit Flip's .MP4 files with this new editor, the audio is out of synch.
I have solutions of different sorts for all of these problems, summed up in this article.
This topic is provides discussion of the fourth video in the Secrets of the Flip Mino-HD workshop, which shows how to escape the bounds of FlipShare to edit your Flip videos, in full HD, in Windows Movie Maker.
FlipShare is easy to use, and many people will find it sufficient to do basic trimming and sequencing of their home videos. But, judging from the number of people on YouTube and elsewhere who are trying to figure out how to get their Flip HD clips into Windows Movie Maker, it's clear that a free or low-cost solution to more competent editing is desired, so that got me started on research about how one might not only edit their Flip HD videos in Windows Movie Maker, but also produce a movie that maintained the original HD quality. Read more
