School Project, All of the Video File Extentions Messed up

Marco · **Posted:** April 11th, 2009, 2:17 pm

HELP~!~!~!~!~!~!
Well, I videotaped a school project. The file that was there when I went to put it on the computer were .CPI, so I changed them to .camrec for my Camtasia Studios editing. The won't go into Camtasia Studios, or play in Windows Movie Player. How do I get this is an extention I can work with? Can I run it through a DVD Decoder or Video Converter?
HELP!
I Will give as much infomation as I can. MSN me- okerrigan@hotmail.com" target="_blank

EDIT: Mod please move to troubleshooting

Thank you.

Adbot · **Posted:** April 11th, 2009, 2:17 pm

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Changing a file extension doesn't change the file type. Change them back to .cpi, and try to find a program that will open / edit / convert it to something more common. From what I've been reading, one of the few programs I've seen through research has been Pinnacle Studio. Pretty sure you have to pay for that though, one of the problems of using a propitiatory format.

jrdgames · **Posted:** April 13th, 2009, 8:57 pm

Try looking here and here.

dafin0 · **Posted:** April 15th, 2009, 9:49 pm

There are plenty of free online converters out there. Some are even online ones. You just gotta look for them

cheers, dafin0 :lol:

Al3X · **Posted:** April 16th, 2009, 7:09 pm

Just open the .camrec in camtasia and render it (in camtasia I think it's called export movie).

Simply choose your render settings and its done. May take a few minutes. You can choose .wmv and a few other common formats.

file > export movie as

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Was checking a Free Giveaway of the Day site, and they're offering something that'll convert AVCHD and others. 15 hours left to get this at the time of this post :S

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/wonders ... -converter-platinum/

Adbot · **Posted:** April 17th, 2009, 8:56 am