Use converted Youtube clip in x8

[mirmar8]

Hi All,

Somehow some clips that I took and uploaded to Youtube are now missing from my computer and I thought I had backups but I don't. So I tried to download a Youtube clip I posted (so no copyright issues) using ClipGrab and put it in a VS video I'm making. It shows up on my desktop as an MP4 file, and I can play the video (outside of VS) with no problems. Unfortunately, though, when I try to open it in VS X8, I get a "file format mismatch" error message, 1803:1:3. This is what the file looks like when I try to open it in VS: CHS Varsity at JFK HS, Oct. 12, 2015.mp4.lnk.

I'm running Windows 10 on a Dell Inspiron 3847.

Any help or advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

Martin

[canuck]

If this is the file "CHS Varsity at JFK HS, Oct. 12, 2015.mp4.lnk" you are trying to load into VS, then it will not work since that filename is a link file. You have to add the actual video file which would not have the "lnk" as an extension

[mirmar8]

Thanks. My computer says the file I converted from Youtube using ClipGrab is an MP4 file (no "lnk") but when I open it in VS, it has the lnk. When I delete the "lnk," I get an error message: unable to find file. So I don't know why the "lnk" is appearing and how to use the converted file from ClipGrab.

[asik1]

Martin, I don't know what browser you are using but in Firefox I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... src=search addon.
Great tool for the job, no need for conversions.

[lata]

Hi

The Torch Browser also has an inbuilt download media option, that seems to work well