Windows Movie Maker (Vista) and "clips"

[freshone]

Greetings All.

OK, if anyone would know it's gotta be on this site. I have a slight issue. Whereas I have used MovieMaker on XP to import video, when you selected "create clips" on import it created clips. Okay fine. However, on Vista, when you say "create clips", it creates clips. BUT, when I go to IMPORT the ORIGINAL (or what I thought was originial) AVI, I get nothing but the clips?

I am screwed I think because as you know, MM doesn't do a great job of creating clips. So, usualy I did them myself. However, after importing about 25 tapes, I now see that you can't.

So, obviously MM does "something" to the MAIN AVI when it imports it that puts "clips" into it?

My question is, is there a way to bring in the "original" without having it "clipped up"? Is there a declipper?

God I hope so. Barring that, what if I use a different Editor? I imagine it would not do the clip thing?

Thanks in advace everybody!

Freshone....

[Baldrick]

I don't use wmm but I would check http://www.papajohn.org/ for tips.