Changing Movie Back To Individual Shots.

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I have linked together several still photos and a few short video clips, to make one video using Windows Live Movie Maker. I find that I need to access the separate stills and short vids again, which I didn`t keep. Does anyone know if there is away to do this - effectively to reverse the Movie Maker video back to individual shots, or by some other method?
Thanks.

[Buenchico]

Your original files no longer exist. The only exception to that statement might be if you've deleted them from your hard drive (or external media, such as a USB memory stick) and your computer hasn't yet over-written them. If so, the free version of Recuva should be able to retrieve them:
https://www.piriform.com/recuva

You could use Windows Live Movie Maker to edit your composite video down to its component parts but I'd prefer to do it with VLC. There's a slight problem with that advice though in that the latest version of VLC has a well-documented problem with editing video, so I'd advise downloading and installing version 2.0.3:
http://www.oldapps.com/VLC_Player.php?old_vlc=7998

The video below explains how to extract a clip using VLC. (It's really, really easy!).

You can also take a screen snapshot using VLC, which will enable you to obtain a 'photo' but don't expect it to be of the same definition that your original images were. (To take a snapshot, simply press Shift and S together. The snapshot will then appear in your 'My Pictures' folder).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeiREo0pcvE