and in summary to my snail like brain which has a tough time with technical things sometimes.

It is quite some work to convert clips like this but its the only free solution I could find so far. I used the 'use recomended settings for this project' settings as it matches the source file resolution and frame rates etc. Select your clip, or select multiple clips to create an unedited full length clip of all your clips, and then select 'create movie'. Movie Maker has quite good settings for converting (High Definition or custom settings are supported). Again, make sure to set the right settings during installation otherwise you will be installing a lot of possible unwanted crap like Windows Live Mail, Windows Skydrive etc. At this moment more info about this program can be found here. To convert the XDV9 MOV video clips just download Windows Essentials Movie Maker for Windows 7. Make sure 'use LAV's splitter' is selected for MOV Playback. After installation check the MOV tab on the 'Settings Application' program. Please be aware that the codec pack installer comes with a toolbar install option so make sure you de-select this option during the installation process. First download the Shark007 codec pack for your system here. The solution is rather stunning because I am using completely free software.

Let me tell you how I solved the XDV9 codec trouble on my Windows 7 system.

G spot video codec