Video skips when added to timeline
Hello - I'm having a problem with viewing my videos in Movie Maker. If I
just preview the clips from within the "collection," they play just fine.
But if I add one to the timeline, even if it's the only thing there, it skips
so badly when playing that I basically can't even view it. Does anyone know
what might be causing this, and more importantly, how to correct it?
Thanks in advance for any help you could provide. Tag: Hi, Tag: 50042
weird dancing little square in the video when I import them into moviemaker
weird dancing little square in the video when I import them into moviemaker
mpeg import to movie maker and playing other files in media player yield a
strange dancing square divided up like a tick tack toe board with a solid
round dot in the upper square.
it is small but really annoying! this has happened on more than one file...
is this a codec issue? weirdest thing I have seen inna while
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Can't Import Video
Sorry, but I don't really know much about computers so here goes...
I have a digital camera and it saves the files in IFO/BUP and VRO formats
but when I go to import into Movie Maker, I am unable to as there are
compatibility issues. How can I import these files or do I need to convert
them first and if so, how? The only CD I got with the camera is Nero and it
doesn't do anything that I need to do. PLEASE HELP!!! Tag: Hi, Tag: 50040
Movie Maker2 Not getting start & sending reports to Microsoft only
While opening my Movie Maker Ver 2 for the last more then a month, Microsoft
Windows dialoge box appears with the saying " Windows Movie Maker has
encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
inconvenience." Tell this error to Microsoft and despite sending reports
promptly and regularly everytime, no revert back by Microsoft for any
solution to restore the working of Movie Maker.
I have also tried to update from Microsoft Windows automatic updates & tried
downloaded as suggested in other similar questions, but its not working!
Can Microsoft will advise the use of sending error reports? If no response
and solution will come, who will like to send the reports.
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windows media player
Hi all, I made a short movie with movie maker and copied it to a cd and I
can watch it with windows media player, I gave a copy to a friend, he has
windows XP on his PC and of course windows media player but when he tries to
watch the movie all he gets is the sound. Any idea what the problem is?
Andy Tag: Hi, Tag: 50016
Free Web Hosting Services...
My newsletter this week will be about the 'free' web hosting services for
videos... I've signed up for 5 of them and tested with both movies from
Movie Maker, and stories from Photo Story 3...
I'm impressed with how well they work... each handle the WMV files,
including the stories. For example, here's a link to my sample story on the
Google service. It's converted to a Flash file by Google, so viewing should
work on systems that have problems with the special codec needed to play the
story itself.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-906444855878940797
If you click on the 'Next' video on the page, it'll be the Movie Maker 2
sample file I uploaded.
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Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org Tag: Hi, Tag: 50014
NTSC / PAL format issue
I have a PAL Sony mini DV camera, PAL format. Storing tapes in PAL format
with movie maker is not a problem. However I would like to store videos taken
with a NTSC standard with help of my camera and the movie maker. I can view
the tapes on my camera but cannot see them correct in the movie maker wether
I select (under tools - options-advanced) NTSC or PAL....is there a fix?
Thanks, Dora Tag: Hi, Tag: 50013
Reinstall Movie Maker?
I have just started movie maker for the first time. (Didn't know it
existed until a friend told me about it recently!)
When it started there was a message saying a file was missing (Which
of course I did not make note of!)
It asked if I wished to continue, and I said yes.
I wanted to test how it worked so I just imported a small MPG clip,
about 5mg, I dragged the parts to the timeline and proceeded through
the save to disc sequence. At which point the screen said Movie Maker
was unable to save the file, and to check if the source file was still
available and if there was enough disc space. Yes to both. But I am
still unable to save a file.
When I attempted the same with a different clip, Movie Maker crashed,
and sent a report to MS. (No response from MS!)
Tried once more with yet another clip. THis time my computer froze,
and I had to do the CTL/ALT/DEL thing.
Is there some way to determine which file was missing when I first
started Movie Maker?
From what little I can see here there appears to be no way to
re-install it.
Any and all advice gratefully recieved.
Thanks
Seeker Tag: Hi, Tag: 50008
Inserting jpegs over video
I would like to fade (insert) still images in place of video and not change
the timing of the audio track. Is it possilble to do this and, if so, how?
Thanks! Tag: Hi, Tag: 50006
itunes music
Is there any way I can use music I buy with itunes in my movies? I've tried,
but it says the songs are protected m4peg files or some such thing. Can they
be converted into wavs in anyway. (preferably using a freeware application!)
Cheers,
Crash Lander Tag: Hi, Tag: 50005
How would I make a DVD ?
I have some video files(MPG) saved onto CD-R disk and would like to burn them
onto a DVD. How would i do this? Tag: Hi, Tag: 50004
Photo story 3 preview stopped working
Hi I have used Photo story 3 with success until the last time. The preview
feature stopped working with the message" that some of the program files are
corrupted, and to reinstall Photo story 3 and try again." This I did and then
tried a Photo Story which had worked previously but I got the same message.I
have Windows xp ,Pentium 4, 512 mb. 71 GB harddrive with 23 free GB.The
storys that I am testing are only three photos long. I have tried the trouble
shooting but am a bit afraid to change setting unless I am sure that it is
the right thing to do. Has anyone else had this problem ? Thanks Tag: Hi, Tag: 50002
Importing burned DVD back into WMM to save?
Ok, first, I'm pretty low-tech but I can usually figure things out. I made a
Video in WMM and burned the video to DVD+R. The video was taking up 10 Gb,
so I deleted the project from my hard drive, leaving the burned DVD as my
only copy. I didn't even think to save it in a compressed format. Now
that's what I want to do, so I can host parts of it on the internet.
I've tried, but I can't get WMM to import the finished product / DVD. It's
a .ts file or something. (?) I don't have it hear at work. What do I need to
do to load the video from the DVD+R back to WMM so I can save the project and
upload to the internet? Also it's about 16 minutes long, so I need to break
it up into about 4 smaller segments.
Many thanks for your time. Tag: Hi, Tag: 49995
red crosses on my storyboard
i am desperate to burn my movie to a cd for university. I have my footage
saved to a cd already, but I have saved my finished product to "my
documents". I have tried to burn my finished movie to another cd but my
storyboard is filled with red crosses. I don't know what to do.... Tag: Hi, Tag: 49992
Stop-Watch
I would like to show something like a Stop-Watch during video is running. The
purpose is to determine an exact Cycletime of a running machine. Is that
possible with the moviemaker and if yes, how do I need to do that.
Thank´s in advance,
madcad Tag: Hi, Tag: 49990
Movie maker freezing
Ok i've been using WMM for a while now but suddenly while i'm editing a video
and try to play it back it, it wont play. The picture stays frozen at the
opening scene while the progress slider moves. I've restarted my computer a
few times and it keeps happening. Also while I'm editing video it will
freeze at random times. its being very buggy and I dont know why since I've
been using it flawlessly for a while now. Whats going on? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49988
Problem transferring video files to Nero for burning
After downloading and installing the latest updates for Nero 6, I'm not able
to transfer video files that I've saved on my computer. Everything worked
before, but not now. The files still transfer to Sonic MyDVD, but I'd rather
use Nero because I like the menus better.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks for your help.
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why can't i sign out of here?
lately, when i click on "sign out" a screen flashes by saying "please wait
while we sign you out of www.microsoft.com", but then it returns me back to
the discussion screen i was just at and it didn't sign me out?? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49975
connecting camcorder to pc (slightly ot)
Hi
A guy at work has recently bought a digital camcorder and was asking me
about firewire connections (I know the general consensus is that its the
best way to connect).
His camera connects via the USB lead to a socket on the camera which is what
seems to be the standard USB connection. We have 3 digital cameras and 3
MP3 players (different brands) and all use this same small plug to connect
to the USB.
My camera (Canon) is a few years old and uses the dv connection found on the
end of the standard firewire cable, is this not used anymore, is the USB
type small plug now the standard on new digital camcorders?
thanks
Gary
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WMM Video/Audio Capture Problem
I'm using an HP m7330n Pc with Windows xp Media Center and AMD64 4200. When I
use WMM to capture video from my analog camera, (Sharp Handy Cam 8MM) I can
capture the video but there is no sound. Tried everything. What am I doing
wrong?
Thanks. Tag: Hi, Tag: 49962
Importing video files
I'm trying to import an .avi video file into Windows movie maker but I get
this message
The file cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is
not installed on your computer. If you have already tried to download and
install the codec, close and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to
import the file again.
Where do I go to get acodec, and how do I install it please? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49961
Video file codes
I have been attempting to create a cd with photos, music and video footage
mixed in. The file extention assigned to all my video files, I assume when I
transferred my memory card contents to my computer, is .mov. This is an
unaccepted file for WMM. Is there a way I can change the file? Any
assistance or direction would be appreciated. Thanks.
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can't see the image "Import"
I imported the movie but i can't see the image, the screen is all black and I
can hear the sound.
How could I fix it?
thanks Tag: Hi, Tag: 49955
Why is "Combine" not possible in MovieMaker ?
Ok, I loaded a wmv movie into MovieMaker and put the marker (=blue vertical line in the timeline)
somewhere in the mid of the movie. Then I did a first "split" and just a second one afterwards on
another position with success.
Now I have 3 independent parts. I marked the middle part and deleted successfully.
Finally I wanted to paste the remaining two parts. For that I hold down the CTRL key and selected
with mouse clicks at first the left then the right part.
When I go now to the "clip" menu in order to make a "Combine" operation it is NOT possible.
The menu entry "Combine" is greyed out/disabled.
Why ?
The same occurs if I press the SHIFT key instead of the CTRL key
Jeff Tag: Hi, Tag: 49950
lag and skipping during use
so im making a movie about 9 minutes using Fraps, and i have LOTS of edits
and Effects, but sometimes in the movie, it just starts lagging and skips to
the end, and other times in random places the screen freezes but the sound
keeps going. its insanly disturbing, because then i have to press Stop but
its laggy so it takes a while then watch it over again. then the next day
the clip works and then another day it doesnt. how come its so laggy and the
clips mess up randomly? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49947
From Movie file to DVD
I've created a movie that is too big for the dvd. The real question is how
to select the proper settings to match the length of movie versus the 4.7 gb
dvd. Is there a computation? Is there some easy way to accomplish this? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49945
Capture Devices Compatible with Moviemaker
Can someone suggest a hardware-intensive USB device (such as Plextor
ConvertX) that is compatible with MM? I am moving to this solution as
the software-intensive devices (such as Dazzle DVC-90) don't work well
with the limited resources of my laptop.
I want to import from an 8mm Camcorder and edit clips with MM.
I also have Nerovision 3. Am not quite sure how these all fit
together.
Thanks.
Frank Tag: Hi, Tag: 49940
Taking Videoshots
Is there any way that i could set it to take screenshots of every frame? I
know how to take screenshots manually. But with long movies it's hard to get
every frame by hand. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! Tag: Hi, Tag: 49935
ActiveMovie Window
once video is imported, select movie to play, an "ActiveMovie Window" opens
up (not the standard viewing area on the right). this makes it difficult to
edit video, constantly have to jump back and forth from window to window
does anyone know how to correct
thank you Tag: Hi, Tag: 49933
codecs
Windows Media Player and Movie Maker can be set up to download codecs
automatically, how intuitive is this though...?
I have an AVI file created with my digital snapshot camera - it plays ok in
Media Player, then still ok played from 'Collections' in Movie Maker, but
only as a blank screen with sound only when played from the 'Timeline'.
I downloaded AceMegaCodecs while I was trying to get better support for mp4
files, also DEP has dug it's heels in trying to close Explorer, Movie Maker
and Media Player when I attempt anything with the AVI.
It wouldn't be so bad I could get the sound from the file, but I
simultaneously recorded a wav file for dubbing through a shure PG58 mic, so
my AVIs are effectively now turning out useless.
Please advise Tag: Hi, Tag: 49932
Movies are a bit blurry after burning
Hi, I have captured video on moviemaker and murned it on Sonic My DVD LE.
The video looks really good when looking at it in Moviemaker, but when making
a DVD the end result is a bit disappointing. I have searched the net for
info on the subject, but I end up here looking for advice. :D
Anyone have any tips or hints? Also, is there a way to get moviemaker to
NOT cut the 1 hour clip into small bits?
<thanks for any help
Stefan Pettersen Tag: Hi, Tag: 49931
Photos
I was trying to make a video of digital still photos with transitions and
music. After spending about 4 hours getting everything just the way I wanted,
when I went to save it to a DVD, I got a message stating that it could not be
saved for possible reasons, The original source file could not be found, not
enough room on the disk, or not enough room on my hard drive. It was a blank
DVD, I have ver 53GB available on my hard drive, and all the photos and music
I took out of My Documents. Any ideas? Thanks Tag: Hi, Tag: 49928
Capturing video
I have a video camera and want to capture and edit my video, then burn it to
a dvd. When I capture it is is choppy and not clear. Any ideas? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49922
Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U: Any Good?
I am attempting to capture 8mm analog video to my PC which is a
Dell Inspiron 2650 with a Pentium 4 @ 1.69GH, 256MB RAM and
a 20GB drive. You will say this is why I have had terrible luck with
software-based capture devices such as the Dazzle DVC-90 and
others. I obviously need a hardware-based device.
Has anyone had any experience with the Plextor ConvertX? I
am considering trying one, also because it is on Nero's list of tested
devices and I use Nero 6. Reviews also seem to be consistently
excellent.
Thanks very much for your help. I have just about given up on
Dazzle(yeah, right), Videoh(s--t) and others.
Frank
P.S. I can't afford a new computer just now, but I know that
would be the preferred alternative. Tag: Hi, Tag: 49918
Nero Suddenly Won't Accept .AVI Files
I have a Fuji V10 Digital Camera and have been using it to create
.AVI clips. NeroVision 3 accepted these clips and I burned a
successful DVD. Recently I added more clips to the same xD
card, and then copied these to a folder containing the original .AVI
clips. I then selected the new .AVI clips to form a new Nero DVD
project.
I was shocked to find that Nero would not accept them. In fact,
every time I try to add them, it thinks the first is an .AVI file, but
it thinks all the others are sound files! I have recopied the clips to
my hard drive to no avail.
Also, when this happens, Nero stops responding.
The xD card was used to the point of "card full." The only thing
I can think of is that somehow the files got corrupted. However, they
play back perfectly on the camera, and the files on the HD play
perfectly on Win Media Player and other media players.
Does anyone know what may have happened?
Thanks in advance.
Frank
P.S. Nero has the WMA plugin. Tag: Hi, Tag: 49917
Confirming Collections Plan
Since editing is art, I'm never quite done with a movie, but I don't
trust my machine to be ready to start editing the movie I last worked
on 6 months ago (i.e. maybe the machine gets reformatted, or whatever).
So I want to confirm that an improvised collections export process,
for which a formal versino seems to have been left out of this version,
will work.
When I burn the video DVD, I put a data folder with the raw footage,
stills, and audio on the DVD as well. Even with that, if I wanted it
bad enough, I could re-create the movie, but I didn't want to loose all
of the work I've done with the collections. So if I also save the
MEDIATAB?.DAT file on the DVD, woud I be able to 'reconstitute' the
project, complete with collections, on my reformatted machine? I
realize that the "old" collections that I would copy into the
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Movie Maker\ folder would wipe out my current one if I
didn't back it up outside of this location first. But accepting that I
would be in a "collections database swap mode", would this work? Is
there anything in the DAT file that WMM2 would see as "foreign" and
"reject the transplant"?
BTW, I've read and think I understand most of what I found here:
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Managing-Collections.html, but that
application is slightly different, and I'm not serious enough about
this to install MM1 just for managing collections. But papajohn's
discussion is similar enough to make me think what I plan will work,
but it doesn't hurt to get a nod from those that really know what they
are doing!
--Dale-- Tag: Hi, Tag: 49915
Splitting Audio and Video
I need to split the audio and video so I can delete the audio portion and add
my own narration. I know that I can mute the audio, but this actually ends
up in a larger file because the audio is still coded for, it's just muted.
Is there any way to physically split the audio or get just the video part of
a video on the timeline? Thanks! Tag: Hi, Tag: 49914
No sound during DVD Preview
I have some experience with WMM and I have successfully created a movie with
audio and video. Looks and sounds great after I saved it as a DV-AVI format
when played in RealPlayer. I use Sony's Click to DVD software program and
when I do a preview of the burn there is no audio. Is this common with this
program? Should I get both audio and video or just the video at this stage?
Thanks Tag: Hi, Tag: 49913
Vro Files
I bought a Hitachi dvd camera and the videos save to a vro file and wont pull
up in movie maker,I can play them in media player but would really like to
try out the movie maker for adding music and so on, is it possible to change
how these are saved so the videos are compatible with movie maker? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49912
unable to save finished project
when saving my finished project all goes fine until the saving window... the
saving process would start but the counter for the estimated time starts..
instead of becoming lesser the time gets longer and long with no completion
of saving.
my file size is only 70 mb and i have 60 gb of free space so its not the
file size. what could be wrong?? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49911
Continued freesing of program
I used the wmm lots of times without problem but now it's encountered a big
one that makes it impossible to work with the program.
There seems to be a file (one that's no longer on my computer) stuck in the
program. It's in the program every time I open it with a big red X trough it.
(probably meaning that it's no longer on my computer)
-When I (right or left) click the file with the red X the program freeses.
-When I try to open collections the program freeses.
-When I click the link: "Open Video File" the program freeses.
Does anyone know of a way to uninstall the program so I can re-install it?
The program is not listed in the usual Software / Windows Software list.
Thanks Tag: Hi, Tag: 49904
Windows Movie Maker Has Encountered a problem
Get the above pop up when I click "capture from video device". It wants to
send an error report, then freezes or shuts down. I used to be able to do
this without an issue. I have a camcorder that I hook up through my TV
tuner. I have installed a Logitech web cam since the last successful video
capture. Any thoughts? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49900
Windows Message Manager Has encountered a problem
Get the above pop up when I click "capture from video device". It wants to
send an error report, then freezes or shuts down. I used to be able to do
this without an issue. I have a camcorder that I hook up through my TV
tuner. I have installed a Logitech web cam since the last successful video
capture. Any thoughts? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49898
How to download Movie Maker
Hi there,
I searched some other posts about how to download Movie Maker but they all
seemed kinda out of date and all offered different things. Can someone
please tell me how to download it? If it's relevant, I have Windows 5.1
(Service Pack 2)--or at least, that's what it says if I have gone to right
place!
Thanks. Tag: Hi, Tag: 49897
Unspecified error plaquing everyone?
Hey there. I'm having this same "Unspecified error" in WMM that TONS of
others seem to have but no one seems to be able to fix. WMM version 1 worked
fine for a long time for me using all kinds of file types( including jpg
which a ton of you for some reason think don't work)...Anyway one day it just
decided to stop working by giving me the unspecified error whenever importing
things or adding things to the storyboard. So, I upgraded to SP2 to get WMM
ver. 2...... I was in high hopes this would fix my problem, but alas it has
not. Is there ANYONE out there with an answer or maybe a course of action
that might help???? The whole convering files doesn't help a bit....so I know
thats not the issue. Someone...please...help!?!?! Tag: Hi, Tag: 49894
not able to play in other players
After saving the video when using the windows mover maker I was not able to
play it in windows media player or any other player, I keep getting a message
that its the wrong file type, but when I saved it I wasn't allowed to save it
under mpeg or video file type?????? this is driving me nuts, please help Tag: Hi, Tag: 49893
my WMM froze
i was exploring on my MM and i found this auto movie feature. i tried it out
and suddenly my MM froze. the music and the video wasnt working
help pls Tag: Hi, Tag: 49892
Saving movie on DVD for a contineously
Is there a way to make the saved movie play cintinueously like you would on a
VHS tape. I want it to play all the way through and then start from the
beginning again. Is there any way to do this? Tag: Hi, Tag: 49889
Problem imorting
I have a uncompressed avi which is a tutorial of an application running on
pocket pc. When viewed in mediaplayer the pocket pc is normal size with
approx 1/3 image and 2 X 1/3 black areas side by side. When I import into
movie maker the video looks okay on the time line but is squashed in the
preview screen. ie 2 black areas top and bottom. The outputted file is the
same.
How can I overcome this.
Cheers
SteveW Tag: Hi, Tag: 49888