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    - Brightness question After I edit a video with Windows Movie Maker. I view the movie in Window Media Player 10.0 then I change the brightness setting because the video is too dark, I get a Green haze on the bottom half of the video. Why is that? Is there a setting or codex that I need to change in WMM or WMP to fix this problem. This also happens sometimes with vid's I've downloaded from web sites. Thanks Jeff Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42468
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    - Changing Speed of Text in Tittles? I would like to be able to Change the Speed of the scrolling Text in the tittles I have created. Thanks Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42464
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    - Lost Effects I have two systems with XP. One with MCE one XP Pro. Movie Maker is on both, and from what I see on the About panel, they are identical. On one system, in the Effects view, I see several effects that allow for zooming/panning etc. of the picture. On my other system, I do not see these effects. Just the basic ones. Any idea how I get the additional effects on my other system? Thanks. -- James Kirk Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42463
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    - after saving a movie when I save my movie file it shows that there isn't any protection. can someone help with this? please advise. -- see ya! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42452
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    - Getting a copy of Movie Maker How can I get a copy? I've just got a new PC that has XP Pro with SP2 applied. I don't have MM on it, and the Windows Update site won't do anything. I had it on my old PC but can't remember how I got it on! Any help appreciated. Garry Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42445
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    - No sound I dont get any sound if I play the movie I made in a home DVD player, but it works fine in my computer. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42442
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    - Audio mixing in Movie Maker I'm trying to fade down a music track in a movie to allow the video track to be heard and then fade the music track back up again. I've found the slide that switches between the two tracks but whatever changes I make as the movie progresses aren't saved. It just reverts to whatrever level the slide is left at. Any clues? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42440
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    - Error when I put videos in timeline Error message: AppName: moviemk.exe AppVer: 2.1.4026.0 ModName: mpeg2parser.ax ModVer: 1.2.0.79 Offset: 000088f2 Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42439
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    - unable to connect - help Hi I have Sony DVD Camcorder, I have connected with my computer thro USB. When I click "Capture from Video Device" I get an error message (A Video capture device was not detected. But Its connected, I can download using Sony's software). Any help to resolve is highly appreciated. Selva Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42434
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    - movie maker 2 every time i drop a video into movie maker 2 i get the following message; Windows Movie Maker has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. I send error report but never get a responce back. ERROR REPORT READS ; Error Signature EventType : BEX P1 : moviemk.exe P2 : 2.0.3312.0 P3 : 3e038613 P4 : comctl32.dll P5 : 6.0.2900.2180 P6 : 4110968c P7 : 0004e183 P8 : c0000409 P9 : 00000000 Files included with error report C:\DOCUME~1\DRRDMO~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6930.dir00\moviemk.exe.mdmp C:\DOCUME~1\DRRDMO~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6930.dir00\appcompat.txt My movie maker 2 use to work perfectly, now it does this every time Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42430
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    - Adjust slide duration to match music length? In PhotoStory? I want a quick way to throw a bunch of pictures and two songs together to make a video slideshow. I want the photo duration to be automatically adjusted to match the length of whatever song(s) I choose. Is this possible in MovieMaker? How about in PhotoStory? I saw a post in this forum from a few months ago suggesting that PhotoStory3 could do this, but I don't see the option. Can anyone offer advice? Or, if not possible, alternative software that is cheap or free? Thanks! Matt Kruse Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42426
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    - Blank space at end of video I had this problem and tried this newsgroup. Then I tried all the suggestions made but still had the same result. I then clicked on "show storyboard" and then clicked the + magnifying glass. As I scrolled from the end of my video to the end of the blank space, I came accross a small audio file that some how got stuck near the end of the blank space. I deleted that file and my video snapped back to the place I expected it to be. Just when you think you know it all, some other thing pops up. Finally I am done. -- coop Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42425
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    - downloadable tutorial book IS there a tutorial book you can download ? I have to train 6 teachers on moviemaker 2 and was wondering if there were any good points of reference ? David Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42423
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    - Invalid Pointer when opening a Saved File Hi, does anyone have ANY idea how to resolve this? When I try to open a previous file, I get an error saying "Invalid Pointer" and the file doesn't open! Pls tell me my hours and hours of time on the project has not been deleted :-( Anyone with any ideas, pls pls post! Thanks Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42421
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    - Saving to DVD I appear to have successfully burnt my .avi MM2 movie to a DVD-R using the trial version of Ulead Movie Factory. It plays back fine on my computer, but not on my DVD player,which as far as i can tell accepts DVD-R. I have also tried to burn on DVD+RW but Ulead does not recognise this. Any ideas please. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42420
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    - Want to use Dazzle DVC 80 with Movie Maker but sound is not found I want to use my Dazzle DVC 80 but although as a video input device it doesn't work as an audio input. It is shown, but now that I've selected it, I get an error message telling me it's not supported and when I click ok in the hopes of changing the setting, it closes out the settings window! Help!! What to do? I just had to reformat and I did have it working before. I seem to recall that the DVC 80 needed to be shoing up in the sound and USB areas and right now it doesn't. The setup disk for it simply installs Video Wave 4 and I'm not interested it it. Any help is appreciated! Gerry Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42419
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    - Re: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Jerry, All I am trying to do, as I explained, is put six hours of low- quality video on a DVD and play it in a DVD player, with a menu to allow selection of up to 14 different segments. I'm sure I've seen references to doing this, but I have not been successful in finding the references again. You said I should review the help files. MyDVD speaks to the fact that up to 440 minutes of MPEG-1 can be recorded to a DVD if Dolby Audio is used and not transcoded. However there doesn't seem to be a way to do that if the source file is .wmv format. Cari said to burn as a data DVD to test the player. How do I get a menu to work with the DVD player if all I do is burn an MPEG-1 file as data? What is the required DVD file structure? The convert query at videohelp.com doesn't find any answers for the WMV to MPG conversion selection. Jay -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:29:08 -0700 From: Jerry <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker If you don't understand what Cari said then you had better re-read the help files for your DVD burner software - or forget trying to do whatever it is you're tring to do as what was said is understandable. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:52:34 -0700 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker Cari, I appreciate your response. Now, would someone please explain what Cari said? I don't have a clue what to do based on Cari's reply. Also, www.videohelp.com is a great resource, I refer to it a lot. But just that generic reference doesn't give me any help toward my goal. I don't know where to go at that site to find the answer I seek, so I asked here for guidance. Jay -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:52:00 -0700 From: Cari (MS-MVP) <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker If you have a DVD player that plays MPEG files, re-encode them as MPEG1 files and you can fit 4 or 5 hours on one DVD.... you do not burn them as a Video DVD, but as a Data DVD. But make sure your DVD standalone can cope first. Check at www.videohelp.com - - Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging -------- Original Message -------- Subject: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:07:13 -0700 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker I have an old VHS tape, recorded in 6-hr mode in 1983, with 14 episodes of 20-25 minutes each. Using a Canopus ADVC-100 to convert the VCR output to firewire input to the computer, I've made .wmv files of each of the 14 episodes, and edited in a title to each one using moviemaker. I've saved them in the "Video for LAN" 768Kbps .wmv format which is 640x480; the .wmv files range in size from 105 to 153MB, totalling less than 2GB. The .wmv files play fine using Windows media player; the quality is just as "good" as what is recorded on the old VHS tape. Using MyDVD, I've burned DVDs, each with a maximum of three episodes on the DVD, with a menu for selecting the episode to view. They play fine in a DVD player. The problem is that it takes five DVDs. How can I put the 6 hours of video, the 14 .wmv files, on one DVD (or two DVDs), with menu selections, that can be played in the DVD player? Video quality isn't an issue, given the available source. I'm not locked in to MyDVD; I just happen to have it, and it works as described. Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, CA Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42418
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    - using Ulead Movie Factory to burn DVD I have used Movie Maker to create my movie, saved it to my computer and have downloaded Ulead Movie Factory to save to a DVD. My problem is that the playback on my TV is terrible - very jumpy and the picture is not clear. What am I doing wrong??? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42417
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    - video capture I am trying to capture video using Movie Maker Capture Wizard and when I get to 'Video Settings', the option to use DV-AVI is not given (it is greyed out and not in bold as the other 2 options are). I want to save to a DVD to playback on a DVD player and I have been told that this is the best setting to use. Would you know the reason this option is not available, otherwise what would be the next best setting to use? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42415
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    - Re: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Cari, I appreciate your response. Now, would someone please explain what Cari said? I don't have a clue what to do based on Cari's reply. Also, www.videohelp.com is a great resource, I refer to it a lot. But just that generic reference doesn't give me any help toward my goal. I don't know where to go at that site to find the answer I seek, so I asked here for guidance. Jay -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:52:00 -0700 From: Cari (MS-MVP) <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker If you have a DVD player that plays MPEG files, re-encode them as MPEG1 files and you can fit 4 or 5 hours on one DVD.... you do not burn them as a Video DVD, but as a Data DVD. But make sure your DVD standalone can cope first. Check at www.videohelp.com -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging -------- Original Message -------- Subject: six hours of .wmv on a DVD? Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:07:13 -0700 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker I have an old VHS tape, recorded in 6-hr mode in 1983, with 14 episodes of 20-25 minutes each. Using a Canopus ADVC-100 to convert the VCR output to firewire input to the computer, I've made .wmv files of each of the 14 episodes, and edited in a title to each one using moviemaker. I've saved them in the "Video for LAN" 768Kbps .wmv format which is 640x480; the .wmv files range in size from 105 to 153MB, totalling less than 2GB. The .wmv files play fine using Windows media player; the quality is just as "good" as what is recorded on the old VHS tape. Using MyDVD, I've burned DVDs, each with a maximum of three episodes on the DVD, with a menu for selecting the episode to view. They play fine in a DVD player. The problem is that it takes five DVDs. How can I put the 6 hours of video, the 14 .wmv files, on one DVD (or two DVDs), with menu selections, that can be played in the DVD player? Video quality isn't an issue, given the available source. I'm not locked in to MyDVD; I just happen to have it, and it works as described. Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, CA Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42413
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    - six hours of .wmv on a DVD? I have an old VHS tape, recorded in 6-hr mode in 1983, with 14 episodes of 20-25 minutes each. Using a Canopus ADVC-100 to convert the VCR output to firewire input to the computer, I've made .wmv files of each of the 14 episodes, and edited in a title to each one using moviemaker. I've saved them in the "Video for LAN" 768Kbps .wmv format which is 640x480; the .wmv files range in size from 105 to 153MB, totalling less than 2GB. The .wmv files play fine using Windows media player; the quality is just as "good" as what is recorded on the old VHS tape. Using MyDVD, I've burned DVDs, each with a maximum of three episodes on the DVD, with a menu for selecting the episode to view. They play fine in a DVD player. The problem is that it takes five DVDs. How can I put the 6 hours of video, the 14 .wmv files, on one DVD (or two DVDs), with menu selections, that can be played in the DVD player? Video quality isn't an issue, given the available source. I'm not locked in to MyDVD; I just happen to have it, and it works as described. Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, CA Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42409
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    - How do you get .avi files onto movie maker? I can't get my .avi files to play on movie maker. The audio codec is mpeg-3, if that helps any. What do I do? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42408
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    - Green Screen i think i figured out I think i got the green screen thing -- needhelp911 Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42406
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    - green screen I looked at the moviemakers.net forum, and found a "solution". Someone says to "use inverse video to get video in text, change the text, (now background) to green, and make a clip of the text with video and a green background to use for green screen". can some one simplify that? I mean, what's inverse video? -- needhelp911 Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42404
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    - Green Screen My question is: Is it possible to acheive a green screen effect in windows movie maker? Thanks a bunch! -- needhelp911 Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42399
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    - voice over is it possible to record voice over on moviemaker 2 ? can anyone recommend any good tutorial sites ? david Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42397
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    - Big time Help needed writing To Camera Dear Forum/PapaJohn, I am still having problems wrting to tape when finishing a movie. The camcorder is activated ie. it reads that it is recording but it never stops recording and there is nothing on the tape. I tried to use th WinDv program to correct the problem but even that did the same. Any suggestions anybody Signed A desperate Nicky B! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42395
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    - Writing to Tape Big Time Help Needed Please Dear Forum/PapaJohn, I am still having problems finishing the movie and writing to tape. The camcorder is activated ie. it records but does not stop and there is nothing recorded on the tape. I tried the WinDV download but even that did the same as the above. Any suggestions?? Thank you for any help you can give Nicky B Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42394
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    - trouble saving, not covered before i have a video made that is 10 minutes, and it just doesnt save i dont get an error, but it says time remaining 1643 minutes, which is reterded because my movies that were 5 minutes saved in under 5 minutes. so why is it doing this? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42387
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    - Date and Time On Screen Display (on DVD Conversion from DI-8 Recording) Hi, I am using the DI-8 Camcorder With Movie Maker on Windows XP. When I play the cassette on camcorder it display date and time on the corner of screen. But in the moviemaker it only creates the links to time and date. How can I make DVD from DI-8 recordings (using Movie Maker), to display the date and time on the screen all the time. It will be great idea to have option to display the date-time with some option like subtitles. With Rgds, BJ. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42386
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    - Saving video files help I just got a Logitech web cam. I have stitched together some videos recorded with the web cam using Movie Maker. How do I save the resulting video in anything other than the movie maker file extension. The .wmv extension would be nice so other poeple can open the file if I send it to them. Thanks for your help pk Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42385
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    - Importing files without index?? I have downloaded an old newsreel from the internet and want to import it into movie maker. However everytime I try it tells me that it cannot open the file because it is not indexed. How can I index the file?? Also, when I play the file in movie player I can't fast forward or rewind, I have to go back to the begining of the film. Are these problems linked? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42384
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    - Creating collage of stills in movie Is there a function or technique I can use to create a movie sequence that shows a collage of stills? I have a set of still photos and want them to appear seemingly randomly overlaying each other on parts of the screen in rapid succession. Any ideas would be greatly welcome! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42383
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    - Animated Movie using Movie Maker 2 I'm trying to create a simple animated feature using, hopefully, Movie Maker 2. What I need help with is moving a graphic within the frame. For example, let's say that there is a static background image and I want to move a small graphic across this background image. These images would be hand drawn, say in gif/png/jpeg format. If it's possible, how would I go about do that? Thanks in advance. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42382
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    - How add narration or music? My basic movie is done but needs better narration in spots and I'd like to add music. My book on Windows XP doesn't cover this procedure very well. How do you do it? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42378
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    - editing music clips Is there a way to cut the middle of a music clip and keep the beginning and the end? I can only seem to make it cut off the beginning or end, but not the middle. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42377
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    - Saving Trouble Hello, Whenever I try to save a Video File from Movie Maker, it *stops* at 93, 97, or even 99 percent. The program doesn't freeze, and I can click cancel with no worries, but I can't save any videos! Help! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42376
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    - Juddery preview when creating 2nd film- OK for 1st My first film with MM2.1 went flawlessly; I capured over 30GB of DV footage and created a 18min widescreen film, burned it to DVD - easy! I am trying to create a second film using some new captured DV footage (about 20gb), my computer is doing nothing else and has over 60GB of free HDD but I cannot even get past the first two seconds of the film without huge judder as if my HDD or system was struggling to cope (this is within MM using a small preview screen). I have defragged my HDD and my computer is two months old, with all other apps working fine. I even deleted the orginal captured DV footage fopr my first film to ensure that I have suffient HDD space. What am I missing here? HELP! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42373
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    - Missing Codec Have captured an analog video using my Sony VAIO Laptop's GigaPocket Utility. File has been exported to the desktop as an MPEG-2 file. Movie plays OK in Windows Media Player but is not recognized by Windows Movie Maker when attempting to import it into a new "collection" for editing. An error window pops up indicating a missing codec. How can this problem be resolved? Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42371
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    - What's different behavior between AMCAP.exe and Movie Maker Hi, 1.AMCAP.exe doesn't call Flip of DD_SURFACECALLBACKS function but Movie maker does. Why? 2.After I enter the Movie Maker AP and click the "Capture from video device ..",it'll immediately call Flip function to flip the surface ,but on that time we doesn't see anything and we haven't make any setting before it preview,it's a little unusual. 3.It seems go software flip flow,but it has DDVP_AUTOFLIP flag when it call DdVideoPortUpdate function ,how can I distinguish the Hardware Flip or Software flip in Movie Maker? Best regards. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42360
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    - OPENMG SECURE MODULE When I save a project I can not open it again, think I have to install OPENMG SECURE MODULE, but don't know how. Could anyone help me please!!!! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42358
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    - creating a powerpoint with movie maker I have created a powerpoint with pictures for a wedding with Windows Movie Maker. Now I am ready to burn it. It says to burn on CD-RW. Can I burn it on a DVD and will it work on our DVD player properly. I have a DVD burner. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42357
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    - Random Transitions I am trying to make a movie that has a lot of pictures. Is there a way I can simply have movie maker add the transitions randomly? I read a great thread on how to add the same transitions to all the slides but I wanted to spice it up a bit. Thanks! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42350
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    - Audio Fade Out? Hello, how do I make the audio fade out (ie: on the last frame of a movie)? thank you Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42341
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    - saving to mini dv I have a movie that I am trying to save to my panasonic mini dv. I have the ieee1394 firewire. When I try to save to the camcorder, I dont get an error message, but it wont let me save it. I have read all the trouble shooting stuff and I think I have that covered. I have modified the size of the file when I save to CD or desktop and it will let me. I think the file is too large when I create my movie. I have 9 songs and approx 1200 images. The file shows only 254 meg before I save my movie. I cant see where I can change the bit rate from the pc to the camcorder. I can save the file just fine and view it in media player after changing the bit rate when going to the CD. Am I just out of luck because the file is too big when recording to the camcorder? Please help. Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42328
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    - Speed up clip TIP and questions I wanted to speed up a clip in WMM2 more than the default 2X; so I doubled the speed, saved the clip as an AVI then imported it back into Collections, sped it up again (2X), saved it to an AVI, re-imported it again and then finally applied a 2X Video Effect to give me a very speedy clip (without apparent loss of frames or introducing very choppy video). The question I have, is there any loss in AVI quality the more I apply this technique to a set of clips? Also, I have been reading on PapaJohn's website that WMM uses AVI-I versus AVI-II, what do DV camcorders typically save to tape, AVI-I or AVI-II? Is there any consumer way of editing AVI-II or is that left to the professional equipment? Any advantage to using AVI-II or is it lossy, the more you import and save back to AVI-II (if you can)? Thanks, PJ Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42327
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    - mm help!! PLEASE!!! I need to get my mm project file burned to a cd that i can play in my home cd player....i need it for a wedding this weekend and am running out of time...please help! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42326
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    - Using Overlays I was just reading about using overlays in MM and it sounds like an interesting idea. However, when I try to drag my png to the overlay part of the timeline, it stops dead in the video section and won't go where I want it. Could someone explain to me simply how to use overlays over images? Or can they only be over transitions? Thank you! Rach Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42323
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    - Creating DVD's with CD-R's or CD-RW's I have created and edited a movie on Windows Movie Maker 2 and want to make a DVD to play on a DVD player. I only have a CD-RW burner and DVD ROM drive on my computer. Can I burn a DVD using a CD-R or CD-RW with my existing drive or do I have to use a DVD-R or DVD-RW with a DVD burner? -- Sincerely, Keith Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42321
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    - Ever see a stray frame/image copied into a transition?? I am editing an hour-long video with about 100 clips. I think I am encountering an error in WMM, but not sure. When I split a long clip into two clips, and then delete one of the clips, sometimes a single image/frame from the deleted clip appears in the "transition" for the next clip. It is only a single frame/image, but it ruins the video because it is out-of-context. My video appears choppy, with a single image spliced between two clips. My question is "where is this single image stored?" It seems to be stored in the "transition" between clips. As I scroll through the video frame by frame, the stray image appears "between" two clips. If I view the storyboard screen and click on the transition box, I can see the stray image/frame. I wish I could delete it. I am not using any transitions in this video. The menus do not allow me to delete the transition because WMM thinks I have not specified any transitions. Has anyone seen this? Thanks!! Tag: Author a dvd Tag: 42317

How do you author a dvd? I'm also having trouble getting a movie to play on
my dvd player.

RE: Author a dvd by yogisimo

yogisimo
Mon Sep 26 19:56:03 CDT 2005

If you have a dvd burner and authoring software you are ready, go to
videohelp.com for more instructions. If you have no burner get one with
software and then go to videohelp.com or just fake it with the software.

"K.d" wrote:

> How do you author a dvd? I'm also having trouble getting a movie to play on
> my dvd player.

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