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    - I JUST HATE THIS MOVIE MAKER!!! IM just having all the problems with this damn program!!! Everything will go good... until 10min. into my project... and then...!!!FREEZE! if its not freezing up on me, its something else. I have had problems before... but not like this. I think another program should be used... if you want to save your sanity. -thnx! Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54716
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    - Controlling Output Movie Settings Is there anyway to specify movie settings other than selecting from the predetermined list? I have a bunch of WMV files that have: Bit rate: 699Kbps Video size: 352 x 288 Aspect Ratio: 11:9 Is there any option to just use the same settings as the video files in the collection? All I really want to do is combine them. Windows Movie Maker insists on converting the format and says it will take hours to do. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54713
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    - The file is not indexed and cannot be imported The file is a .wmv that Windows Media Player has no problems in playing. It uses: Audio Codec: Windows Media Audio 9 40 kbps, 32 kHz, stereo 1-pass CBR Video Codec: Windows Media Video 9 Why can't Windows Movie Maker import it? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54711
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    - Also Installed Explorer 7 and now WMM Wont Work It figures every time they try and improve something, they screw something else up. I installed Explorer 7 and now my windows movie maker crashes 2 seconds after I open up the program. I get the error that says Window Movie Maker has encountered a problem and needs to close! Seems like Im not the only one. My op system is windows XP What can I do....... Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54704
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    - Nividia graphics card with MM2 I downloaded SP 2 in order to get MM2 because Microsoft said that a 'fix' was in it so that Movie Maker 2 would recognize my video capture device. It didn't. Anyone have a solution? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54700
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    - Interface error I am trying to load a mpg file into Movie Maker and receiving the following error: "Could not be imported. An interface has too many methods to fire events from" Any idea what this means or how to get around it? Thankx Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54698
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    - Installed Explorer 7 now WMM wont work As soon as WMM starts up and finds my project an error message appears to this effect "Window Movie Maker has encountered a problem and needs to close". This never happened with Explorer 6. Can you please advise if there might be a problem related to downloading IE7? Thanks Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54696
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    - WMM Capture error HELP! In windows movie maker I'm getting an error message when I select the "Capture from video device". The error says "No such interface supported" but when I click OK the whole capture window closed without allowing me a chance to switch capture devices. I am referring to the Audio devide pulldown. Please post and help if you can. Thanks Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54674
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    - Videos won't work in WMM I have a digital camera that I take small videos on. When I try to import them into my "movies" it says it cannot be imported to WMM. Is there something I need to download to make it compatible? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54659
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    - where can i download new WMM version? my version of WMM is the old one, version 1. i'd like to upgrade it to a newer version, the one with the video effects and other special features. where should i download it for free? thanks for the help! =) need it asap as i'm working on a music video/slide show as a gift for my loved one. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54653
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    - question my version of WMM is the old one, version 1. i'd like to upgrade it to a newer version, the one with the video effects and other special features. where should i download it for free? thanks for the help! =) Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54651
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    - MM can control my camera but crashes after it rewinds I have a new Sony DV-deck and now I want to digitize stuff with MM. It connects to the deck, rewinds and then crashes with an unknown error. I have An Asus P5WD2 Premium with a Pentium D 3.4 GHz Computer. Anyone encountered a similar problem? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54650
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    - newbie please help Hi all I have copied my old silent home movie video onto a DVD. Using my stand alone DVD recorder/player and my VCR. Okay, now what? What I want to do is make DVD's for my kids. But of course these movies are silent. I would like to use Windows Movie Maker (which came with my computer) But I would like to have songs playing in the background (so it is not so boring to watch) What is my next step and please explain how to do it....................... Thanks in advance. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54649
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    - WMM won't save in 4:3 Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. I have WMM set to 4:3 format in Tools > Options and it says "4:3" when I save a .wmv, but when I play the file back, it's 16:9. This happens with captured video and imported files that are already in 4:3. I can save in 4:3 in other video editors, but I wanted to use WMM to make the file small enough to upload to a website. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54647
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    - WMM Freezing - Size issue? Hi, I've been reading the other posts about WMM freezing but wanted to explain my problem: Windows XP Professional 5.1 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 49% free space (13.94 GB free) Available Physical Memory 655.48 MB Virus Scan done 10/20/06 - clean Adaware done 10/20/06 - clean Automatic Window updates I'm making a 5 to 8 minute movie using video clips and music. I've transferred 95 clips to date, all averaging 20 seconds long at the most. I will be adding quite a bit more, using some video clips as audio voiceovers. According to Explore, the saved WMM file size is only 437 KB's. But I'm freezing up more and more when I'm working in WMM. There's nothing I can put my finger on as to what I'm doing or when it happens. I do know if I click on things too fast, that will cause it to freeze up so I've been very careful. This has been happening with more frequency in the past couple of weeks. I had Roxio installed but removed it this week and installed Nero with a Sony double layer, dual layer CD/DVD burner. WMM continues to freeze up but I can't say that it is freezing more or less with these changes. I would appreciate your help with this. If this is a chronic problem with WMM, I may have to scrap 25 hours of work and start all over again with the movie/DVD builder in Nero. I really don't want to do that. Any ideas? (I'll be gone for awhile but will check back later.) Thanks, KP -- KP Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54646
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    - audio doesn't save with video I saved a movie to DVD and to my computer. Then I edited the project again, adding dubbed sound (and muted the relevant clip) both at the end and in the middle. Now, when I either save to dvd disk or to hard drive, there's no sound at all. Why would this happen? I can use the original save, but it's not as good as the new edit with added sound and clips. Grateful for help, have spent far too much of my life on this! Thanks Ceil Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54644
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    - need to post my videos to the web using ipod format help! how do I post my videos on the web in an ipod format? using sony handycam/windows movie maker and go daddy to host get the feeling i am going to have to invest in new software Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54640
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    - Cant import anything I'm running XP pro with sp2. Moviemaker wont let me import any files either video, pictures or audio. It just says unable to import unspecified error, Any ideas guys ?? Cheers Jeff Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54638
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    - IF THIS PC WAS A CAR I'D HIT IT WITH A WRENCH! In a previous post I asked for help with my MM and DVD converter... now everythings freezing. Even Internet Explorer just froze. I have done everything I know to try and I am about to re-install my OS out of sheer frustration. Does anyone think that would help? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54636
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    - creatinf clips could some one tell me please what is happening to my clips ? i have imported divX.avi file unto WMM, i can preiview it on timeline / but / when i come to create clips WMM works abt 35 minutes progress bar working but there are no clips where are my clips gone any idea nay body ? -- If ifs and ands were pots and pans there would be no use of tinker''''s hand/ Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54626
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    - WMM and IE7 Problems Hi, I've found that WMM has issues with IE7. In my case, WMM closes as soon as I run it with IE 7 installed. When I remove IE7, WMM works fine. I've installed the latest IE7 and WMM doesn't work again. Anyone have any ideas if a fix is available for either WMM or IE7? Thanks, Will Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54624
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    - Capturing has stopped and the video file cannot be saved because the screen resolution was changed Hi, Whilst capturing video from a webcam using windows moviemaker on my laptop, if I lock the screen - or close over the screen - I get the error below when I log back in or when re-open the screen. "Capturing has stopped and the video file cannot be saved because the screen resolution was changed. Restart the Video Capture Wizard, and try capturing again" Moviemaker has stopped recording and my data has been lost. Any ideas? Thanks Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54618
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    - Blank screen Why am I not seeing the video while i am working on it ( black screen) in movie maker but I can see it if I save it and then play it on Media Player.............?? Thanks Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54616
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    - e-mailing saved movie. when i email a saved movie it shows title and credits but all pictures and video in between is black screen story board shows red x where picture should be, why?. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54613
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    - Windows Movie Maker Product Id Number?...burning dvd help? Trying to get support for windows movie maker and i need hte product id number. I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyone know? thanks. and if anyone can help here my problem.... I cant seem to burn the dvd. I save the movie and it converts the files, but then it won't burn. says unable to burn dvd..error occured. then i hit okay another message pops up asking to put in approiate dvd...which i am doing. So I dont know whats wrong...Anyone help? thanks much Drew Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54612
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    - DV-AVI not availabe when capturing WMM acknowledges that I have a Sony Digital Video Camera ready to capture from but when I go to the video setting screen it will only allow me to choose from Best quality for p/b on my computer or Other settings, the Digital Device format (DV-AVI) is opaque so I can't click on it. Thanks for all the great advice I've read from the many posters in this forum. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54611
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    - Hard drive camcorders can windows movie maker import footage from hard drive camcorders??? Also, when trying to burn a movie (after using movie maker to import) with adobe encore I get a message "No media present" even when there is a dvd in the drive??? cheers!!!! -- lakey Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54610
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    - trouble muting my clips in the movie maker 2.1 I'm having major trouble muting my video clips in my movie maker 2.1. I've searched the whole thing but theres not mute button. Can someone please help me. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54606
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    - analog capture quality Video capture from analog sources (camcorder, VCR) appears grainy and 'jerky' on occasions. Are there some settings that could be changed to improve this? Are there aother software programs that are better than Movie Maker for converting VHS formatted videos to DVD? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54605
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    - Moviemaker recently used files MRU Does anyone know how to eliminate the most recently used list in moviemaker? I don't want it to save a MRU'ed list at all but I cannot find anywhere hot to stop it from keeping a list. Please... Gene Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54603
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    - Capturing problem Hi, I have a capturing problem on my machine with capturing from a DV camera. The problem occurs when capturing in 'Windows Movie Maker', the machine will remotely access the camera and begin playback but the preview Window appears to have a mosaic effect on it. The captured footage has the same fault. The system is using Service Pack 2. I have also hooked up another hard drive to this machine containing Windows XP Service Pack 1, this works perfectly and the fault evident in Service Pack 2 is not evident here. It seems to be an SP2 issue. Can anyone offer any ideas as to the possible problem? I include a full machine SPEC below: Pentium Dual Core 2X3.2Ghz 512MB DDR 128MB Ati Radeon X300 Asrock 775DUAL-VSTA Windows XP Home (inc Sp2) Seperate IEE1394 card Thanks, Iain Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54600
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    - HELP!!! Adding text!!! Can I add paragraphs of text into my movie. I have to do a year 12 assignment which needs to have info music pictures and movies in it. How will i add all the info???? It is so confusing.. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!! Steph Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54598
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    - fading music....not working? i am making a movie/music video to a song in windows movie maker. i would like to fade the music out at a certain point to hear some audio from the video, and then resume at the same point in the song after it's finished. the problem i'm having is when i cut the music at the point i want it and click "fade out", and then i play it, the music first fades out and then a quick noise of sound returns before the silence. i have done this fading music thing before in my movie and it worked fine. i tried moving the point where the music stops and it does the same thing....please help me, i really don't know what to do! i need help asap, this project needs to be done soon!! thanks.... carissa Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54591
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    - Not letting me import audio??? When trying to import any audio (music) the program gives me a a warning that says it cannot be imported because of digital rights management. I have tried several different ways to put the music into the program and it will not allow me too, HELP????? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54589
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    - MOVIE MAKER & DVD TO WMV CONVERTER I am trying to convert my DVD's to WMV format (using ImTOO DVD to WMV Converter) for use in my Windows Movie Maker (version 2.1.4026.0) and have done so successfully in the past, but now I'm getting error reports and even my entire system freezing up so that I have to restart. I had Windows Media player 10 installed and the error reports named this file: wmvdmoe2.dll. I updated to Windows Media player 11 and this file was named: wmvencod.dll. My conversions keep failing and my Movie Maker runs fine while editing the videos, but fails to save them. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54587
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    - Saving to a DV Camcorder I tried saving my movie that I created in Windows Movie Maker back to my tape on my DV Camcorder, and during the saving and viewing of the movie I noticed that there were a lot of glitches/ pauses in my tape. How can I prevent this from happening when saving to a DV Camcorder? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54585
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    - Jerky movie after downloading I am trying to get started on making dvds from my downloaded minidv files. I am running a Pentium 3 800 Mhz with an external 250 GB hd using Movie Maker. When viewed after successfully downloading the video it appears jerky. I even burned a VCD and it also was jerky. Am I wasting my time with the slower processor? I notice most everyone is using processors in the GBs. Are there things I can do to help elimate the jerkyness without buying a new computer? -- Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54583
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    - 8mm to DVD I made a movie using imported 8mm home movie footage and adding music. It says I don't have enough HD space (14g free) to save it as DV-AVI. The movie is 2 hours long. I can save it to an external HD, how is it then supposed to fit on a DVD? MMM says the movie is 28560 MB. Can I use a program like DVDDecrypt to compress it? or possibly use a different format. Thanks, first time movie maker. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54581
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    - WMV to DVD Hi all, It would be much appreciated if anyone could help with my problem with WMV to DVD, please. Could anyone say,from experience,what most suitable software may be for the conversion WMV to something a DVD player would recognise,please? I have these three in mind for starters, but I may be wrong:- Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6. Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD Version 8 SE. Nero Express 6. Regards, Ridgewood. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54573
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    - importing and capturing with WMM2.1 i am unable to capture/ import .mpg video files into WMM/ i m using pleaxtor device which is a hardware mpeg1/2 and mpeg4 encoder/i captured with supplid software and wanted to edit in WMM but no avail . am i right to understand that WMM will not capure from hardware(mpeg 1/2/4) encoder device and also it will not import .mpg files and i will need to convert files into either .AVI or .WMV format / all help suggetion greatly apriciated / -- If ifs and ands were pots and pans there would be no use of tinker''s hand/ Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54565
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    - How do I Import vision from a DVD (non commercial) onto my movie m Hi, I am trying to work out how I can import vision from a dvd (inserted into my computer) and then edit that vision into a small clip which I hope to email to people. Do I have this option? I am new to movie maker - can someone talk me through how to do this?? -- thommyjt Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54562
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    - add clip to web page How do i add a clip from movie maker to my web page? Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54561
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    - Some parts not playing- please help! Hi. I would really appreciate someone helping me with this because i'm about to lose my mind! I've been trying to make this video using mostly wmv files& MPG files. Now i've made videos using WMM a MILLION times & never did I have this problem. I'd put some clips on there, and then when I would go to watch it back, either the sound won't play or it will freeze on one shot of the video, but the line would keep moving like its playing. Its really driving me insane & I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem was & how to fix it. Thank you so much. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54559
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    - Thank you Decoder ! Thank you for all of you assitance in trying to get to the bottom of my JVC-DV issues. Unfortunately -- I am still in a holding pattern and may just break down and buy a Mac or a new Digital Video Recorder - in the meantime I have tapes of great family memories that I will need to take to a professional. : ( This is rather discouraging. I have caught the attention of a JVC tech and hope that they can help me - I actually forwarded all of the information you provided me to them and am still awaiting a reply. Again, Thank you! Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54541
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    - DVD won't play Hoping someone can shed some light here.... I am creating a 'movie' using still photos with background music and need to burn to DVD. I've read much of what's out here for tips, but am still having problems getting the DVD to play. I am using Win XP, MM2, Sonic My DVD Here are my steps: 1. My Movie Maker 2 file (.mswmm) is complete, I choose 'Save to My Computer' in the Task Pane. 2. I choose DV-AVI (NTSC) as the movie setting. Click Ok, the computer does its thing. 3. Go to Sonic MyDVD, click get movies. Import the .avi file just created by Movie Maker. 4. When I preview the movie in Sonic, it's fine. Then I click burn, it goes through the encoding process and after about 15 minutes it spits the DVD out and says 'complete.' However, when I place this DVD in my DVD player (hooked to my TV), it just shows a disk with a question mark next to it. I also tried it in a DVD player at work and it says 'bad disk." Thinking the actual disk was bad, I tried again, but it still didn't work. I have also tried burning both DVD-R and DVD+R and both have the same results. I'm using Maxell brand. Can anybody please help? As far as I can tell, I'm following the steps properly, but it just doesn't work! This is for an anniversary party this weekend and I'm stuck! Thank you! Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54528
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    - WMM help burning to DVD Hello, I have created a movie via WMM, and created the wmv file. Not sure how to now create the DVD. Does anyone know the best way. Do I need to convert the file to mpeg2. Thanks, Graham. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54527
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    - TIMELINE FREEZE/WMM SHUT DOWN AND SAVING PROBLEM Help very welcome with 2 problems: 1 Timeline freezes, seemingly at random and I have to shut down and reopen, often every 5 mins or so. Or I get message saying WMM has encountered a problem and has to shut down. I am importing Quicktime files from my digital camera, converting to .wmv with Digital Media Converter for editing in WMM. Movies are less than 3 mins duration with a few transitions, titles and credits, and an audio/music track. 2 When I save either to hard disk or CD, movie plays back in psychedelic colours, as if given a special effect, rather than real colours. Can solve this on hard disk by converting back to avi, and playing in Quicktime player, but need CD to play with ~Windows Media Player so other people can watch on their PCs/tvs etc. (at least I think I do.) many thanks corinna10 Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54520
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    - Reloading MM2 Hi, it's necessary for me to reload my OS (Windows XP - Media Center) and restore applications back to factory defaults. I'm afraid of losing work I did in MM2. Besides saving my MM2 projects, AVI files and pictures I used in my movies, whatelse would you recommend me copying/backing up? My collections file? Are there other files that hold data or settings that I might need if I want to edit or recreate my movies? Thank you for your assistance! Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54519
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    - AVI Compression and Quality Hi All I am trying to put together a demo for a trade-show which will consist of a movie (WMF) produced by WMM. The movie will play continuously using Windows Media Player in full screen mode. I am using a freeware tool called CamStudio which allows me to capture screen activity (region or full screen) and save it to an AVI file. I am doing this in 'logical sections' so I have multiple AVI files. In WMM I insert each AVI clip I as well as some still images with a graphic and some text to create my storyboard/movie. Seems a simple requirement but I am having serious quality problems. When I view the AVI files in CamStudio's internal viewer the resolution/quality matches what I originally saw on the screen during the capture process. Similarly when I view the AVI in Windows Media Player the resolution/quality once again matches the original screen contents. When I view the imported AVI clip in WMM the quality is disgusting it is the same even when I create the movie to hard disk (with highest quality selected). I have a 3.0GHz Intel with 2GB RAM, 256MB nVidia GEForce 6600GT graphics adapter and a 250GB dedicated 'scratch drive'. In CamStudio I am selecting quality of 100% and have tried the following compression codecs (Iam unable to set no compression). Cinepak Codec by Radius Intel IndeoÂ® Video 4.5 Intel IYUV codec Microsoft Video 1 Any ideas to my small dilemma would be most welcome. -- Thanx in advance, Craig Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54516
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    - audio problems when capturing fron an analog camera Can someone explain how one can select the sound card stereo mix output as the audio source when capturing a home movie from a composite/ s-video analog capture card ( only has S-video or composite ports on it). I don't have the luxury of a second camera with firewire passthrough capabilities. I have read where one can opt to select the sound card as the audio source with a capture card like the one described so that the analog camera can have the audio outputs fed into the sound card line input and the video input through the capture card. Makes sense, and would seem to be a lot less trouble than recording the audio separately and trying to sychonize lips to audio in movie maker. Tag: Blank screen in place of titles Tag: 54514

Hi
whenever i make a movie and decide to use titles or credits, i manage of get
a dull grey blank screen in place of the text which i have entered. I tried
changing the colour font etc etc but to no avail. My movie maker is version
5.1. Can any big fish out there in the big sea of computing help this
little'un out??
Thanks greatly,

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Re: Blank screen in place of titles by Graham

Graham
Wed Oct 25 10:50:36 CDT 2006

Version 5.1 is the windows version, go a little further down the pop up box
toget the MM version.

Check your file types first in case they are causing trouble, see this page
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com

"$m!le" <mle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71EF9AF9-04E2-4731-B11C-34D151D64E86@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> whenever i make a movie and decide to use titles or credits, i manage of
> get
> a dull grey blank screen in place of the text which i have entered. I
> tried
> changing the colour font etc etc but to no avail. My movie maker is
> version
> 5.1. Can any big fish out there in the big sea of computing help this
> little'un out??
> Thanks greatly,

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