Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity?

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    - FAQ: Crashes & Hangs :20050123 Movie Maker FAQ 1 Last updated 6th January 2005 Crashing and Hanging 1) What is a Codec? ============== A Codec is software that was first created to deal with the transposition of data from one form into another. One of the first important Codecs was a procedure still used today called Soundex. I believe the first proper use of Soundex was by the Mormons. Most of us use Soundex or its equivalent every time we use a spell checker. The Mormons use it in their vast database of all persons baptised by them. It enables very fast data searches on similar sounding words that are not necessarily spelled the same way. Soundex though is a one way procedure. Its a CODER The other part of the word Codec is derived from the word DECODER. Joining the two parts together we get the word CODEC. With regard to Codecs and any Video or Audio playing software. MP3 or WMA audio files have been compressed using CODER routines. When you play those files on your computer you are using the DECODER routines to produce a sound or video signal that can be seen/heard on your machine. With regard to Audio/Video editing software. A Codec is used to compress the data so that it occupies as small a space as possible usually on a hard drive. But in the case of editing a file the codec must first expand the compressed data before the edit can occur and afterwards compress it again when the data is saved to a new file. The problems with Codecs arise from "Calls" A call is the expression used to define the way one software module talks to another so that information can be passed between the two. The problem occurs when the Call is not properly formatted, or the reply is not understood. This becomes a problem that the calling software must handle. When the calling software fails to handle the error it can do one of a number of things....the correct way is to contain the error and respond with an alternative approach and possibly inform the user that the error occurred, the other approach we are all to familiar with, either the software or the machine crashes and probably taking all of your hard work with it. You will find advice elsewhere that certain Codecs are known to cause Movie Maker a problem. The statement as given is NOT true. There are certain programs which are now out of date, that will cause problems. The latest release of those programs do not.The programs referred to are most often, but not restricted to DVD playing programs. 2) Movie Maker crashes, what can I do? ============================ From item one above there is a good chance that your problem arises from a problem with a Codec. Movie Maker version 2.1 was supposed to address this issue by giving you the user the ability to disable one or more of the Codecs on your machine. The problem however is not fully addressed and results in some Codecs not being exposed to the disable option. If its that particular codec that is causing the problem you are stuck. You need to know which Codec it is, where it is, possibly what other software installed it and what other dependencies exist. In other words you need to know a LOT of things. The proper way of dealing with the issue would be to remove the offending codec but that's not very practical as you may really need the other software that depends on it. There is a temporary solution available in the form of a program called "Rename Codecs" It has been in use for perhaps a year now by many hundreds of people and with great success. There have been a total of 6 times that the program did not solve the users problem (At the time of writing this) You can obtain your FREE copy of the program from www.the-kellys.org It is strongly recommended that you check out the short interactive tutorial also on the website so that you can get a feel for how it performs. The basics of the program are that it will offer you the option of temporarily renaming Codecs that are known to be a problem for Movie Maker. You would do that before using Movie Maker. Once you are finished using the program you again run Movie Maker and use the RESTORE option to put those Codecs back into operation...its very easy to use. There is an additional option. You can use the options within XP to turn off the various levels of video acceleration that your graphics card has. Doing this is not a good idea but if you do you must understand that every program that relies on those abilities will either run badly or not at all. To turn the acceleration down right click your desktop and select PROPERTIES, then SETTINGS then ADVANCED and then TROUBLERSHOOT. You will then see a slider bar which should normally be positioned on the far right. You can move it one step at a time and then close the dialog down and re-try Movie Maker. You can repeat those steps until (and if) Movie Maker works properly. A lot of video programs give you the opportunity of taking a snap shot of the video displayed, Intervideo WinDVD 5 does a good job of this. Movie Maker also has this option. BUT, if you turn the acceleration down as above, you will no longer be able to take those snapshots. This is not a great problem of course as you can change the acceleration back. But it is rather tedious. 3) How do I make my system perform better and stop Movie Maker crashing ======================================================= This is by far the best way of doing things. Whilst the Rename Codec program is a MUST when you really do need to keep "other" software on your system, the following approach will ensure that your system runs at its best speed and will be less likely to crash at all from Video or Audio problems. You need to download the latest versions of DirectX and the Windows Codecs pack together with the latest version of Windows Media Player. You should NOT try to install these packages via the Internet, you should get the standalone versions. The reason is obvious once you know it. Suppose those updates you did some time back are not working properly...it may be that they were not installed properly or it may be that a file is either corrupt or simply missing. How would you know??? The more experienced may spot the problem but the average user will not. So why download the full package??? That's easy. When you unzip a package several checks are made to ensure the integrity of the files inside the zip. If there is a problem you will be told there and then...the file is corrupt or damaged in some other way....you do not need to trust an install over the internet and the possibility of data being missed.... You can get the packages via these links... Codec Pack ----------------- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx DirectX ---------- http://go.microsoft.com/?LinkID=1081813 Windows Media Player --------------------------------- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b446ae53-3759-40cf-80d5-cde4bbe07999&displaylang=en Movie Maker for XP --------------------------- http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.aspx The link for Movie Maker is actually a link to SP2 (Service Pack 2). This a large download. Its not to bad if you have a reasonably fast broadband connection, but if the download fails its a long way back to the start!!! Personally I would recommend you obtain A CD version of SP2...its available on the Windows Magazine and from Microsoft directly Drivers for your graphics card ---------------------------------- I have discovered that most people are confused on the issue of drivers for their graphics card in that when advised to acquire the latest driver they go straight to the Microsoft website and get one from them. Their is a problem with that in that the drivers supplied by Microsoft are Generic. I made the mistake of going direct to Microsoft some time back and the result was that I could only run the machine in the basic "Safe Mode" the driver was the most up to date and was definitely more recent than the existing driver. It took some time to understand what was going on I must admit...... The graphics card was an NVidia GForce 4 etc and was manufactured by Gainward. After several attempts at getting the Microsoft driver to install I decided that the download MUST BE corrupted in some way, So I went to the NVidia website and downloaded their driver (Same version number as the one from Microsoft) I had the exact same problems!!! In the end I went to the Gainward website and downloaded the most up to date driver they had.....once installed the graphics card performed better than ever and with more configuration options than I would ever need. So why did an older driver work better than the most recent from NVidia ??? Its simple when you know why .... Gainward produce high capability cards and in order to achieve some of their aims they change the way the NVidia chipset works. This requires a modified driver....and they produce their own. The card is still based on the NVidia and conforms to the basic design....but it runs very much faster because of code optimization, and that optimization is missing from the Microsoft or NVidia drivers. The result of all this is that you should ALWAYS go to the website of the MANUFACTURER of the card and not the manufacturer of the chipset (in my case NVidia) The Method ----------------- Reboot your computer and install SP2. After the install has completed you should reboot your computer twice...yes boring but desirable After the reboot you should now install the DirectX pack and reboot again. After that reboot install the Codec Pack and reboot yet again. After that install Windows Media Player and reboot again Finally install the latest driver for your graphics card. Rebooting the machine does perform an important task. It completes installation process's and ensures that previously existing file locks are removed. Under certain conditions XP will not overwrite a file if it has been locked. Note that this is not the same as marking a file as Read Only. Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility --------------------------------------------------------------- This utility can be obtained here... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/portablemediacenter/decoder.mspx A very useful program but with a problem. It reports that I have the MGI MPEG-2 Video Decoder on one of my machines...I have NO MGI software on my system!! I would not let that put you off using it as it does have a useful purpose even though the same objective can be achieved via other already existing routes within XP. I am in favour of this program as it does give good advice on which Codec you should select as the preferred Codec 4) What files does Movie Maker NOT like? ============================== Any MPEG based file will cause Movie Maker problems even though they seldom cause problems for Media Player. There are a number of reasons...Media Player does not need the CODER part of the Codec and there are many methods/procedures/algothims used to Code an MPeg file and its that wide range of methods that Movie Maker can not address. Its not really a bug but the method of dealing with the issue, well there is no method...Movie Maker gives an error and crashes or it just crashes. The particular file extensions are Mpeg, MPG and MP3. JPeg still images can also be a problem and for similar reasons to MPeg files. There are a number of formats for a JPeg and it seems that the older formats are not properly dealt with. To work around the issue you can reduce the compression used in creating the JPeg and NOT use the progressive format method The best solution for these problems is to convert the file into a more acceptable format, and as it happens a format that is more easily worked on by Movie Maker...the conversion you should employ are MPeg, MPG convert to AVI, MP3 convert to WAV and JPeg, JPG convert to a standard bitmap BMP NOTES ====== There are several other approaches you can take to solving a codec issue. I have seen several other methods of solving the problem, and basically they don't. Instead they treat the symptom and not the problem itself. Several other methods involve damaging the picture of your computers layout (that's a bad pun by the way) and simply doing that method involves the risk of permanent damage to that picture. The program Rename Codecs also damages that picture of your system but it does at least provide a user friendly way of restoring your system and that method requires no prior knowledge on your part about where, which and how to make those changes. All efforts are made to ensure that the information is accurate. As no one is perfect I would be happy to hear of any errors found in this document. If you have any doubts at all over following the advice given here you should NOT attempt it. The contents of this FAQ are liable to change with out prior notification. -- Best Wishes.....John Kelly www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.co.uk Check out free video hosting at www.the-kellys.org ---- \|||/ (oo) ----------ooO-(_)-Ooo------------- All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30657
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    - Saving movie from MM2 as AVI file then problems burning DVD I have made movies with MM2 and saved them as wmv files and they play fine on my computer. Now I have a DVD burner and want to burn those movies onto a DVD for playback from my DVD to my TV. I went back to the original MM project and this time saved as avi file instead of wmv. When I then try to burn DVD (using NeoDVDplus5 and saving onto computer first), it all works except my still pictures that are part of my overall movie appear stretched during playback. The video portion seems fine during playback. Anybody have some ideas as to the problem ? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30654
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    - Can't get sound capturing in .AVI I am using movie maker ver.1.1 and when i capture video in .AVI i have no sound. I have tried to capture in both .WMM and .AVI and merge the audio from the .WMM file to the .AVI file ( I have seen that advice posted else where here) but i can't seem to do that. Is it the ver of movie maker i am using. Or is there another way to get audio on my .AVI file Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30648
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    - Capture analog played on a digital camera I have old video 8 tapes that will play on our new Sony digital Handi Cam. Can I capture this analog video as it is played from the digital camera? thanks for your help. -- slp Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30647
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    - quick transition duplicate? How do I apply fade for all transitions in a slideshow of a couple hundred pics?? I did it once, but don't remember how I did it. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30646
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    - Work Vid I made Not much but my boss sure liked it. It was for a display of what Public Works does. Made in Moviemaker 2. 52 megs. http://unifiedreality.com/files/PW-VID-2-2005.wmv Smaller, 10 meg version, but much lower quality. http://unifiedreality.com/files/vid-small.wmv Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30644
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    - Transition repeat When I did my first Movie Maker project, I somehow managed to apply a fade transition to the entire slideshow with one process. I can't remember how I did it. Can anyone help: Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30642
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    - editing/copying MM2 using different computers We just learned to use MM2 yesterday. My daughter's group (12 years old) would each like to edit a portion of the movie. I burned it to a CD, but I cannot open it (how do you open the file?). How would each member edit their portion and how would we re-assemble the whole thing (assuming each has MM2 and CD burner). I read a post that was similar, but I need a lot more detail. We're new at this! Thanks! Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30641
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    - MM2 to DVD via Nero6 SE Hello , I cannot burn to DVD and searching the queries I do not come up with an answer can anyone please advise. I capture video and save in DV-AVI. Then make the movie and save as DV-AVI.When I come to use Nero 6 SE which came with my drive, I click on DVD, then on Burn Image to Disc. Then on make VCD and import my Movie which is now shown as a AVI file. working Through to Burn. The encoding process starts. When finished a message informs me that (The compilation can not be written on this type of disc. Disc required is a CD-R/RW. )The disc I am trying to write to is a DVD-R Where or what am I doing wrong? -- Sid Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30640
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    - DV-AVI I am very new to this! - I have a Sony MiniDV Camcorder and am using Windows Movie Maker. I want to capture the video as DV-AVI but this option is not enabled - although the option shows on the screen I cannot click on it. The only available options are "best quality for playback on my computer" and "other settings". Other settings does not include anything about DV-AVI. I have captured video using a different program as DV-AVI. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanx Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30635
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    - Black screen with sound only instead of movie Ok... I've figured out how to transfer my video files from my camera to my computer and from my computer into Windows Movie Maker with all the snazzy features etc and everything works until I convert it to a movie. It takes a long time and this isn't a problem but after it's converted to a movie file, I try to play it back and the first few clips come out with sound playing but no picture and then a couple of clips in, it plays normally. Any answers? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30633
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    - cant convert file ok, i want to convert the windows movie maker file to an mpeg, how do i do that? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30628
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    - Can't find Movie Maker I reformatted my HD last weekend and I'm piecing things back together. I'm trying to find Win Movie Maker 2. The MS page says it is included in SP2. I have my Automatic Updates turned on. I did a search on my HD but Movie Maker is not there. I also can't find a "manual" download for Movie Maker on MS's site. Could anyone please provide me with some insight? Thanks in advance, Greg Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30627
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    - System memory and Moviemaker performance I have just started playing with video capture so I apologize if my question is an amateur one... I have an AMD Athlon XP 2.4, with 512 MB of RAM and a 200GB 7200 RPM hard drive. I used my capture device to capture about 40 mins of video, in MPEG format. The filesize was about 608 MB. When I tried to import this clip into MovieMaker, it grinded for about 20 minutes until finally responding again. The hard drive and entire system strained non-stop during this time. Once it did respond I was not able to do anything with the clip without the never-ending grinding again. I was watching Task Manager and did not see Moviemaker use any more memory, so I am not sure what it was doing, but it is certainly not useable with a clip of this size. I have imported some smaller clips and the response was much faster. What do I need to do to speed this up? Do I need to have more system emory than the size of the files I am importing? Can I import a file without having it automatically cut it up into "clips", which also seems to take some time? Any advice appreciated. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30626
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    - Cannot view burned discs on home dvd player I am trying to burn vcds from the movie maker program that can be viewed on my home DVD player. They burn fine and I can view them through the windows media player but I cannot view them on my home DVD player. Is there any way I can do this by changing something in movie maker or is there a program that I can take my video to that will allow me to do this. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30621
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    - collection information backup? ok i like the fact that when ive converted TAPE to WMV the date and time information is kept within the collection. is Date and time infromation kept wihtin the WMV file or is it kept within the collection?- if so i would liek to backup this information where is it. thanks E Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30615
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    - How to save a Project in WMM2 and retrieve later. I create and save a Project to my hard drive after entering a file and folder name. Then save it to Save a Movie and follow the Wizard. When I go to My Videos (where I saved it to) and click on the icon, I get the popup ".wmv is not a valid WMM Project File. To importa picture, audio or video file to use in your Project, on the File menu, select Import to Collections." I do that but to no avail when I try to pull it up again from My Videos folder. What am I doing wrong? My goal is to retrieve it from Nero 6 to burn the file to a dvd hopefully to be played on most stand alonr dvd players. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30607
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    - Include picture in videoclip? Hello! Is there a way to include a picture "on" the video. Maybe a small logo in the right corner during the film och a ordinary picture without cutting the video and insert it? When I include the picture now, the movie and sound stops for a second when the picture is shown. Can i use different layers i MM? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30602
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    - How Can I Record Xbox Footage onto my PC? hey everyone. i'm a newb when it comes to capturing vide. i rea that you can use an ati all in wonder card to record you xbox footag onto your pc. i have bought an ati all in wonder 9200 card last nigh for $150. kinda pricey, but oh well.. anyways, it comes with pinnacle studio 8, ati catalyst, and somethin called matchware mediator 7. i have installed the hardware and al software successfully as well as the drivers for the card. i hav hooked the a/v-out cables from the xbox to the purple a/v-in plu that came with the card. it is plugged into the capture card in th back of the computer. i also have the monitor plugged into th capture card the problem is that when i try to use pinnacle or windows movie make or other programs i get errors when i try to capture. i havent trie to capture using anything other than my xbox. i swear i have th cables and everything hooked up the way i've seen on many sites an it all sounds simple and makes perfect sense to me. the errors i get say that the video device is in use by somethin else. so what should i do? thnx in advance Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30596
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    - MM crashes all the time and I get this error AppName: moviemk.exe AppVer: 2.0.3312.0 ModName: frapsvid.dl ModVer: 2.5.0.3916 Offset: 000019c C:\DOCUME~1\<Use name>\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER21.tmp.dir00\appcompat.tx I can't really pin point when it happens, sometimes betwee transitions, when I try to save the movie...et Anyone who can help And yes I tried everything in the website suggested in all the othe posts Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30594
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    - After hotfix still can't capture from Sony DV I have in the past been able to capture mini-DV using firewire through my Audigy sound card. Now I can't seem to do this on the PC. I installed the SP2 hotfix, and still cannot capture. However, my firewire works with my ipod and my external hard drive. I get the "bing" connection noise and transfers work. I went into regedit and set the speed to 3 from 2. Neither my Canopus ADVC100 or the Sony mini-DV camcorder are recognized (no "bing" noise). Any suggestions of what to try next? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30593
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    - No Audio When Downloading from Video Camera I am downloading to Windows Movie Maker 2 from a Sony handycam. I have had a great deal of success downloading Video with Audio up till recently. I do not think I have changed any settings but there is no audio when downloading now. Any suggestions? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30588
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    - No sound on video I have a Leadtek XP2000 Expert running on XP. Captures video (either in proprietary software or in MovieMaker) but there is no sound on the recording -- although I hear everything while the video is being recorded. Suggestions? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30585
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    - Continue working on a different computer So I'm putting together this whole movie but I'm still missing a couple of scenes, so I actually wanna take the project and put it onto my friends computer (cause I'm in a boarding school and can't take the pc with me, but my friend has one there) and insert the scenes. Is that at all possible? Or do I have to export the movie I made so far and have it again scrambled to pieces on my friends computer? This wouldn't allow me to change audio settings and bla afterwards. Any suggestions? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30577
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    - Disable the "auto ripple" Hi, i wish to lock clips at a specific place in the timeline. Is there any good way to do this ? Today, if i add clips to the timeline, they just pack one after the other. It is useful, but i would also like to be able to chosse when MM does that. thanks Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30571
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    - Hangs at Import... I've been trying to import using an S-video cable and an audio Y cable into the video 1 ports of an Angel MPEG card (which I use as a TV tuner) in a Dell Dimension from a Sony Handycam. When I didn't have the Y cable plugged up, the video came through. Once I hooked up the Y cable, the audio came through but the video didn't (just a black screen). Both times, however, MM got stuck at Importing... with the bar completely green and never went to the test part of the pop-up window. When I got tired of waiting (I gave it over an hour figuring it just took a long time to process), I clicked Cancel, and it still didn't shut down. Then I went to Task Mgr to shut it down, and it told me that MM was waiting on input from me. This is my first day using this program, so please excuse me if I'm WAY ignorant about all this. Any suggestions?? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30566
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    - Clips cut off at the top and no audio I am running windows xp, moviemaker 2.something, ATI radeon card ATI rage theater videocapture, Soundmax digital Audio and trying to copy a tape from VCR (Three jacks, Red, White and yellow) to DVD burner. I have the clip cut off to only a small strip at the top and no audio at all. I can see the whole pic on the moviemaker window but viewing thel clip shows just the strip. I cant hear any audio at all. Nothing is muted the volume controls and mixers are on high and I have screwed aroung with the settings all overt the place and nothing seem to change. -- Si vis pacem, para bellum Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30560
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    - DVD Burning I know this has been explained before because I have read many of the posts listed here. I have also read Papa John's manual on the subject but here is the problem I am having... I have completed a Movie Maker project and am trying to use Sonic MyDVD version 5 to create the DVD. When MyDVD asks I choose "Create or Modify a DVD Project" then I select "Get Movies" Then when I select the movie I have created I get a message telling me that MyDVD doesn't support the type of file I am trying to open. What am I doing wrong? I thought MyDVD supports Movie Maker files. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help. -- sq2resq Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30552
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    - Exporting WMM Projects I know how to save captured video in WMM so that it can be opened in DVD burning programs however, once I do any editing or add effects it gets saved as a "Project" which I am unable to open in the DVD buring programs. Any suggestions? Leslie Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30551
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    - Savign issues... I cannot burn my movie to DVD (I've got Nero products, InterVIdeo, Roxio, etc) and NOT ONE will recognize or burn teh saved movie. I cannot find the window allowing saving to DV-AVI format...very frustrating. John Kelly's advice has been used extensively and I've found it very helpful, so I'm hoping he can help me here aswell. Thanks. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30549
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    - Creating DVD with MovieMaker 2.1 Hi, My apologies if this has been dealt with elsewhere. I am looking for a quick step-by-step for using MM2.1 to capture from my DV camera to DVD. I have successfully connected and captured one tape to a video file, but I learned at the end of the process that DVD is not one of the output formats. Is there a simple way to get from my DV camcorder to DVD? I am not doing a lot of editing or anything like that. Just some basic titles and little else. I just want to get my tapes onto DVD for archival purposes. Thanks a lot for your guidance. Keith Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30532
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    - How can I make a picture CD I am trying to make a video using pictures and music for my sisters wedding anniversary. I have made a great one with movie maker only to discover it will not play in a DVD player. Everythng else I have tried is not near as nice as movie maker. PLEASE HELP Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30531
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    - Copy from VCR to CD-RW I have Windows XP. With Windows Movie Maker can I copy VCR tapes onto my CD-RW in my Dell Computer? If not, what should I use? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30530
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    - Saved Movie does not Play properly Issue: Downloaded Movie from Cannon ZR 25 w/ firewire...able to view and edit movie within Movie Maker...saved movie fine...when playback on microsoft player movie plays, but with wierd coloration distortions. Audio is fine during playback and do see movie through rainbow of colors. Please help. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30527
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    - extract audio hi i am trying to extract the audio track from a .avi file to convert audio to mp3 or wma format to allow me to burn to cd. has anyone out there done this already. thank you in advance for your input and advice -- westie Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30526
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    - Combining Clips Hi everyone, i have a simple question to ask for help about combining clips. I am new at Movie Maker so when you answer can you please explain in details for me. Anyway here is my question, when i try to combine video clips, the option of combine is not on. I hold the CTrl button and click a bunch of clips and then i right click on the clips (on the storyboard/timeline) . I saw a combine words but it is not highlited and wouldn't allow me to combine the clips. So anyone please help me. Please explain step by steps or in details for me becuase i am new at Movie Maker and trying to learn how it work. Thank for the help. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30524
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    - Problem capturing video from ADSTech DVD Xpress Hello all... I recently purchased a USB 2.0 video capture device by ADSText called DVD Xpress. It comes with software that can be used to do video captures, and this seems to work fine. However, when I try to capture into Movie Maker, I get an error: The video device can not be used at this time because there has been an error when starting the device. If I try it again, MovieMaker crashes. The device is installed properly, shows up in Control Panel, work with it's own software, etc. Any idea why this might be happening? Thank you in advance. Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30523
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    - variable bit rate what does it mean to have a variable bit rate Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30521
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    - out of sync timeline Just done a 12 min family presentation for the first time mainly using photos, but near the end I have a few short movie clips. When played from the computer, its great, but when saved to the harddrive and then burnt to cd, the audio part from the videos are about 8 secs late. Tried a new project with the video clips near the front of the project and this was fine. -- judy Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30518
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    - Help... I created a 17 minute film of my daughters soccer game. It plays awesome on a omputer. I also copied it to a CD and IT plays on computers but NOT on any DVD players. What can I do to play this on a home DVD player? Thanks Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30516
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    - photostory can adobe premier elements replace photostory. i know windows movie maker does not have that ability Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30510
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    - Video Capture I have been struggling with video capture in Movie Maker 2, Adobe Premier and one or two other Video editing programes. I use a Canon camcorder with a firewire connection. After many hours of frustration and checking of computer and camera I finally discovered the reason for not being able to capture the video. On my camcorder there are 4 recording settings shortplay, longpplay, extended sp and extended lp. Video capture on all the software seems only work when the recording has been done in sp or lp mode due to the loss of data on the extended recording mode. I hope that this is helpful Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30509
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    - compression when i import photographs into windows movie maker, at the ntsc setting 720x480, the photos develop a great deal of compression artifact. how can i make the photos sharper without compression artifact? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30502
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    - Movie Maker 2 just won't work I am trying to capture video from my analog camcorder. When I hit the capture video button, the program freezes up. I tried to re-install the program, but the Microsoft download site says it comes with SP2 (which, of course I already have) and the wizard it puts me through auto-detects that I already have SP2 and it won;t let me download anything. Can anyone help me with this? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30491
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    - Filters Hi All Got a question here. What kind of filter should i use on my canon ZR90 for indoor recording to equalize the light , when shootng video around a room and you pass a window with lots of light. My video gets blurry when i move the DV cam across a window, like to bright,camera can't adjust that fast or something. Hope someone can help me out here. Thanks a lot -- Carl G Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30481
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    - timeline Clips don't play Okay, so the clips in the selection windows play, but once I plug them into the timeline I only get sound, there is no picture. Is there any way to fix that? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30480
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    - Movies Resolutions Is there is a way to tell Moviemaker the way you want to produce a movie instead of clicking on those options on the list ? For example I will like a 320 X 240 output bur at only 15 frames pers second instead of 30. Thanks Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30463
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    - Windows Movie Maker Crashes instantly when gone into. This is how the problem started I downloaded all the add ons and the sample transitions and effects. Then I downloaded the media edition but could not find the activation code. So I uninstalled all of these and put them onto a cd for later use. I figured this would let me go back into movie maker without it crashing. Nope still crashes here is information about the problem. Please Help. This is driving me crazy. Thanks Justin. AppName: moviemk.exe AppVer: 2.1.4026.0 ModName: qedit.dll ModVer: 6.5.2600.2180 Offset: 0001b2af Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30462
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    - Newbie trying to make edits to finished movie I work for a non profit and we had a volunteer put together a promotional film for us using video, stills, narration, music and titles. The finished product is great, but there are some errors that need to be corrected before we can use it, and the volunteer isn't available anymore. He gave me a CD supposedly with everything I need on it to edit, but since I've never used Movie Maker (I have XP home & MM2.1). I've read lot's of info about how to get started. I also copied all the contents from the CD onto my computer. Here's my problem: I imported all the files from the CD into collections, and can open the project, but the timeline shows big red X's instead of a thumbnail. Also there is no audio that shows on the timeline and the only thing that plays is the title overlays. I've tried to browse for 'missing files' but get an error message that the file I found doesn't exactly match the original. When I looked at the properties of each file on the timeline it said the location was something that looked like his computer, but after I copied everything to my hard drive and re-imported the files, it said the location was where I had copied everything, but it still wouldn't work correctly. The volunteer saved the completed movie as a wmv file, which I can play, and imported into the collections. I even tried to place the wmv files on the timeline and while that will create another copy of the movie, I can't edit anything. I think I have all the raw images and video, but really don't want to re-create the whole thing from scratch, because there are only a few edits that have to be made, but they are important. Do I have any hope of completing my task easily? Do I need professional help? Can someone please help? Tag: Does MM 2.1 have video/audio discontinuity? Tag: 30455

Hi,

MM 2.0 created a video/audio discontinuity when two clips had a fade
transition and there was a song (or other audio) in the background. This
was a well-known problem and the bug was definitely known by MS (was in
their bug database). Has this problem been fixed with the release of MM
2.1?

Thanks,

Hilton

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