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    - Movie Maker 1 I am a new movie maker user, learned somewhat how to use the last version of movie maker. Downloaded movie maker 2, do not like it as much as the previous version, especially the storyboard view or the view on the screen.Have not been able to import files and when it was configuring my old video files into the collection, it caused my computer to hang up, had to restart and lost all my video collections. Is it possible to return to the previous version and delete MM2. Any other suggestions for this novice? Tag: Help Tag: 6622
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    - NTSC to PAL conversion I don't have any PAL equipment so I can't just give things a try to see what works... I friend in a PAL country wants a VCD copy of a portion of my vacation videos. My final output from MM2 is NTSC WMV. So in Nero 5.1 I changed the "resoultion" to PAL prior to burning. Is that all I need to do? I searched this group and there is a post says that MM2 has a PAL setting. Should I have set that prior to rendering my final WMV? Can I do this conversation with Nero 5.1 or MM2 or both or do I need additional tools? Would like to get it right the first time than send junk that won't play on his machine. Thanks, Rye Tag: Help Tag: 6620
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    - Saving in a different format than WSWMM I recently purchased a digital camcorder. I received a copy of movie maker from the Gateway store where I purchased the camera. I have had a ball playing with the software, but I need to know how I can save a movie that I make/change, etc in a format other than the the default extension of WSWMM? I try to bring up the movie in Windows Media Player and I can't play it there. It would be nice if I could make a movie in Movie Maker and then save it in a format that anybody could use. As it is, only those with Movie Maker can view the movies. Any help that can be provided would definitely be appreciated. I have searched the help files, but can't get the answer there. Dick Thompson Colorado Springs, CO PS: I have a couple more questions but don't want to bury others with more than one at a time. :) Tag: Help Tag: 6619
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    - Slightly OT, but worth posting I hope... Just stumbled across a new publication in WH Smiths (UK). Digital Video for beginners Volume One. £12.99 - magazine format, hence found in magazine section, but actually a book with no advertising, hence hefty price! It has some articles featuring MM2, especially in the 'getting started' section, but shed-loads of info about DV in general, including info on equipment, planning, framing shots, hints, tips, tricks, audio, pro-tips, effects... Great for newbies like me. CD enclosed, which I have yet to browse. Having read some of it I now have to convince my other half than a Sennheiser external mic is a worthwhile investment! Jake Tag: Help Tag: 6616
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    - "WMM cannot be used- required audio not found on your computer" Well, as they say, when it rains it pours. When I first dl'd WMM2, the only problem I had (and still have) was not being about to preview my videos. Last night, it kept freezing up, it wouldn't let me save a video, and now I can't get in, period. I'll start from the the beginning- Last night, after WMM freezing up on me about a million times, I finally finished my video and went to save it, but after about 5 minutes of it staying on 0% and saying that thousands of minutes were left, I got an error message that said that I was low on memory or something to that effect. I can't say exactly what the message said, because I just gave up after that and now I can't get back in. Now everytime I try to open WMM2 it gives me the error message: Windows Movie Maker cannot be used because the required audio hardware cannot be found on your computer. I'd appreciate any suggestions as to what I could do to fix any of these problems. Madison Tag: Help Tag: 6612
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    - Variable Bit Rate Audio Hi there, I wonder, has anyone noticed this issue? I use the paid for version of MusicMatch to manage/record etc all of my audio, and I have the record option set to 100% VBR and MP3. I just recorded Magical Mystery Tour from a CD so that I can use some of the tracks in a video....the video at the moment is 19:52 or so minutes long and in the time line I could see all of it. So you can imagine the initial surprise when I dragged the "Magical Mystery Tour" to the audio track on the timeline and found that it was longer than the video itself!!! This particular track claims to be almost 20minutes long when in fact it is just 2:51 ...very odd But it gets worse...If you play the audio track from the very beginning it plays properly and at 2:51 it fades correctly to silence but the timeline indicates that the file continues up to 19:52 and if you leave it all you get is silence....but if you click anywhere on the timeline the music starts again from what seems to be a random position in the music, and if you click the timeline just before the 19:52 position you get the end of the track as if it was just before the real 2:51 position. If you select one of these audio tracks within Windows Explorer and look at its properties you find that each of them is reported to have a different bit rate, and that is of course correct. Some of the tracks have a bit rate as high as 570Kb/s It makes using MP3's recorded in this manner very hard to use. -- Best Regards.....John Kelly ---- God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. Tag: Help Tag: 6597
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    - movie maker stops playing after 3 mins 23 seconds I record TV programs in MPEG 4 on an SD card on a Panasonic DVD recorder (DMR-E100H). I then insert the SD card into this notebook PC (Sony Vaio, 256 mb ram, 1.2 CPU, XP). I can import the file into Movie Maker 2 and WMP but, after playing the file perfectly for exactly 3 mins 23 seconds, it then stops. Does anyone know why this happens and how the problem can be fixed please so that I can view complete films off the SD card in Movie Maker ? This problem does not occur when playing the file in Arcsoft Video Impression. Help please, would be most appreciated. Tony Tag: Help Tag: 6593
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    - MM2 exits when previewing clips - weird! One method I use to preview clips is to double click the clip icon - one double click will start it, another will pause it, another will restart it and so on. If I'm playing one clip I can immediately jump to another clip preview by double clicking that clip's icon. If I do this several times in a row MM2 exits! There's no knowing exactly when it will exit, that bit seems to be quite random. I've checked the Problem Solving -> Acceleration and Codecs page of www.papajohn.org but I don't believe that the solution's there. I don't encounter the shutting-down problems that other people seem to get when adding transitions, etc. My guess is that it's just a plain old bug in MM2! Clip source file is DV-AVI captured by MM2 on a defragmented non-system NTFS partition on 7,200rpm drive. System is P4 2.8GHz HT with 512MB RAM - no performance issues. TIA Jake Tag: Help Tag: 6588
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    - Saving as DV AVI file Hi everyone I'm a little confused I was wanting to create a VCD with movies I had made accessible via a menu system (like special features on a DVD you hire or what Ulead DVD Picture Show 2 produces) When I save from MM2 as a Windows Video Audio File, well the new photo story wont accept the video files & allow me to add them. Some kind person in this newsgroup suggested I save a DV AVI, which I assume will work- (if I use Ulead DVD Picture Show 2) - Anyway - the problem is this : Each minute of DV AVI is something like 178 megs - so how could I fit anymore than say 3 to 4 mins on a CD even if this process is to work? I assume there is a very easy work around that I'm just not picking up on. Any help you can offer will be very, very appreciated. Have a good day :-) Tag: Help Tag: 6579
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    - Capture device problems Hi I can operate my Canon cancorder on my dell laptop via the IEEE 1394 cable, stop, play, rewind etc... but when it comes to pressing record it comes up with error: "Either your capture device is in use by another application, or the output from your capture device is not recognized by windows Movie Maker. Please close any other applications that use capture devices, or change your device settings to output to a supported format" Every other program is closed, i've tried changing my device settings but it just brings up the play, stop button etc which control the camera just fine from the computer and gives me no other options other than Canon DV - which is correct!. Its the record/capture that brings up the error... Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks Ryan Tag: Help Tag: 6573
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    - Can't capture video I am very new, as in today. I have a Sony Digital 8 camcorder. It came bundled with MGI VideoWave III SE. I also have Windows Movie Maker. I am using a Dell computer, running Windows XP. There is a USB cable that came with the Sony that I use to connect. I press play on the Sony, with it in VCR mode, and see playback on the Sony display screen. On my computer screen, with VideoWave open, I do not get any video, and the only option to click on is "Audio." I did install USB drivers off the cd also. I also have tried using Windows Movie Maker which came with XP, but no luck. HELP! troyrec@troycable.net Tag: Help Tag: 6570
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    - 'Clips' do not auto-generate When I capture Hi8 video as a .wmv file (via a Canopus ADVC100) the video is split into clips during the post capture processing. However, when I capture the same video as a .avi file the video is never split into clips - -even with the 'split' option selected. Also, after the capture is completed, right clicking and selecting the 'split' option does not work either --it goes through the motions of creating clips, but the "Clips Created" count remains at 0. What is the reason for the different reactions to the two different file types? Is there a way to have clips created without having to manually split the video? The PC is a 2.4GHz, with 256MB, the system drive (c) is 45GB and the video is being captured/edited on a 140GB drive (e). Tag: Help Tag: 6569
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    - importing audio How do I import audio from CD in E drive to MovieMaker or from the Media Player to Moviemaker. I always get a message box that says not a supported file type. Tag: Help Tag: 6568
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    - somethings wrong I've just started using movie maker 2 and after awhile it just cut's out and sometimes the error report caption come's up Help please! Tag: Help Tag: 6563
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    - Saving I have a Compaq Presario 906US...It has 256 MB ram and 20 GB hard drive....my systems information says I have 50mb left of phyiscal memory after startup. This means when windows loads it fills 206mb of phyical memory. I am trying to use windows movie maker. I have been successful on 3 other productions, which are no longer on my computer. When saving to the harddrive I am told that it has low virtual memory. I need your help. Tag: Help Tag: 6562
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    - MOVIE MAKER HELLO I AM NEW TO MOVIE MAKER. IT WAS WORKING FINE BUT NOT I HEAR MY MUSIC, BUT I CAN NOT SEE MY PICTURES WHEN I HIT PLAY, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME.. Tag: Help Tag: 6560
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    - Saving as DV AVI Hi everyone I'm a little confused I was wanting to create a VCD with movies I had made accessible via a menu system (like special features on a DVD you hire or what Ulead DVD Picture Show 2 produces) When I save from MM2 as a Windows Video Audio File, well the new photo story wont accept the video files & allow me to add them. Some kind person in this newsgroup suggested I save a DV AVI, which I assume will work- (if I use Ulead DVD Picture Show 2) - Anyway - the problem is this : Each minute of DV AVI is something like 178 megs - so how could I fit anymore than say 3 to 4 mins on a CD even if this process is to work? I assume there is a very easy work around that I'm just not picking up on. Any help you can offer will be very, very appreciated. Have a good day :-) Tag: Help Tag: 6559
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    - Video Effects causes Movie Maker to close Well I have no idea what's the reason for that but as I said in the subject.. whenever I drag a couple of movies in the timeline .. everytime I try to add a video effect or fading effect movie maker just closes, I tried re- installing movie maker and tried to change the movies, but the problem just stand still, hope anyone can explain that. Tag: Help Tag: 6556
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    - IEEE 1394 disappear Hello, I have a Sony DCR-PC105E digital camcorder, when I plug the IEE1394 link the camcorder is detected (Sony MSDV), but some seconds after I start transferring the data from the camcorder to the computer with any capture software (included Adobe's one), the camcorder disconnect and only the first seconds are transferred. Why does the camcorder disappear in Windows? Thanks for help, Sylvain. Tag: Help Tag: 6553
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    - where did bliss.bmp come from? I'm just curious and I have been asked before - Is bliss.bmp a real photo of a real field and if it is then where was the picture taken and who took it? If it is a computer generated image then who made it? What was it called Bliss ? Who named it? Who knows? Thanks for your help on this guys - Much appreciated! Tag: Help Tag: 6552
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    - No Audio I am running a HP Pavilion XT933 with Windows XP and 128 Megs of ram. My problem is no audio in recording or capturing using Movie Maker One or Two (just downloaded). I assume that I should hear some audio through the computer speakers while capturing but hear none. The camcorder I am using is a Sony DCR TRV140. The program runs and captures the video just fine but no audio. Have checked proper cards in control panel/sounds but that seems confusing too. If anyone has any thoughts or knows the proper settings, I would appreciate a return. The only input line used from the camera to the computer is the USB Cable and the internal settings of Movie Maker default this to Line-In Wav. HELP PLEASE! billyz Tag: Help Tag: 6551
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    - Capture problems I am trying to capture footage from my Canon digital camcorde using the firewire connection When I play it back it seems to be double speed. Tag: Help Tag: 6549
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    - Capture problems I am trying to capture footage from my Canon digital camcorde using the firewire connection When I play it back it seems to be double speed. Tag: Help Tag: 6548
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    - ATI AIW in MM2 I have a problem with my ATI AIW 128 pro 32Mb. When i try to choice mi capture device te soft tell me........it's already in use....(!!?!!) Anyone can explain me why? Thanks Richard. (Excuse my bad english) i'm italian Tag: Help Tag: 6542
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    - Changing output to Mpeg I want to output my movie to a cd which will play in my dvd player. Any Help? Must I convert? How do I convert? Tag: Help Tag: 6539
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    - Editing Question I'm a newbie (so bare with me).... I have 2 individual AVIs. The movie I want to create will have some of the 1st, some of the 2nd, some of the 1st, etc. (i.e. mixed in with each other). I guess my question would be: What is the easiest way of getting the 'piece' I want out of the AVI into the timeline? In my playing over the weekend it seemed like I had to adjust the handles on the clip when it was on the time line then delete it out. It seemed very cumbersome and was a pain to use when the piece I wanted was in the center. Am I doing it the hardway? Jeff Tag: Help Tag: 6535
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    - editing I'm new to movie maker period. Looking for a manual to read...difficult to find now. BUT, what I want to do is make the movie video smaller so that I can fit it on to 700mb cd. Its currently 734mb... I have editing using 1 clip but that didn't work, is there an easy way to do this? Tag: Help Tag: 6530
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    - Save problem Why can=B4t I save my films in mpeg format? It is non DVD=20 players that can works with DV-AVI or WMV format. I must=20 use another programs to save my films in mpeg. I think=20 that is stupid because I can import mpeg files but not=20 save. Tag: Help Tag: 6527
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    - computer hang i like to kown why every time i try to copy (burn) a disc it will half way through hang and i had to choice to shut down by force can any one tell me why ?????? Tag: Help Tag: 6523
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    - Decompressor I can't get my movie to play on my home computer. Works fine at the office but at home I get a message "Can not play video stream; no suitable decompressor can be found" Any ideas on what I can do? Tag: Help Tag: 6517
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    - VIdeo Effects and Video Transitions As soon as I select an EFFECT to put into movie.... the Movie Maker program closes..... Creating movie works well just trying to apply effects causes problem... I have change ATI Catalyst drivers... from 3.8 down to 3.6 and back 9uninstaller using ATI Un- installer) Sys: AMD +2600 Athalon / 512 RAM / ATI RADEON 9700PRO Thanx D Tag: Help Tag: 6515
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    - Save a .wmv file after trimming, without re-encoding?? This involves the same project I just discussed in another post, but a different problem I had. After encoding the file (ripped from DVD) to .wmv (using Windows Media Encoder), I discovered that an extra hour had been added to the video! At the beginning of the video, it just stays stuck on the first frame for an hour, before starting the actual movie. The total film length (on the .wmv) is exactly an hour longer than the original film. Strange, anyone know why that might have happened? Regardless, easy enough to cut off that hour in Windows Movie Maker, to set the beginning trim point where the real movie starts. The problem is, what to do then? Of course, I want to save the .wmv with that change, with the extra hour trimmed off. But when I click on "save movie file", it looks like it wants to re-encode the whole movie, asks me about encoding options, etc. I do not want to re-encode the movie, just save it as presently encoded, with that extra hour deleted. Is there any way to do that, to save an existing .wmv file which had been altered, without re-encoding it? Or is that the only way to do it? Thanks again for your help. Tag: Help Tag: 6512
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    - Adding subtitles to a .wmv?? In this case, a movie from a DVD which I bought and own, but want to also be able to watch on my PPC. I was able to rip the DVD files with DVD decrypter, and convert the video to a .wmv file, and the audio to a .wma file (both formatted for PPC). It looks like I can stream the audio and video together using Windows Media Stream Editor. I was finally able to rip the subtitles too, into a .sub file. But I cannot see any way to convert that into a format accepted by the Windows Media Stream Editor, which seems to only open wma, .wmv, and .asf files. How can I merge those subtitles in the .sub file with the .wmv file? I appreciate your suggestions. Thank you. Tag: Help Tag: 6508
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    - Importing video error When I attpemt to import a mpeg clip, MM2 tells me the file could not be imported and "An interface has too many methods to fire events from". Anyone know what's going on? Tag: Help Tag: 6503
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    - Muting the sound on a video clip, so only the audio clip sound plays I am able to change the balance between the sound from the video clip and the sound on the added audio/music clip, but only by changing the balance for the entire project. I have a few clips in my film where I want to override the sound that was originally recorded with the video, and have only the sound form my added audio clip play. If I keep my audio levels in the middle (this function seems to effect the entire project) and increase the volume of my added audio clip, this drowns out the video sound...but it's very loud and distorted. If I put the audio levels all the way to the audio/music side...those few clips are fine...but he rest of my film is silent. Am I missing something, or is this just a limitation to the software? Tag: Help Tag: 6499
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    - My MM2 Crashing Solved I was able to solve my crashing (white box of death) right after startup of MM2 by uninstalling a windvd add on i had added called dvd xpack, which was supposed to: "The DVD XPack instantly adds DVD playback to Windows Media Player in Windows XP. Installs the same theater- quality video and audio decoders proven by over 45 million users of WinDVD - the world's leading software DVD player." I don't understand the incompatibility, but i can still play dvd's in wmp, and mm2 now works just fine. why did i install it in the first place? (By the way, I was prompted to uninstall the windvd stuff by a post on one of the forums, but i looked at so many that i lost track of the specific post that led to this solution--thanks to the poster who provided this suggestion!) Tag: Help Tag: 6498
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    - Sending movie to DV-CAMERA am creating a video photo album out of windows movie maker. I have created many have had no problems. My problem sending back to my Sony dcr-trv330. When I'm done with the movie - I send it back to my dvcamera (to transfer to vhs - It goes to the camera fine but When I play it back in my camera - the sound is distorted in areas. I have tried and tried and tried to resend it - shutting everything down in the BACK GROUND thinking I was getting an interference somewhere. Still didn't work. I also disconnected my Internet thinking that was the problem. Still again no-go. It goes to CD fine and saved to My computer fine. But once it's going to the camera it seems that something is snagging it in areas. it's not certain areas because everytime I send it - it goes good and than all of a sudden seems like something snags it! it's scratchy! PLEEAAAAAAAAASE HEEEEEEEEEELP KB Tag: Help Tag: 6495
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    - Project takes forever to load Hi Just wondering if anyone knows why my project takes forever to load. I have approximately 50 pictures on the timeline or 5 mins worth of info. My computer is a amd athlon processor with 40 mbs ,855 mhz and 256 ram. Will this slow loading affect my burning of the cd? Also is there an easier way of finding someting in the forum as opposed to scrolling down and checking each entry. Something like a search? The search on the screen does not really find what I key in. Thanks Tag: Help Tag: 6494
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    - re sending movie to DV-Camera I have created a video photo album out of windows movie make. I have done this many times and have had no problems. My problem is.... When I'm done with the movie - I send it back to my dv=camera (to transfer to vhs) - It goes to the camera fine but When I play it back in my camera - the sound is distorted in areas. I have tried and tried and tried to resend it - shutting everything down in the BACK GROUND thinking I was getting an interference somewhere. Still didn't work. I also disconnected my Internet thinking that was the problem. Still again no- go. It goes to CD fine and saved to My computer fine. But once it's going to the camera it seems that something is snagging it in areas. It's not certain areas because everytime I sent it - it was going good and than all of a sudden something seemed like it was snagging it up! it's scratchy! PLEASE HEEEEEEEEEEELPPPPP KB Tag: Help Tag: 6493
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    - Movie Make Hangs I have a problem with mm2 hanging when editing movie. I get the message "movie maker has runinto a problem and needs to close sorry for the inconvience". I read that this happens with the NIVIDIA video card, but I don't have. It appears to only happen with video inports that display a green video clip rather then a picture. I think I have a software conflict, but I don't know how to solve it. When I try to run conflict search on Wmm2 it states that it is part of the operating system and can't check. Can you help? Tag: Help Tag: 6490
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    - REMOVE MOVIE MAKER Is there a way to remove movie maker? I have no use for it. Tag: Help Tag: 6485
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    - moviemaker won't burn i made a story and try to burn it on a cd but it won't burn it tell me that it is copying to cd but right before ti finishes it say an error has acured and won't save please help Tag: Help Tag: 6484
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    - Help, not working! Hi I've just installed Moviemaker 2, but when I try to start it, I get the following error: "Windows Movie Maker cannot be used because the required audio hardware cannot be found on your computer." What does that mean? What do I need?? Help! Tag: Help Tag: 6482
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    - Video Quality is horrible. What can I do ? Hello all, I am new to the world of video editing. I have a Sony Mini DV camcorder that I have been using for a while now. When I watch videos directly from the Mini DV on my TV the video is great. No jaggies or anything. I captured some video using the DV-AVI (NTSC) settings in WMM. I added a Title, some scene transitions, and credits. I saved it to my hard drive as DV-AVI. Now when I watch it in Windows Media Player the video looks horrible. There are jagged lines all over. Especially when a lighter color meets with a darker. What am I doing wrong here ? Since these are all digital files I am working with I don't see how I could lose quality. I have VHS tapes that look better than what I have as the outcome of capturing and editing this current video. Am I doing something wrong or is this just the current state of amateur video editing ? Would I get better quality results using something like Adobe Premier instead ? I wanted to put this on a DVD, but the current quality of the video wouldn't be worth it. Any ideas, Duke Tag: Help Tag: 6464
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    - the ever frustrating audio alright, i have only recently been using wmm, but have figured it out quite well on my own. my big issue right now is for one of my movies. i imported the video and all and started it but what i want to do is have parts of the dialouge playing at certain times and the rest of the time have a certain song overriding all other sound. now i know how to put the song in and mute the clips, but it seems as though i can only either choose to have the song play or the original video's audio. but i want both..if i am making any sense and if there is anyway to do what i want to do with this, someone please help! thanks. Tag: Help Tag: 6459
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    - Split Audio from Video? Does anyone know if there's any way for you to split the audio away from the video in moviemaker? So that you have a file of the audio separate from the video. Thanks. Tag: Help Tag: 6457
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    - compressing files Does anyone know how to compress movie files in DV-AVI format to smaller size. I have a 880 mb movie and I need it to be around 600. Thanks Tag: Help Tag: 6446
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    - converting .mov file to 'generic' video file I have a quicktime (.mov) file that I would like to edit. How do I convert it to a file that moviemaker will accept (maybe a .mpg file?)? Tag: Help Tag: 6444
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    - device can't operate Hello, In trying to use Movie Maker, the message stating device not opperating and close other applications appears. How do I get beyond this? Tag: Help Tag: 6439
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    - Movie Maker won't recognize capture device Hi, I have a Matrox analog capture device connected to my PC. I want to make student projects into a DVD. I can get Adobe Premiere to capture the video but Movie Maker 2 won't give me the option to change the input. I go to capture video and it says that it doesn't recognize my capture device. Please help... Thanx Tag: Help Tag: 6438

Hello. Whenever I try to add and effect of a transition
with Windows Movie Maker 2 the whole program
automatically shuts down. If you could please help me I
would greatly appreciate it.
Tyson

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Re: Help by PapaJohn

PapaJohn
Thu Oct 30 12:51:43 CST 2003

See the Problem Solving... Acceleration and Codecs page of my website
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PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

"Tyson" <tfreer@bak.rr.com> wrote in message
news:07f801c39db2$b1c31ec0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello. Whenever I try to add and effect of a transition
> with Windows Movie Maker 2 the whole program
> automatically shuts down. If you could please help me I
> would greatly appreciate it.
> Tyson

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