Importing files

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    - Can't import videos & Can't add clips to the timelino or storyboar Everytime that i try to import a clip it appears this message... C:\Documents and Settings\...\My Documents\My Videos\CST4.AVI could not be imported. Unspecified error And there are not any possible way to put my clips in the storyboard or timeline, not even the audio files! What can i do? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56202
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    - Moviemaker fucking sucks - Use VirtualDub Yeah. let's see... it hates jpegs, mpegs, mjpegs... crashes at will from standard well known video capture devices, so yes. Why did MS even bother? Honest question. The WMV format is about where QT was eight years ago. Thanks MS. I just spent an horu capturing video from an analog source, I hit stop, and poof. Gone. Never even got the chance to import into the timeline - which they copied from Ulead by the way. This reminds me of that Imager from WIndows 95, it couldn't open anything. Thanks for reminding me of 1995. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56199
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    - Green, distorted video capture This past August, BillGatesIdolNot posted the problem below. I have the EXACT same problem since installing the PIXMA 170. BillGatesIdolNot or anyone ... is there a resolution for this? BTW - Canon support claimed it was not possible for their installation to have caused this problem. Since installing a Canon PIXMA MP170 printer/scanner, when I try to capture video through S-VIDEO on my ATI card from an analog camcorder, the video is 90% distorted in green ... though you can see faint images of movement within. I have unintstalled the printer, but still have the problem. HELP! Tag: Importing files Tag: 56196
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    - Where Are Movie Maker 1 Installation Files? I would like to install Movie Maker 1 on an XP computer that currently has MM 2.1 installed. Where can I find the installation files for MM 1? Are they somewhere on the Windows Me install disk, or ???? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56174
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    - Ken Burns Effect? Is it possible to use Movie Maker to create a documentary using the "Ken Burns Effect" of drifting and zooming on pictures? If so, then how? Thanks for your anticipated help! Tag: Importing files Tag: 56161
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    - From DV Video tape to Photo Story Here's a link to a pilot concept test.... to see what you get if you take a frame grab every 5 seconds from a widescreen camcorder video file, batch distort the images with IrfanView so Photo Story 3 will re-distort them when rendering the video to a widescreen format, render the story with a custom high definiition profile of 1280x720 pixels, and then put it on the mydeo streaming service. There was absolutely no editing done... the audio has it's snaps, crackles and pops... PS3 was allowed to use it's default settings of 5 seconds per pix, with dissolve transitions between each, and whatever panning/zooming it decided. http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=43807&CID=60378 167 frames of the 14 minute camcorder clip, combined with the actual audio, is what you see in this pilot video.... I put it out at this point in it's raw state to show that the process has merit... it's an easy cookie-cutter process it get it from the camcorder tape to this point. From this point on, the editing of the pictures and the story will shape it into the final.... holiday greeting. How to do this process is the subject of my newsletter this week. -- website references are to www.papajohn.org PapaJohn Tag: Importing files Tag: 56160
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    - WMV Files Won't Import Into MM1, But Do In MM2 I have several video clips in the WMV format. They import perfectly into MovieMaker2. When I try to import them into MovieMaker1, I get an error message, "This file cannot be imported. Make sure that it is a valid file type.........." Am I missing a program file for MM 1? It shows version 1.1.2427.1. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56159
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    - Video stopping Hello. I'm trying to capture a video from my Sony Camcorder (TRV27E), and I can't seem to get it right. It plays in the "Preview" window for about 1:30 and the video just freezes. It just completely stops. The sound still goes on. Anyone know what I can do? Is there any other program that can help me? I need this video for a school project. I'm running WinXP Media Center and WMM 2.0. Thanks Tag: Importing files Tag: 56142
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    - Coordinating photos with exact place in music I am using WMM to make a movie (have made several) but this time I would like to coordinate photos (not film) with exact seconds in the music that will be playing in the background. Does anyone have any easy tips to do this? I have "zoomed" in but find "pulling" the edge of the photos very tedious and not exacting. Would appreciate any help. Pokeahugiss Tag: Importing files Tag: 56140
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    - Pinnacle Dazzle Video Creator Platinum vs. Windows Movie Maker 2 I recently loaded Pinnacle's Dazzle Video Creator Platinum onto my PC that has the Microsoft XP Media Center operating system on it, which includes Windows Movie Maker 2. With the Pinnacle/Dazzle hardware and built-in software package, I can hook my analog VCR to my PC and do a direct analog to digital transfer of VHS tapes onto my PC. Then I can edit with the software program that came with Dazzle Video Creator Platinum. I was hoping I would also be able to use Movie Maker 2 with the Pinnacle/Dazzle hardware to capture and edit video if I chose to. When I try to "capture video" from my VCR using Windows Movie Maker 2 then I get an error message telling me that "The device is not responding. Close any other application that is using the device and try capturing again." I can use the Dazzle software to transfer and edit, but Windows Movie Maker 2 has some functions that I like and I was hoping it would recognize my VCR via the Pinnacle/Dazzle hardware hook-up. My emails to Pinnacle have gotten me nothing but dumb or brush- off responses, so I think I have asked them something beyond their technical knowledge of their own product. Maybe Windows Movie Maker 2 is not technically advanced enough yet to recognize and handle another analog-digital transfer device? But I guess I want somebody with a lot more experience than mine to give me that bad news. Unless I ask, then I will never know if there is an answer out there. Thanks for any responses. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56136
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    - Audio not playing I'm making a music video and I'm having issues with the audio. I have imported an .mp3 file which works fine on windows media player, however when loaded into windows movie maker, the sound is muted. When playing back my video, the sound is mute, and is shown as mute on the audio/music bar. However when you move the seek bar a little bit forward or back, the audio begins to play. When I saved the project into a .wmv movie file, the audio doesn't work at all. Is there a problem with windows media, or is it the audio file? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56134
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    - Making clips When I capture from my digital movie camera and ask it to make clips it never does this. If I import a saved AVI file and try to do it by right clipping and asking it to make clips this does not work either. Any ideas out there? Alistair Mackay Tag: Importing files Tag: 56133
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    - Preview Doesn't Work with any files? Anyone seen this behavior? With MM 2.1xxx, the preview doesn't work at all -- buttons are grayed out on the player -- and it's impossible to save a movie, though I can drag a clip to the storyboard. The software claims that the file is no longer at the same location, or some such nonsense. Here's what's odd. I kep the older movie maker, and it opens/saves these clips just fine. I would like to use MM 2.1xxx, however, for the greater number of effects. These clips also open just fine in WMP 10 and other programs. (This behavior applies to straight avi files taken from typical digital cameras, as well as WMVs previously made with windows MM2. Unfortunately, getting to a restore point really isn't possible. I install and uninstall a lot of software... Running XP pro, SP2 etc. I've reinstalled MM2 by the familiar method of locating the moviemk.inf file in the system folder, right clicking, hitting install, and directing the install to the movie maker expandable in a folder of sp2 stuff I've got on the HD. Reinstall runs without a hitch. Anyone seen this? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56131
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    - Saved Video with Errors --- Video Stops during playback I have a problem similar to Betsy a few days ago. My daughter created a complex Christmas video project for her friends with lots of pictures and video clips. The Saving Movie process completes without error. However, the rendered video file is screwed up at different points every time I create the file for DVD (or other formats). The music track continues to play, but the video stops at a frame and goes not further. The video file appears to be funked up...If I move the slider further to the right during playback, it bounces back to the point where the video locked up. I read the following link but could not see a solution: MM2 - Problem Solving - 'Can't Save A Movie' http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html The machine is a fully-loaded, relatively new desktop with 2GB of memory and fast drives. I am desperate for a solution since this was intended as a Christmas Gift for her friends! Thanks, Mike Tag: Importing files Tag: 56128
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    - Poor Music Quality I've put together a relatively simple slide presentation and put it to music. The quality of the audio is great in the project mode. But when saved as an AVI file (for transfer to a DVD later), the music gets "choppy." There are momentary (1/10 second) breaks throughout the video. Very frustrating. Any thoughts? Funeral is at the end of the week and I've been working on this for a month. It hasn't been until trying to save as an AVI file that I've run into this problem. Thank you in advance. Bob Tag: Importing files Tag: 56127
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    - Controlling the audio level I have a very simple project that consists of just some captured video from my DV camcorder (captured via WMM into a WMV at 2.1 Mbps) but trying to control the audio level is just driving me nuts. If I use headphones to listen to the audio everything works great (sound quality is high and volume is high). But if I pull out the headphones and listen to the audio on the PC speakers the audio is barely audible (sound quality is poor and volume very low). I thought perhaps the problem was the PC speakers but they handle other sound just fine, in fact when I add an MP3 to the Audio/Music track on the timeline the MP3 plays just fine on the PC speakers. I've been playing with the audio level slider control any which way I can think of but I can't get it to fix the problem. However, the most frustrating part is that every now and then (say 1 in 20 attempts), pulling the audio levels slider all the way to the "Audio from video" side actually fixes the problem and the sound I want comes out of my PC speakers. But I can't figure out what it is that makes it work on those rare occasions and I can't seem to save that result for future use. Since I have heard the sound I want from the PC speakers, it makes me think the speakers work and that there is just something about controlling the audio level of the WMV file that I don't understand. I would appreciate any advice on this. Thanks so much. Rob Tag: Importing files Tag: 56125
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    - Detecting DV video camera connected to Firewire When I connect my Sony Camcorder (DCR-PC100) to the Firewire port on my ASUS P5W DH Deluxe motherboard the Camcorder doesn't seem to be detected, i.e when I select Capture from video device in Movie Maker I get the error message that "a video capture device was not detected. I need some ideas on how to trouble shoot this. The Firewire cable is connected correctly. The Camcorder is turned on to "VTR" mode. The device driver for the TI IEEE 1394 host controller is enabled and running. I'm running Windows XP Service Pack 2. When I plug in the Firewire cable the OS does not prompt a message indicating new hardware found. (not sure if I should expect this to happen) Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help, Tag: Importing files Tag: 56123
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    - windows movie maker i am trying to make a movie. when i click to create a movie, it begins to save the movie to my computer. about 1/2 way through the save, the process accelerates and finishes. when i then open the file to view the movie, the pictures, video, and music are all there up until about the 1/2 way mark. then it is only the music with a blank screen. what do i need to do to fix this problem? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56117
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    - Installed SP2 and don't have WMM 2.1! I installed SP2 quite a while ago, and didn't get 2.1. I didn't really notice until some of my friends were talking about it, and it dawned upon me that I didn't have it. I address it seriously right now because 2.0 has been acting very glitchy lately; I can't make any videos without the program freezing and closing out on me. Any ideas on how to get Movie Maker 2.1? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56109
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    - video not saving! i have a problem...some of my videos(the ones i added audio to) aren't saving.the saving process stops at 'Estimating time remaining'.why is that?please help. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56108
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    - DVD Chapters & Menus Is there any way in Windows Movie Maker to customize the menu options or add chapters to the final DVD? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56100
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    - Credits Is there any way of slowing down the credits at the end? They seem to speed by so fast whether using the scroll or the fade. Thanks Tag: Importing files Tag: 56097
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    - Firewire card query Hello everyone, this is my first posting here. I am new to this! My new year's resolution is to transfer video footage from out digital camcorder so it can be played on pc or dvd. I expect I'll be posting here again ! Anyway, so in preparation I've read the last 2 weeks of postings in this group and the manual for our JVC GR-DV707 and ordered (we live in the middle of nowhere) the correct firewire cable for it. So far so good :) but on the papajohn site it says I also need to buy and install a firewire card for my computer if it didn't come with one. How do I know if I've got one already or not ? Where do I look ? (Dell Inspiron 9400 Win XP SP2 1024ram) Thanks in advance, Regards, Val -- Val Davies mail to news@altinkum.demon.co.uk will be rejected, please reply to newsgroup Tag: Importing files Tag: 56096
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    - Capture video device is not detected Hi all, I am trying to capture video in WMM from a digital camera using RCA analog inputs (I have WMC). After hooking the camera up and turning it on to the correct setting, I get the "capture video device not detected" error message. I have also tried to connect a helmet cam that I have which has the RCA jacks. Nothing. Now, I did find out that when I use Sony "Click 2 DVD" sofware that I have to disable all eh settings in the applications that are running to get the softward to recognize the analog source (otherwise, I guess it defaults to the TV tuner, and doesn't want to recognize anything else?). This does not work either. And suggestions.? PS. The goal is not to transer digital video using analog to WMM. I want to connect a camera to it overlooking my front door so I can monitor/record activity in the front of my house while I am working in my office (in the back of the house). Maybe WMM is not the right software for this anyway, but it's a place to start. Thanks Tag: Importing files Tag: 56094
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    - tv.png Hi Folks I have looked for Mr Rehan's image called:- "tv.png" it is also known as:- "12018040777.png" None of the Links to them work !! Can anyone supply a copy for me please ?? Pete (Northolt UK) Tag: Importing files Tag: 56091
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    - cpu load why does it uses almost 100% of my cpu when i'm saving, and it does not matter what quality i save it to. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56088
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    - I can't save so it get to the point where it say saving movie file then it either stops or says i have 300000 time left before completion. Also it say that i am saving to a cd i am not help Tag: Importing files Tag: 56085
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    - Digital Rights Management I am trying to create a home movie slide show. I bought a song online to use in the slide show. When I try to import the song into Windows Movie Maker, it says "<song> is protected using digital rights management and cannot be imported." I paid for the song and I'm using for my own stuff.... any ideas here? Thanks Tag: Importing files Tag: 56084
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    - Size of Photo Story Is there a size limit on a Photo Story, or maybe a limit on the number of pictures that are included. I am having trouble with a Photo Story that Has 173 pictures. Each picture has an original size of 2 to 2.5 megabytes. Does anyone have any thoughts? Any help would be appreciated. Fred Saunders Enjoy the Journey Tag: Importing files Tag: 56082
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    - Holiday Greeting... and mydeo versus YouTube comparison I rolled out a one page website with a holiday greeting from Chuck Bentley, and I'm using it to show the differences between embedded players from mydeo (streaming wmv videos) and YouTube (downloading flash videos) http://www.papajohn.org/ChuckBentley-OnePerfectSilentNight.html Enjoy the story or check the differences in playing quality... -- website references are to www.papajohn.org PapaJohn Tag: Importing files Tag: 56081
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    - Jittery or shaky movie clip Is that possible to minimise the above problem with movemaker tools or any alternate solution presuming it's inherent or otherwise. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56076
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    - Cannot save anything I cannot save my movies. I recieve an error message that it cannot be saved to the specified location. I tried simply creating a new movie with nothing in it but a title page and same error. I am trying to save to my c:/ drive with plenty of storage. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56058
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    - Picture Duration My wife started a WMM project with several dozen photos. Is there a way to change the duration of all the photos simultaneously after they have been added and saved to the timeline? I changed the default duration in options but that apparently doesn't affect the photos already in place. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56056
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    - which option will give best quality for "saving to my computer" I have now finished my movie and want to "save it to my computer" then I am given a list of options eg: best quality play back on my comput best fit other settings (has so many options) But if I want to burn it to dvd to play on tv/pc what should I select for best quality? Sorry if its a no brainer, but thankyou for your time. scott Tag: Importing files Tag: 56033
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    - movie maker encountered a problem needs to close Help. I can't use my program anymore. When I try to open it I get the above error message. I can still leave that message open, put videos in a timeline and edit but when I go to save as movie, the program freezes. I tried restoring my computer and reinstalling sp2. I get the same error. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56032
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    - Search Box not functioning For the last few days the "Search box" (in MovieMaker) gives no results for any entry. For instance, it cannot locate any of my posts or any others. Any ideas about what is happening? Tag: Importing files Tag: 56028
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    - Uninstall IE7 and go back to IE6 How do I uninstall IE7 and go back to IE6? I tried to download IE6, but it said it wouldn't do it since a newer version (IE7) is already installed. If I just uninstall IE7 will I still be able to access the Internet? Will is automatically revert back to IE6? Thanks, JLTT Tag: Importing files Tag: 56027
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    - I've uninstalled IE7.... ....and now everything is perfectly working again! :o) -- ]-[/-\|_9()()() Tag: Importing files Tag: 56020
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    - Capturing Aspect Ratio Problem When capturing video from the video in of an ATI Radeon X600, the aspect ratio using the best quality setting is screwed up. It used to capture at 720x480, and now it captures at 720x240. The preview screen looks fine during the capture, but when the video is played (independently with MP or on a timeline) it is skrunched to a narrow screen. I've seen where other posters have reported problems with MM after installing IE7 and/or WMP11, and I've loaded both since this problem started. Has anyone else seen this problem and been able to resolve it? Thanks, Jeff Tag: Importing files Tag: 56019
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    - Video pauses during playback When playing back captured video from my camcorder, about every 3 seconds or so the video freezes for a split second. The sound is fine. Creating a WMV produces the same pause. Very annoying. Sony Handycam DCR-HC36 Windows Media Player 2.1 Windows XP Media Edition Big machine, lots of memory Any ideas are very much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help! Tag: Importing files Tag: 56013
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    - Let me guess, no MJPEG support with Movie Maker 5.1? Myt digital camera outputs mjpeg, like most. But when I import it into Movie Maker I can't play it, so I can't see what I'm cutting or adding. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56011
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    - wmm error i noticed in another post that someone uninstalled thier intervideo creator which caused wmm to then work. i use that program also and never had any trouble with it. from the dates of these posts, it seems that this trouble is happening for everyone around the same time. i think it MUST have something to do with a recent update. another person said they renamed the HKCU? how the heck does one do that? i'd like to try that since i also use my intervideo creator a lot and don't want to lose that either. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56008
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    - Add a clip I am making a video of football clips for my brother. I got the video from old VHS tapes using a VCR going directly to the back of the computer, recorded it with media center, burned it to DVD and Imported it to MM from the file the computer created. My problem is that I was having so many problems with MM shutting down, freezing up, getting errors ect. I went ahead and created a DVD because I was afraid of loosing what I had already made. I have a 2 minute clip that I want to put on the end of the already existing movie and this nightmare will be over. The 2 min clip came from a Sony viewcam 8 that I went through the VCR and created the same way as the other clips. Sorry for getting long winded, I can see the vid in my folders but when I click import it is not in any of the folders? What am I doing wrong? This project has been very frustrating but I now have to much time in it to scrap it. Any help would be appreciated. Tag: Importing files Tag: 56007
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    - Problem burning DVD Hello, I am a beginner and have captured my first video from my camera using MovieMaker. I have edited it and saved the movie as high quality video. I want to burn it onto CD using MyDVD. When I select the movie my computer tries to configure Sonic MyDVD and I get an error message "Another application has exclusive access to the file c:\program files\Sonic\MyDVD\sonic log" Any ideas? and apologies if I am missing something obvious! Derek Tag: Importing files Tag: 56000
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    - Audio Importing I can open my audio file through Itunes and through the "My Music" folder on my computer but when I go to import a song to the movie maker I get this message..."The file C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\Lyfe Jennings\The Phoenix\07 Let's Stay Together.m4a is not a supported file type, and it cannot be imported into Windows Movie Maker." what do I do? Like I said I can open it every other way and in every other program, just not movie maker. Thanks for any help. Tag: Importing files Tag: 55998
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    - Unable to complete video I made a slide show and when I try to convert it to a video it stops without all the pictures. I have tried it several times and it always stops at a different picture. Need help!!!! Tag: Importing files Tag: 55996
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    - wmm error when i start up windows movie maker an error screen comes up and i can only press ok or cancel if i press cancel or ok the error screen and movie maker shut down and nothing happens. so i cant use movie maker anymore i cant find a way to solve the error Tag: Importing files Tag: 55979
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    - Protected material -- RJ - Help - I download ' Love is in the air ' from Tesco's for which I pay 70p in order to use it in one of my movie maker video's. No can do - a message pops up this material is protected. WHY?? - I assume that within my 70p there is some recompense to the artist so why can I not use it for my 'personal use' video?? Is there a way to disable to protection??? Experts to the rescue Please! Tag: Importing files Tag: 55978
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    - WMV conversion to Playable CD or DVD I created a Video Slide Show of my friend's wedding. It's in WMP format and they asked me to convert it to something that will play on any DVD player. How do I go about that? I tried Windows Movie Maker and burned a PAL conversion to a CD-R and my DVD player did not recognize the file... What steps should I take? Thanks, Bill Tag: Importing files Tag: 55967
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    - Audio/video out of sync I have copies my movie maker to a wmv file with all filters turned off and I still have audio and video out of sync in the wmv file. Any suggestions? Tag: Importing files Tag: 55962

I am running 2.1 and cant import mpeg-4 (.mp4) files. Can anyone help?????

Re: Importing files by John

John
Wed Dec 20 22:04:37 CST 2006

Darryl wrote:
> I am running 2.1 and cant import mpeg-4 (.mp4) files. Can anyone
> help?????
===========================
.mp4...audio?

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing Audio
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Audio.html

Movie Maker 2 - Importing - Digital Rights Management
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-DRM.html

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

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Highlights and FAQs
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Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Re: Importing files by deatherremovedis

deatherremovedis
Thu Dec 21 16:03:01 CST 2006

John - I am going thru your site (very good). These .mp4 and some other
videos (.3gp) were captured on a mobile phone using the latest 3g network
technology in Australia. They will play in Quicktime but I cant import into
moviemaker - probably a lost cause. merry xmas

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Darryl wrote:
> > I am running 2.1 and cant import mpeg-4 (.mp4) files. Can anyone
> > help?????
> ===========================
> ..mp4...audio?
>
> Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Importing Audio
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Audio.html
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Importing - Digital Rights Management
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-DRM.html
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>