Wojo
Sat Dec 10 18:08:57 CST 2005
Hmmm. As I said this is a new one on me, and apparently on the other too
since nobody has chimed in yet, but it may have been caused by a problem in
the conversion from MPEG2. But the first thing I would do is try deleting
the MP3 and render it to see what happens. It may not solve the problem but
it is an easy way to rule it out for certain.
-Wojo
"Brian S" <BrianS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:655BCC72-1F48-4067-97CA-A8B7F3DB2639@microsoft.com...
> Wojo,
>
> The video files were originally mpeg2 which I converted to .avi. The only
> outside audio clips are a narration done right in moviemaker so it is a
> .wma
> and a song which is an .mp3. I thought it might be the .mp3 but it's for
> the
> closing credits and the movie doesn't play at all.
>
> On a side note, after playing with movie maker for a while (swapping out
> images where the file seemed to pause or hiccup) I was able to get a .avi
> that worked completely... only in Quicktime. Still just frozen frames on
> Media Player.
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> Well Brian this particular issue is one I haven't heard of happening
>> before
>> but I would suspect it is one of those weird anomalies that tend to occur
>> when using a filetype that is supposed to be supported but does in fact
>> cause issues such as MP3, MPG, or JPG. What are the filetypes in your
>> project, maybe that will shed some light on the subject?
>> -Wojo
>>
>> "Brian S" <BrianS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:491F7435-61FA-4EC3-9861-560923890810@microsoft.com...
>> > Wojo,
>> >
>> > First off, I appreciate the help. The problem with trying to save at
>> > anything lower than a DV-AVI is that the time estimation starts at
>> > roughly
>> > 100,000 minutes and grows to over 1 million and the percentage
>> > completed
>> > never moves from zero. In fact any file type I choose other than
>> > DV-AVI
>> > starts well above 100,000 minutes and never recovers.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Wojo" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hey Brian
>> >>
>> >> 1st - Try creating a file using a lower quality setting and see if
>> >> that
>> >> plays properly. This will narrow down the possible problems and
>> >> solutions
>> >> for you.
>> >>
>> >> 2nd - DV-AVI will always create a huge filesize since you are working
>> >> with
>> >> little compression and getting the result of a high quality video
>> >> file.
>> >>
>> >> 3rd - Don't worry about the filesize when it comes time to create a
>> >> DVD.
>> >> It
>> >> is the length of the movie that matters not the size of the file since
>> >> your
>> >> DVD Authoring software will convert it to MPEG2 and create a DVD for
>> >> you
>> >> anyway.
>> >>
>> >> -- Wojo
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>> >>
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>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Brian S" <Brian S@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:383421F2-B102-4C9C-82ED-CE3B18B4E005@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I've created a movie in MM. I saved it as a DV-AVI and it seems to
>> >> > save
>> >> > just
>> >> > fine. However, when I try to play it in Windows Media Player, it
>> >> > doesn't
>> >> > move. I can drag the scroll across and see the whole movie, but the
>> >> > movie
>> >> > does not play on it's own.
>> >> >
>> >> > The movie also saved to a rather large file (26 minute movie, 5.4
>> >> > GB,
>> >> > not
>> >> > many effects to speak of either). This file size also means I can't
>> >> > save
>> >> > it
>> >> > to a DVD which is concerning.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any thoughts on any of these issues?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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