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    - FAQ: #20050713 Crashes & Hangs 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...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. 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 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 optimisation, and that optimisation 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 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 (send an e-mail to webmaster@the-kellys.org). 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. The Webmaster Check out the Free Video and Stills Hosting at The Kellys Coming soon Get your Personal News Distributor (PND from www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.co.uk Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39017
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    - video cature card not working i finally got wmm to work on my mce2005 sp2 system and when i launch the video capture part of the program a get an error message "this device is not responding please close any other application that is using the device and try capturing again" i don't think any other program is using the device. i tried intervideo create win dvd and the device works with this software. please let me know if there is a fix for this thanks. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39015
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    - vido capture not not working i finnally got wmm to work on my mce2005 sp2 system when i try to lunch the vido captue card i get an error message device is not responding close any application that is using the device and try caturing again.i don't think any othe program is using this device. itried intervideo's software win dvd creator and the card works in that program please let me know if there is a fix for this thanks. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39014
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    - Thank you to Jonathan Gunner Hello, Would just like to say, that I have successfully burned my first Home Movie to DVD - all thanks to your advise. Thanks Again :) Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39012
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    - MM doesn't accept *.mp4 Videos - although codec is installed! MM doesn't accept *.mp4 Videos- although codec is installed. WMP plays the videos, WME accepts them - only MM does't take it - it doesn't even try (you have to select "all files" in the import dialog, otherwise the mp4-files aren't even shown and then it just says "wrong file type") unbelievable! there are more and more flshcard camcorders, which use the mp4 file format! Q: when will MS fix that? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39010
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    - Same Dimensions as the Input? Using Tmpgenx Plus version 2.5 I have a bunch of wmv files I want to convert to MPG. But everytime I do so, the resolution is different. I want tgo keep everything the same number of pixels horizontally and vertically. How can I set that? For example, the source files are 400 x 300 and the output file is 352 x 288. How can I change that? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39007
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    - Same Dimensions as the Input? Using Tmpgenx Plus version 2.5 I have a bunch of wmv files I want to convert to MPG. But everytime I do so, the resolution is different. I want tgo keep everything the same number of pixels horizontally and vertically. How can I set that? For example, the source files are 400 x 300 and the output file is 352 x 288. How can I change that? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39006
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    - ??how to change duration for a clip The default is set at 5 seconds per clip. When I click on the clip I want to play longer and right click and get the properties info. It shows the duration, time start and time stop...but I can't figure out how to change it. I want one particular picture to stay on screen for 10 seconds instead of 5 seconds. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39005
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    - cannot capture using mm2 please help! hi, i always had the first movie maker and it worked great! now after the service pack 2 and new movie maker i go to capture with my rage fury pro 128 card (with the most current driver!) with composite analog in and movie maker says "the video device is currently in use please close any other app using it!" then after clicking of another dialog box says "the video device cannot be used at this time there has been an error starting it" i got a trial version of ulead and it worked great but i want my windows moveie maker back! please help ! can i get the old movie maker 1 back? thanks tons!! Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 39004
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    - Attn: "PapaJohn" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_130E_01C586F8.2A2ADA30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please do not respond to any threads initiated by me. I do not want = your input. Thanks, but no thanks. Al Stu ------=_NextPart_000_130E_01C586F8.2A2ADA30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Please do not respond to any threads initiated by me.  I do = not want=20 your input.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks, but no thanks.</DIV> <DIV>Al Stu</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_130E_01C586F8.2A2ADA30-- Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38991
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    - Video Capture Freezes When I'm capturing video from a mini-dv cam using a USB cord that came with the mini-dv cam, the image in moviemaker will freeze after a few minutes or MB. When I play the clip in moviemaker, the sound continues, but the image freezes. Any ideas? Norm Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38987
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    - Attn: MSFT; Snap, Crackle & Pop This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1267_01C586E9.B3AFC4F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Will Microsoft ever fix the 27th frame drop from every clip and the = resulting associated audio and audio/music tracks skip/click/pop? =20 Top 10 Reasons to Use Windows Movie Maker 2 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/top10.mspx =20 #1 -Make Movies Like a Pro "Windows Movie Maker 2 comes with built-in slides, background music, and = sound effects so you can make entertaining movies your friends will = actually want to see." Do Pros also put up with dropped frames and the resulting audio = skip/click/pop? I think not. #5 - Highest Quality Video and Audio "With support for the latest Windows Media=AE compression technology, = Windows Movie Maker 2 gives you the clearest video and crispest audio = ever." =20 Now that's an out right lie. Dropped frames and resulting audio = skip/click/pops are "highest quality video and audio", "clearest video = and crispest audio ever"? I think not. =20 Skippy is a peanut butter brand and should NOT be included in a "High = Quality" A/V editor. =20 Microsoft, would you please fix this problem already. It's been around = since version 2.0. One would think a quality issue such as this would = be high on the priority list of fixes. Yet even with the release of 2.1 = the issue remains and has existed for years. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_1267_01C586E9.B3AFC4F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Will Microsoft ever = fix the=20 27<SUP>th</SUP> frame drop from every clip and the resulting associated = audio=20 and audio/music tracks skip/click/pop?<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns = =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Top 10 = Reasons to Use=20 Windows Movie Maker 2<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A=20 href=3D"http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/top10.mspx"><= SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: = normal">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/top10.mspx</S= PAN></A></B><o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 9pt 0in 0pt"><STRONG><FONT = color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20 class=3Dlabel1><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">#1=20 -Make Movies Like a Pro</SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></P> <P class=3Dblurb style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New = Roman'"><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>"Windows Movie Maker 2 comes with built-in slides, = background=20 music, and sound effects so you can make entertaining movies your = friends will=20 actually want to see."<BR></FONT><BR>Do Pros also put up with dropped = frames and=20 the resulting audio skip/click/pop?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> =20 </SPAN>I think not.<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT color=3D#0000ff><SPAN = class=3Dlabel1><SPAN=20 style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; = mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">#5=20 - Highest Quality Video and=20 Audio</SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P> <P class=3Dblurb style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New = Roman'"><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff>"With support for the latest Windows Media=AE = compression=20 technology, Windows Movie Maker 2 gives you the clearest video and = crispest=20 audio ever."</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Now that=92s an out = right lie.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Dropped frames and resulting = audio=20 skip/click/pops are =93highest quality video and audio=94, =93clearest = video and=20 crispest audio ever=94?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I = think=20 not.<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> Skippy is = a peanut=20 butter brand and should NOT be included in a "High Quality" A/V=20 editor.</o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p></o:p> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p>Microsoft, would = you please=20 fix this problem already.  It's been around since version = 2.0.  One=20 would think a quality issue such as this would be high on the priority = list of=20 fixes.  Yet even with the release of 2.1 the issue remains and has = existed=20 for years.</o:p></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal=20 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in = 0pt"><o:p></o:p> </P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_1267_01C586E9.B3AFC4F0-- Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38986
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    - "unknown error" MM2.1 - Canon ZR50 I cannot import video in any format with any method in MM2. I have all SP's for XP Pro (SP2 + all options) I keep getting "unknown error" when attempting to use wizard to import from my Canon ZR50 MC. Firewire connection. The camera shows up in XP Pro - and is "avaialable". However - all attempts to capture video in MM2.1 - fail with an "unknown error" Please help. -- Steve Wingert s_wingert@hotmail.com IS Manager - Brandt Industries Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38983
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    - Trying to record back to a DV Tape Deck I have been teaching a group of nuns on how to use Windows Movie Maker for their orphange, and for the most part, the software was very easy for them to use when editing the videos for potential adoptive parents. However, when it came time for me to show them how to record back their edited videos to tape (in this case they are using a JVC DV/VHS deck). All I get after going through the steps of exporting the video to tape is nothing but a black screen on the tape. Unfortunately, my experience as an editor has been limited to Final Cut Pro, Avid and very little windows movie maker. Do i need to export the entire edited timeline as 1 AVI file before I try to export the video out to tape, or can I just take what is on the timeline and record it to tape. **NOTE: The JVC deck that the nuns are using is a firewire deck that was meant for both capturing (which works) and recording. Unfortunately, the guy who sold and "installed" the equipment skipped town, and was not much help for them. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated (either a website that I can refer to or a manual that I can read or something)...Many many thanks. miggy. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38981
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    - FAQ: #20050712 Crashes & Hangs 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...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. 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 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 optimisation, and that optimisation 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 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 (send an e-mail to webmaster@the-kellys.org). 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. The Webmaster Check out the Free Video and Stills Hosting at The Kellys Coming soon Get your Personal News Distributor (PND from www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.co.uk Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38966
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    - Imported mp3 comes and goes Greetings. I've created a project in which I have an mp3 playing at the end. The music plays on cue... sometimes... It only plays in storyboard mode, and only when I click on a transition box while the project is playing. When I converted it to a movie file, the music from the mp3 did not show up. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38959
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    - Major bug with DXVA and Windows Media Player. Hey Microsoft, whats up with the fact that DXVA acceleration does not work in a limited account? You don't actually think that the majority of the population runs XP with administrator rights do you?! Ok, maybe they do but that does not make it right. Anyway this is a nuisance for me, I spent an hour trying to figure out why the DXVA acceleration was not working because of this bug. So yea, any suggestions d00ders? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38958
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    - adding audio i'm new at this, very new. is there a way to import purchased songs from napster or itunes? i can't even import a song from a cd i have at home. is there an "idot's" explaination to this? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38950
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    - Save a movie project into VCD format Hi, I have created a movie project using MS MOvie maker and I want to know what format should I use when saving it as a movie file, so that I can create a VCD . Thanks in Advance Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38946
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    - Export DV-AVI from MovieMaker 2.1 Sorry to post this question - I do not seem to be able to find an answer on the web. I'm running Moviemaker 2.1. After nicely having imported from DV quality camera (Panasonic) and prepared a film with MM the only way I find to export DV-AVI is to copy it back to the camera/tape !! After I start the wizard to save a movie file and I select to save it t hard disc, I can only save it in WMA format (????). There are no options to select DV-AVI !!! The only time I find DV-AVI export possibility is when I select save back to camera. What am I doing wrong ?? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38943
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    - Changing Format MMcan anyone help me I am trying to change the format of my movie maker file so I can burn it on a DVD (using Nero). Nero doesn't seem to recognize the WMMP file. Any help will be appreciated! Holly Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38941
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    - Connecting my Hi-8 Video Camera I have a video camera that records onto a Hi-8 tape. I would like to connect my camera to my computer. My camera has a composit video out and an S-video out. My computer does not appear to have the proper composit video in port, but it does appear to have an S-video port. Will connecting the camera to the computer via the S-video work? Thanks. -Steve Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38932
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    - slide duration I set the slide duration to 3 seconds, half of my slides are on 3 seconds and half of them are set a 5 seconds. I reset defaults, but they are not the same. How do I get the same slide duration for my whole slide show? Thank you. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38931
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    - Movie Maker 2 - Can't Access options or save I have all the latest updates for XP Pro. I tried using the Movie Maker today and everything seems to work except the save dialog box does not come up and I can't save my movie. I can save projects. Also the Options dialog will not show up when I choose it from the menu. I think I have successfully reinstalled movie maker by using some advise found on some other groups. Can any one help? I also have tried the advise from the following: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker/browse_thread/thread/6dfec42810dbdf65/79ae6d4d4879df24?q=%22movie+maker%22+options&rnum=2&hl=en#79ae6d4d4879df24 Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38930
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    - windows movie maker crashes i get onto movie maker, and then after about a minute, it crashes. it gives me the send error report/not send screen. then it closes. i will post the description of why it crashes. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38922
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    - FAQ: #20050711 Crashes & Hangs 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...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. 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 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 optimisation, and that optimisation 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 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 (send an e-mail to webmaster@the-kellys.org). 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. The Webmaster Check out the Free Video and Stills Hosting at The Kellys Coming soon Get your Personal News Distributor (PND from www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.co.uk Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38904
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    - MPEG 4 conversion My digital camera shoots video in MPEG 4 format. I want to include some videos in a Movie Maker project, but Movie Maker doesn't accept the format. Is there any way I can get Movie Maker to accept the format, or, if not, convert the video to an acceptable format? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38902
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    - movie maker crashes msvcrt.dll error not sure what the problem is with movie maker every time i try to open the program i get i send error report and then it just crashes (error msvcrt.dll problem) i am running windows mce 2005 SP2 p4 3.4 1 gb ram 250 hd please let me know how to fix this thanks. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38900
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    - Curious problem with video importing. I have WindowsXP with an Intel 4pentium 1.72GHz, 512Mb RAM. I have just installed a video card, a "Digital Terrestrial TV / Analogue TV tuner card" VideoMate DVB-T300. I have it up and running displaying old movies from an Analogue "Sony Handycam 330x", but when I try to record a video to a file I get an error message "FAILED TO BUILD A PREVIEW GRAPH". What does this mean? There is no reference to this error in the help menus. Also, I am required to install a provided "Internal Audio Patch Cable" so as to be able to hear analogue audio, and the installation instructions say to plug the end in to the "AUX-IN" port of the sound card. But I can't find such a port. The only things close to this on the motherboard manual are "CD IN" and "MODEM IN". Can I plug into the "MODEM IN" port since this is no longer used now that I have an external modem? Please help, Frank Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38897
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    - where is download for Movie Maker 21. All I want to do is download the Movie Maker 2.1 program. But I go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx and can't find a link anywhere to download the program! I have SP2 installed and automatic updates installed. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38896
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    - Saved movie looses clips (and includes deleted clips) I captured a 3-hour 10 GB movie from digital TV (VideoMate DVB-T300) to disk. Then used Movie Maker to remove the advertisements and save to disk, which results in a 1.7GB .wmv file. When I play this file in Windows Media Player there are large segments missing, and some of the advertisements are still present. The project plays exactly as desired in Movie Maker. System is 1GB RAM, 200GB SATA disk, AMD 64-3500 CPU, Leadtek 6600 video card. Any thoughts? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38895
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    - why are movies always a bit draker in MM2? why are any imported movies always a little darker in mm2? I can punch the brightness but of course loose some contrast... I do not believe it is really supposed to work this way... since we are converting some 1/2 reel to reel video tape this was really noticeable when I went for 1/2 inch to dvcam them to mm2..... this was dark to begin with but the resulting image was black until I bunched brightness up several times. it is not just this tape... things are a little darker always either computer... side issue.... we are looking for any old reels of 1/2 inch reel to reel video tape anyone got any?? -- Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC Please check our web site at http://www.smecc.org to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us. address: coury house / smecc 5802 w palmaire ave glendale az 85301 Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38887
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    - Captured Video Distortion !!! I am brand new to trying to capture and edit video and photos. I am also not a genius with computers in general. I use them at work but am able to call IT to resolve any problems that occur. Now I am working at home and do not have that luxury. I just purchased a Gateway 825GM. Specs are P4 550 chip - 3.4 GHz, 250 GB SATA HDD (7200 RPM - 8MB cache), 1GB DDR (Dual channel memory), ATI Radeon X300 SE Video (128 MB PCI-Express Card), Avermedia M-150 TV Tuner Card, 8.5 GB Double Layer 16X DVD+/-RW and 16x DVD Drives, Windows XP MCE 2005. I bought this unit with the purpose of converting and editing VHS video tapes and scanned photos and slides to DVD for archive and to distribute to family. My son died a few years ago and I have been waiting for prices to drop enough to purchase equipment to do this. I have spent the first couple of weeks downloading updated drivers and software for all of the installed devices and programs. This has been and education and ordeal. I assumed that everything that is installed on a new computer has been tested and works together flawlessly. Wrong. After installing the necessary updated drivers, everything seems to be working together at the moment. I am outputing my VHS video from a VCR component video through an adapter to convert to SVideo to input into the TV Tuner card. RCA audio is input into the tuner card also. I captured the entire 120 minute tape in Movie Maker. I used "best available" option which was 720 x 480 at 30fps. Video and audio device is the Avermedia tuner card. Movie Maker broke the entire tape into a series of 100 or so individual files or clips. I burned the entire collection to DVD using "Power DVD" that Windows Media Center defaulted to when I did the conversion. I also have some "Nero" software that is installed on the computer. Is it a better choice? I have noticed that there is some distortion in the video that has been captured. It shows up in the captured files that I view in Movie Maker and on the DVD copy as well. This distortion does not show up when viewing the original VHS tape. Some of the captured video looks okay and then there will be in some places a horizontal line of distortion across the screen and in other places the images will blur and shift with ghost images on the screen. Any suggestions as to what might be causing the problems? And any advice as to changes in hardware or software. I want these images to be right, since they are all that we have left of our son. Sorry for being long winded, but I wanted to give as much detail as possible in order to help solve my problems. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38877
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    - viewing on TV I have a bunch of old movies on VHS that I successfully transferred to movie maker, edited and burned on CD/DVD I can view on computer just fine but regardless of format or type of cd +/- or dvd +/- I cannot get my dvd player to recognise and play on my TV. Any suggestions? Thanks....... els Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38875
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    - FAQ: #20050710 Crashes & Hangs 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...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. 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 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 optimisation, and that optimisation 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 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 (send an e-mail to webmaster@the-kellys.org). 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. The Webmaster Check out the Free Video and Stills Hosting at The Kellys Coming soon Get your Personal News Distributor (PND from www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.co.uk Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38874
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    - Movie file created will not play in Media Player 9 I've created a new movie using Movie Maker 2.1. It plays great in Movie Maker preview and even when I created a Video CD it works in my TV DVD player, however if I try to play it on my computer using Windows Media Player 9 it will only play in a discoloured and blurred format ? Is Media Player 9 suitable for playing video. I wanted to create a small video to email home to friends and thought this would work? -- hope you can help... thanks... Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38873
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    - Can you use WMM to create a slideshow DVD? Is this possible? I know it can burn .wmv to a cd but is it possible to encode a DVD? Do I have to take the .wmv and convert that to a DVD? -- Nocturnal http://www.spywaretalk.org Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38871
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    - Unable To See Video In Preview Pane During Capture I am unable to see video in the preview pane when capturing video. The application still captures video and I can control my Sony Mini DV Video Camera from the application software. However, all I see in the preview pane is electronic noise. Once I have captured video to my PC, I am able to view and play it back without any problems. How do I resolve this issue? Even though I can still see the video playback on my Sony Mini DV Video Camera during capture, it would be more functional to be able to see it in the application on my computer. I have a P4 Intel 3.6GHz PC system with 1G RAM and Gigabyte NVIDIA Ge-Force 6600 250MB graphics card Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. - Joseph G Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38869
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    - strange colors When paying my movie on the timeline the colors look juct fine. I saved it as the default 'Best Quality' setting for playback on my harddrive. When I play the video in Win Media Player the colors have a strange hue. To correct it I have to move the hue slider in Win Media Player all the way to the left (or right) and then the colors are closer to the original file. What's up. Why is the default color so strange? Searched Movie Maker to see if I had to change this setting somewhere and can't find a thing? Movie is for my Dad and theres no way he's going to be able to figure out to move the hue slide in Win Media Player. I just want the colors to be right when click the movie file and play it. I see there are other who have has a similar problem. Any solutions out there? Thanks, Michael Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38867
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    - audio changes when i move clip down to story board/timeline when i move my clips down to the storyboard and play them the sound is distorted or has a twinge i can't describe it exactly, but it does change and will record to the dvd like that. if i play it on the video camera or from the clips created by movie maker they sound perfect. but as soon as i drag them down it changes. please help. thanks Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38864
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    - frame rates Does anyone know of a way to change the frame rate after the video is saved in movie maker? -- tjt Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38858
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    - WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER YOU HELPED ME GET THE SOUND WORKED OUT ---BUT NOW--- THE PICTURES ARE CLEAR AND SHARP UNTIL I MOVE THEM INTO WMM. THEY ALL BECOME FUZZY, OUT OF FOCUS. HOW DO I OVERCOME? LEONARD Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38849
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    - Video file not accessible I captured 19 GB of video from a camcorder through Movie Maker 2.1 through USB directly to an external hard drive. I hit STOP, but before I could press FINISH, somone pulled the plug. Therefore, the video data is there, and I even made a copy on another drive. But there is no header information on the file, so i cannot access it, nor can I import it into any application. This is a crucial file. Help! Thanks. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38848
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    - Burning to DVD..? Does anyone know of Movie Maker will eventually have the ability to burn to DVD as opposed to CD? I am using Sony's Vegas Movie Studio and Architect products to make DVD's, but I'm still new to these applications and the learning curve is steap. I would say that they're not user friendly, although I'm sure very powerful once mastered. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated! Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38845
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    - Why won't my movie maker project open? My movie maker project won't open and it says that it may not be a movie maker project, or that the file is corrupted. What is the problem and what should i do to fix it? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38838
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    - why won't my project open? whenever i try to open a project that i saved in movie maker, it says that the file is either not a windows movie maker file or that the file has been corrupted. What do i have to do to open my movies again? Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38837
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    - picture transition help with time please I have made a movie using movie maker. It is only digital still images from my digital camera(jpeg) and audio (MP3). I don't have any video transitions or effects. I want the pictures only to display about 1. I have gone into tools/options and changed the transition time there but it hasn't changed on the actual movie. How can I change the time each slide shows on an already created project? -- TIA, Kirsten Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38835
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    - FAQ: #20050709 Crashes & Hangs 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...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. 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 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 optimisation, and that optimisation 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 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 (send an e-mail to webmaster@the-kellys.org). 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. The Webmaster Check out the Free Video and Stills Hosting at The Kellys Coming soon Get your Personal News Distributor (PND from www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.org www.the-kellys.co.uk Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38830
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    - Advice Please 8mm film to DVD I have a collection of old home movies on 8mm film and a decent Leica film projector. Can someone advise me best method to digitize the movies. I understand the quality will not be as good as camcorder but want to preserve the films for my kids. Thanks. Bubba Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38820
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    - Updating FTPINFO.DAT I want to save my movie out to my FTP site, which is on a Yahoo small business server. The only entry in the list of media sharing services is Neptune. I don't want Neptune. I want Yahoo. Please tell me how to get Yahoo into the FTPINFO.DAT list so it will show up in my drop down menu of media sharing sites. Thanks. Tag: Saving as a DVD Tag: 38818

I'm very new to this. I transferred a video from my camcorder using the
movie maker (1 I think). I want to transfer the final movie to a dvd so I
can play it on my dvd player. How do I do this? Do I need another program?
I have a DVD burner on the computer. Can you help?

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Re: Saving as a DVD by Cari

Cari
Wed Jul 13 11:50:03 CDT 2005

You need to save the edited file from WMM onto your hard drive as a DV-AVI
file, then use your third party burning software to create and burn the DVD.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging

"MPorco" <MPorco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D69A4BE-4B61-46FA-A7CD-299F5CC25E1D@microsoft.com...
> I'm very new to this. I transferred a video from my camcorder using the
> movie maker (1 I think). I want to transfer the final movie to a dvd so I
> can play it on my dvd player. How do I do this? Do I need another
> program?
> I have a DVD burner on the computer. Can you help?

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Re: Saving as a DVD by John

John
Wed Jul 13 11:54:54 CDT 2005

HEllo,

You need software like Nero (www.nero.com) It is truly excelent and very
highly regarded in the disk making community

Your |DVD burner may have come with a program....check that out. It
will almost certainly not be as good as Nero, but if it does what you
want.... Note that if you do not yet have a burner, most white box (OEM)
equipment comes without supporting software....so If you intend to but one
be sure of what it comes with first and ask others what they think of that
software....their are plenty of programs around, most are good.

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org

No, I am not in Love with Instant Experts

"MPorco" <MPorco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D69A4BE-4B61-46FA-A7CD-299F5CC25E1D@microsoft.com...
> I'm very new to this. I transferred a video from my camcorder using the
> movie maker (1 I think). I want to transfer the final movie to a dvd so I
> can play it on my dvd player. How do I do this? Do I need another
> program?
> I have a DVD burner on the computer. Can you help?

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