Wojo
Fri Mar 25 23:07:20 CST 2005
In addition, and I'm surprised Rehan didn't say this, if you are using your
videos to create DVD's then it is better to save them as DV-AVI instead of
WMV (if you have enough HDD space for the files that is) since WMV
compresses the video considerably more causing a loss of quality.
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"Rehan" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:u3SQqsbMFHA.4080@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Try installing Windows Media Encoder 9
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
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> The mere installation of this has fixed problems for many users.
>
>
> Other things to try are:
>
> Re/Installation of latest graphics card drivers from the manufacturers
> website
>
> Re/installation of latest DirectX runtime. Get the full download
> <
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/1/e/81ed90eb-dd87-4a23-aedc-298a9603b4e4/directx_9c_redist.exe>
>
>
> --
> Rehan
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
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>
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> "smtulsa" <smtulsa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5957B52B-842E-4AD5-B58F-D1002575C570@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> "David" wrote:
>>
>>> I am a pretty new user of movie maker- been using it for about 3-4 weeks
>>> now
>>> on making some home video dvds. I've just recently ran into a problem
>>> that
>>> I've exhausted all my knowledge and effort into trying to fix.
>>>
>>> I've been editing all my video in movie maker 2.1 and saving it as .wmv
>>> file, then I would import it into a 3rd party dvd creator program
>>> (InterVideo/WinDVD Creator). My problem is recentlly not being able to
>>> import the file, when I open the .wmv file in dvd creater it gives me
>>> the
>>> message "This file cannot be imported. Make sure that it is a valid
>>> file
>>> type and that it's contents have not been corrupted." I just started
>>> getting
>>> this message the last few days, prior to that the importing process it
>>> worked
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> I've researched that this might be related to codec type. Movie maker
>>> saves
>>> the .wmv files with audio codec - 9.1 & video codec 9.0. How can I fix
>>> this
>>> so I can import files again? and why would this all of a sudden start
>>> doing
>>> this?
>>>
>>> I've been told to try reinstalling movie maker 2.1, but I think it was
>>> on
>>> the computer when we bought it 4 months ago. I go to the windows
>>> download
>>> site and it sounds like it's part of service pack 2. Does that mean I
>>> should
>>> reinstall the whole service pack 2?
>>>
>>> I'm very confused and frustrated by all this. Can somebody help? Any
>>> input
>>> would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>> I thought I was the only one!!!!! I started getting the same problem
>> right
>> after I upgraded to SP2. I tried all the stuff Microsoft told me to do,
>> with
>> no solution. Basically, Iguess it is my problem that Microsoft cannot or
>> will not solve. They impied it was Intervideo's problem...I DON'T THINK
>> SO.
>> If anyone has any ideas
>> please let me know.
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