Wojo
Sat Mar 24 20:02:51 CDT 2007
Hi Gary,
I would have to guess that it is a codec issue.
There are many different codec's used to make AVI files so you would need to
find out which codec was used and download it.
To find out you can use a program called GSpot.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
Here is a good website for downloading safe codec's:
http://www.free-codecs.com/
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-Wojo
MVP - Digital Media
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"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:206106CC-495C-4172-A0B9-2714FB07724F@microsoft.com...
> Wojo - you seem to know about the Movie maker. I am new. I have an AVI
> file
> that was made on a portable recording unit at 480X640. I transferredd it
> to
> my PC as an AVI file. I imort the AVI file into MM and it will ply the
> novie
> in the player. But when I insert it into the stroy board/timeline, it
> seems
> to play but there is no video in the player - just a black screen with
> audio
> in the background. Same if I break it into clips - the clips will play in
> the player but not in the story. Any sage advice??
> --
> Gary
>
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> First of all which one is it USB or Firewire?
>>
>> What settings are you choosing when you capture?
>>
>> Have you tried another setting or have you tried a different cable?
>>
>> "Piry" <Piry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CF35D73C-5A3A-405A-8759-8FAD8B9BB7A3@microsoft.com...
>> > why when i transfer from the dv camera conection to the pc usb firewire
>> > the
>> > image in the very bad. What i can do to transfer the same quality of
>> > image
>> > of
>> > the camera to the pc.
>>
>>
>>