Video problems

I am making a video on mircosoft movie maker and my imported video clips
don't show up as video, only audio. The videos play, but the screen is black
and only the sound can be heard. When I try and add it to the storyline, it
adds in the audio section. The files work as videos on windows media player
and other programs, but not on movie maker. Even files I imported a while ago
that work as videos on other previously made "movies" only show up with sound
now. Why does this happen and what can I do to fix it? Thanks very much!

John
Mon Jun 02 14:31:59 PDT 2008

CGannon wrote:
> I am making a video on mircosoft movie maker and my imported video
> clips don't show up as video, only audio. The videos play, but the
> screen is black and only the sound can be heard. When I try and add
> it to the storyline, it adds in the audio section. The files work as
> videos on windows media player and other programs, but not on movie
> maker. Even files I imported a while ago that work as videos on other
> previously made "movies" only show up with sound now. Why does this
> happen and what can I do to fix it? Thanks very much!
=================================
You may have some incompatibility issues
with your source files. Have a look at the
following article:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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me may not work for you

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CGannon
Mon Jun 02 18:37:00 PDT 2008

Thank you very much, that could very well be the problem. The suggestion on
the page was to convert the files to wmv, how do I do that? My computer
doesn't just let me save the files as a different format, at least not that I
have found.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> CGannon wrote:
> > I am making a video on mircosoft movie maker and my imported video
> > clips don't show up as video, only audio. The videos play, but the
> > screen is black and only the sound can be heard. When I try and add
> > it to the storyline, it adds in the audio section. The files work as
> > videos on windows media player and other programs, but not on movie
> > maker. Even files I imported a while ago that work as videos on other
> > previously made "movies" only show up with sound now. Why does this
> > happen and what can I do to fix it? Thanks very much!
> =================================
> You may have some incompatibility issues
> with your source files. Have a look at the
> following article:
>
> File type compatibility with Movie Maker
> http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
> or...
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John
Mon Jun 02 19:24:16 PDT 2008

CGannon wrote:
> Thank you very much, that could very well be the problem. The
> suggestion on the page was to convert the files to wmv, how do I do
> that? My computer doesn't just let me save the files as a different
> format, at least not that I have found.
===========================
There are links on the site I posted
that lead to solutions. What format
is your file currently in?

Maybe you could use the freeware
'Super' to convert the file.

SUPER © Simplified
Universal Player Encoder & Renderer
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/SUPER
(the mirror download site is faster)

Here's a free online converter that might
work for you:

MediaConvert
http://media-convert.com/

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

CGannon
Tue Jun 03 19:42:11 PDT 2008

Thank you so much! My video works perfectly now!
By the way, one last question, how can I burn my video to a dvd so that it
can play on a dvd player, not just on the computer? Thanks so much!

"John Inzer" wrote:

> CGannon wrote:
> > Thank you very much, that could very well be the problem. The
> > suggestion on the page was to convert the files to wmv, how do I do
> > that? My computer doesn't just let me save the files as a different
> > format, at least not that I have found.
> ===========================
> There are links on the site I posted
> that lead to solutions. What format
> is your file currently in?
>
> Maybe you could use the freeware
> 'Super' to convert the file.
>
> SUPER © Simplified
> Universal Player Encoder & Renderer
> http://www.videohelp.com/tools/SUPER
> (the mirror download site is faster)
>
> Here's a free online converter that might
> work for you:
>
> MediaConvert
> http://media-convert.com/
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John
Tue Jun 03 20:29:04 PDT 2008

CGannon wrote:
> Thank you so much! My video works perfectly now!
> By the way, one last question, how can I burn my video to a dvd so
> that it can play on a dvd player, not just on the computer? Thanks so
> much!
==============================
You need DVD Authoring software...
Nero, Roxio, ULead, WinDVD, etc...etc...

Or...maybe the following freebie would
be worth a try:

DVD Flick
http://www.dvdflick.net/

Be sure to read the Guide:
http://www.dvdflick.net/guide.php


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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

ebz
Wed Jul 02 03:16:00 PDT 2008



"John Inzer" wrote:

> CGannon wrote:
> > Thank you so much! My video works perfectly now!
> > By the way, one last question, how can I burn my video to a dvd so
> > that it can play on a dvd player, not just on the computer? Thanks so
> > much!
> ==============================
> You need DVD Authoring software...
> Nero, Roxio, ULead, WinDVD, etc...etc...
>
> Or...maybe the following freebie would
> be worth a try:
>
> DVD Flick
> http://www.dvdflick.net/
>
> Be sure to read the Guide:
> http://www.dvdflick.net/guide.php
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>