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    - Video capture device I am trying to run my Sony DCR TRV250E into Windows Movie Maker and keep getting 'video capture device not detected' This is a digital 8 camcorder and the laptop is Tosh Sat Pro A60 running Win XP. If the solution is firewire then please tell me how I go about that. Thanks Tag: Video quality Tag: 27864
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    - Slide show issues in VideoCD I used Windows Movie Maker to create a JPG slide show, to record onto VideoCD. The images are 640x480, 150ppi. The WMV file was then converted to MPG using TMPGEnc, and burned onto VideoCD using Nero. Here's the problem: 1) Each image expands about 20 pixels off my TV screen. 2) There's black flickering on the border of some images. The width of the border flicker is about 10 pixels. 3) Each image is pixellated. Of course, considering this sample was recorded onto VideoCD, Nero warned me that the quality would be downgraded. How do I fix the above problems? Do I need to adjust TMPGEnc settings, image size, or what? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! -- - Dave http://members.cox.net/grundage/ Tag: Video quality Tag: 27859
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    - Crashes Movie Maker crashes constantly. What causes most of the crashes. I remember the older versions were very buggy too. Any fixes, etc.? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27850
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    - WMV -> MPG converter I've just finished a sample Windows Movie Maker project. Does anybody know of a WMV to MPG video converter? -- - Dave http://members.cox.net/grundage/ Tag: Video quality Tag: 27849
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    - Dazzle 150 ? for watching tv With studio 9 I can watch tv with the vcr hookup. It can't go full screen however, anybody know a good prog (freebie) that can make a full screen window for watching tv? I have been looking at stuff on http://www.tv-cards.com/apps.php But there is a lot there to sort through and I don't want to screw up my computer downloading a bunch of stuff and launching them, never know what they will do to my cpu. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27848
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    - WMM2.1 crash Help. WMM2.1 doesn't work and crashes immediately Tag: Video quality Tag: 27843
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    - Pictures blurry in WMM2.1 I just imported a 640x480 150ppi JPEG into Windows Movie Maker 2.1 for a slide show. When I preview the image, it's all blurry. Even if it was double the size! Is it really supposed to look this crappy? What's going on here? -- - Dave http://members.cox.net/grundage/ Tag: Video quality Tag: 27837
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    - error 80040216 help my find away to fix it Tag: Video quality Tag: 27836
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    - Saving the project in DV-AVI Well... Thanks Papajohn, Budman & Graham for u r answers.. Hi freinds, I have a 30 Minutes project, which i converted to DV-AVI. After saving the project to AVI, I found that the size of converted AVI file is 7 GB. Thus writing that file for VCD is immpossible. Plz help... Thnx... Tag: Video quality Tag: 27834
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    - Viewing contents of collection in collection pane I can't sem to be able to view all the clips in my collection in the collection pane at one time. ONly one clip is viewable at a time. Does anyone know what the problem could be? -- jetmech217 Tag: Video quality Tag: 27830
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    - Problem Capturing video While trying to capture DV using MovieMaker, I continually get an "Unknown Error" message. I've confirmed that the camera is on, connected, etc. I'm using a Firewire connection on a Toshiba Satellite notebook. I have called Canon (camcorder manufacturer) and Toshiba for help. Neither have been able to assist me. I also tried Intervideo WinDVDCreator, but also got a problem capturing video on that. Not sure what to do except buy a 3rd Party software like Pinnacle? Suggestions please.... Tag: Video quality Tag: 27824
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    - Any sites with free background video loops? Sorry if this has been asked before. Anybody know of sites with free background video loops that can be downloaded? Similar to those that come in the MS creativity pack? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27823
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    - Error when trying to save... In windows movie maker, when I try to save my movie, it gives me the following message: "Windows Movie Maker cannot save the movie to the specified location. Verify that the original source files used in your movie are still available, that the saving location is still available, and that there is enough free disk space available, and then try again." However, all my files that are used in the movie are still in place, and my disk space is half free. Does anyone have a suggestion for my problem? Thanks in advance. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27812
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    - Movie Size My question has to do with the size of movies. To me, it seems that if you want to burn a home video, it should be captured and burned in the highest quality possible. When doing that, the file sizes are huge. I have never actually put 2 hours worth of footage together of my kids, but from the smaller sizes that I have played around with, it seems like the file size would be bigger than the size of a dvd (not including the dvd menu items). What format should I capture in to have a great quality 2 hour movie, but have it small enough that it could be burnt to dvd? Thanks Tag: Video quality Tag: 27810
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    - How can I preview my clips on the timeline It's really strange because i'm familiar with movie maker but in version 2 I cannot seem to manage to see my clips. The video file is mpg and the clips and the frames are trimmed as normal, if i select the clip in the source area i can play it but when i place it in the timeline and try to preview my work nothing shows up. I tried putting audio and the clips together but only the sound comes up. Also when i drag my clip into the timeline and try trimming it with the arrow cursors i cant see it in the proper monitor screen like Movie Maker 1. Please can someone tell me how i can view my clips that have been edited on the timeline??? HELP!!!! Or at least tell me what could be causing this. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27809
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    - Audio Great in time line but lost in regular video Ok, everytime i start my video from the timeline, everything works great audio and video but when i burn it to a CD or just try to play it on windows media player, i lose audio. Any help is greatly appreciated. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27808
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    - Moveimaker 2 file will not open in 2.1 I have 2 computers both with XP Pro. I created some movie porjects in MM2 on my desltop which does not have SP2. I copied the applicable files to my laptop (clips and MM file) but when I try to open the project on the laptop - it says that the file is not one that MM can open. What is going on here? I've reloaded MM2 on the laptop but do not want to upgrade my desktop as at this rate I will lose all my work. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27802
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    - Wrong Video Size I have created a movie from two clips both of 720x576 resolution. I choose to save the new movie with the profile DV-AVI PAL which states that it will create a movie of 720x576 resolution. But when I play the created movie in windows media player (view size 100%) it is streched to 768x576. The original two files plays properly. Anyone now how to get the correct size? I Use Movimaker 1,1 and have no possibilty to update beacuse of company policies. Thanks Tag: Video quality Tag: 27801
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    - No Video After Saving After saving my MM2 movie (about 600 jpg's with MP3 music), the saved .wmv (created with the 'Save to my computer' option) shows only the beginning 3 title pages, then hangs displaying the last title screen, and continues for the next hour with music only. It plays fine from within MM, just fails from the saved file. Also, I notice that the saved file is only about 54 MB instead of the aprox. 450 MB it says it is saving at creation time. So I assume something is going wrong in the save process and the video is not getting saved. I didn't get any error messages during the save process and have plenty of disk space. Ideas? Thanks, Ken Gregg Tag: Video quality Tag: 27799
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    - Video quality Hi, i'm making a video with MM2 from some .jpg that have a resolution that exceed 1024x768 but when i save the video on my hard disk and play it, the image in full screen is not in 1024x768 but in 640x480 or at most 720x550. I need to make a video that mantain the .jpg size and quality (at least 1024x768), how i can do this? I'm waiting for a resolution, thanks. Bye. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27798
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    - Collection Created in MM1 and now trying to access them in MM2 Hi. I've spent countless hours creating my collections of movie clips in MM1 and now I got another (more powerful and newer) computer that has MM2 on it. When I opened up MM2, none of my collections were there- but I could get the video I captured from my video camera (but it was clipped). I jumped on the forum and read papajohn's post re: getting the collection backup file (mine was called "Windows Movie Maker.COL" since it was a MM1 file). When I tried to paste the file in the recommended folder... \Documents and Settings\UserAccountName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Movie Maker...but I didn't even have a folder for Movie Maker. Thus, I created one in the Microsoft Folder so that the path would be duplicated as recommended. However....no collections are still present. Any tips on getting a .col file to work in MM2? I really, really,really, really need something to work! Thanks! -- Melanie M. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27793
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    - HOW TO MAKE A WMV FILE A VOB FILE TO BURN DVD ON NERO I am SoLost!! I have home movies that I loaded on my computer from my camcorder, I use XP's MM1, and Nero is my burning program. When I try to add my video that i want to burn to dvd, to the Video_ts file, it isn't supported as its a WMV file and needs to be a VOB file, Can anyone tell me how I go about doing this, Tag: Video quality Tag: 27789
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    - moviemaker 2/2.1 download Is there any way of downloading M2.1 without the SP2 package? Or, absent that, can MM2 still be downloaded? Whenever I click on what I believe is MM2 to download, MM2.1 always pops up. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27784
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    - Converting avi type 1 to type 2 I am using Canopus_DV_File_Converter so I can burn with click to DVD, converting from type 1 to type 2 and it keeps stopping about 50% thru. Any suggestions! Tag: Video quality Tag: 27780
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    - Questions about Movie Maker I would like to burn a slide show of family pictures onto a DVD...but Nero's DVD creation software is not quite up to par. I would like to use Windows Movie Maker to create an MPEG of my slides. But I have a few questions/problems: 1) I have Windows Movie Maker installed, but it's version 1. I am unable to locate version 2 in Windows Update. What's going on? 2) When I preview slides in Movie Maker, and click the Full Screen button, my images (JPG) are extremely pixellated and jagged. 3) Is Movie Maker this plain? How do I insert transitions? How do I control the delay for each image in the slide show? How do I get into the in-depth control of my project? 4) Are there any freeware applications out there (or unrestricted trials) that will allow me to create a pleasant-looking slide show to convert to MPEG? Any information is appreciated. Thanks! -- - Dave http://members.cox.net/grundage/ Tag: Video quality Tag: 27778
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    - Importing JPEGs when importing mixed JPEGs (vertical and horizontal JPEGs) and Videos into WMM, vertical JPEGs are filled into a standardized size (for horizontal Js) so that there remaines a black frame at the left and right side. Is it possible to avoid this BLACK SHOCK by defining a matching background-colour?Any other ideas? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27775
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    - no vidow dislpay in view field I have fire wire hooked to a JVC-DVL520U, the computer recognizes the DV CAM but when I go to capture the video output from play, there is no video display and it will not capture, the controls under Movie Maker can control the DV Cam, I have SP2, I have used the DV cam on my laptop so I knopw the Cam works. I have replaced all the drivers updated everything I can think of but no Video out. I hooked up a web cam and get video displayed in the view feid. I am going to try replacing my fire wire card. Any other suggestions would be greatful. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27767
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    - work flow ideas I'm used to doing A/B rolls and having at least two video sources to work from to combine into one video - but I dopn't have a clue how to do this with MoveMaker - I can import several videos but can only work with ONE at a time instead of being able to view two at a time. Any suggestions? DJ Tag: Video quality Tag: 27755
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    - Burning project to a VCD After saving the project to the CD, I have found that the CD is created with WMV. Therefore i cannot use that CD in my VCD player. Please tell me, how do i burn my movie maker project to a CD so that i could play it on my VCD player. Thnx.... Tag: Video quality Tag: 27753
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    - Movie Maker doesn't recognize video camera I have my Hitachi video camera (model VM-H835LA) attached to my laptop via the S video cable, but Movie Maker does not recognize the camera. -- -- Tag: Video quality Tag: 27751
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    - VCR connection I am trying to capture video from my VCR, but WMM does not recognize any capture devices. I am using RCA connections, is this not the correct way to connect the VCR? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27750
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    - Movie Maker 2.1 Crashing I'm not sure if the problem I'm having is related to XP SP 2 or not because I think it might've been happening before that. The problem I have is that Movie Maker hangs and does not respond. This primarily happens when I'm in the process of capturing video. I'm able to capture video if I do short clips, but the longer I go into the process, the more of a chance there is that it will crash. One way I can tell that it's about to crash is if no preview is being displayed when I'm playing the video on the camcorder (not capturing). It has crashed at other times as well, but it crashes just about every time I try to capture something. I have a Sony Digital 8 Camcorder and I'm capturing through a firewire. It seems that somehow the camcorder and my computer stop communicating during the process. However, I've done a test capture using WinDV, and it seems to work fine. But, it does seem to be a little choppy in places when doing the test capture. Does anybody have any suggestions on what the problem might be? -- Ray Smith Tag: Video quality Tag: 27748
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    - custom titles can i import a custom title? in a jpeg or bmp format? the title component of MM2 is quite limited Tag: Video quality Tag: 27743
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    - camcording to computer i never did this before so i need any help i can get . after i get done taping on my camcorder what do i do to put what i taped onto a dvd cd? thanks. im using windows xp Tag: Video quality Tag: 27742
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    - List of MM Codecs? What SPECIFIC codecs does WMM use? -- ---------------------------- Please update your contact information: Pastor Rudy Pastucha Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 3825 Hillsdale Street Regina, Sask. S4S 3Y5 Phone: (306) 586-0299 Fax: (306) 586-0035 rudy.pastu@sasktel.net Tag: Video quality Tag: 27740
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    - audio stops working half way into WMM(2.1) Hi. I previously converted my quicktime video files to avi., and they eventually imported fine into WMM however about half way into the video the sound stops. The video is still apparent however the sound is completely gone. Any ideas? I've been looking all over the site but I haven't found the answer to my problem. I'd appreciate any help I can get, thanks. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27729
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    - CD-R, CD+R, and so on Whats the difference between blank disks that have the + and - ? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27717
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    - Windows XP Media Edition Does the new Windows XP Media Edition have the software to encode files to play on a DVD player so I dont have to use third party software? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27716
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    - Mpeg 1- Mpeg 2 -SVD- DVD ? When you make an SVD or a DVD with TPMG it converts it to an Mpeg 2 which the CDEasy program wont work with. CDEasy says it only uses Mpeg 1. Is there another way I can make it play on my DVD player in MPeg 2 so I can get better quality? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27714
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    - produced dvd will not play properly Ihave taken all your advice which has been most helpfull,and now have managed to creat movie in mm2, save to file in avi and using tmpegnc have converted to m/peg2 and burnt to dvd using power producer which came with the computer . The dvd plays on my ronin p215f but both video and audio seem to stop and start as if in slow motion but not ,as if it jumps from frame to frame and audio , the disc will play on the computer ok. IT is a disc problem as it is the same on another player,is it the encoding ,or codecs, but i dont know about codecs, could it be the power producer should i get another burn package like nero what does anyone suggest that may help as i have spent days and nights trying in vein to sort this out. Iwould much appreciate any assistance that you can give ,why would the dvd jump aboutand stop and start? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27712
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    - DVD Media I would like to dump some .avi files on my computer to DVD for viewing on a DVD player (DVD player is a Sony not in a PC). Which media should I purchase? +R or -R TIA TR Tag: Video quality Tag: 27710
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    - Combine different movie files ?? I try to combine a few movie files taken separately. When I select the files that I want to combine with, the combine command does not appear active. How can I combine my splited pieces into ONE movie file? Thanks. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27704
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    - Loosing Entire Audio / Music when using slo motion clips in AVI ou I am trying to make a Youth Sports highlight music video. If I try to export to DV-Tape or any AVI based file, I loose the entire Audio / Music part ONLY during the slow motion parts. Audio is fine any other time. I need the AVI based file to be able to burn a DVD. WMV versions run fine. I have captured the clips from my sony TVR740 thru sony DV-Motion via (1394) on a VAIO desktop. The clips I am having problems with contain parts of it in Slow Motion. (I play the cam corder tape in slow motion, and have DV motion capture it that way.) I then import the clip, (the video clip's audio naturally mutes when in the slo motion parts.) ( I have also tried to Mute the Video sound track without any improvement) I have imported a MP.3 music file for the Audio/ Music track. (Have tried replacing with a Wav file without any Improvement) Playback on the PC (preview) or to a WMV is fine. Surely someone else out there captures clips in Slo Motion. Help!! Thanks, G. Bray GBMOHR@aol.com Tag: Video quality Tag: 27703
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    - Converting NTSC into PAL Hello, I created an NTSC VCD in the following three steps: 1. Captured and edited movie using WMM in DV-AVI mode. 2. Used TMPGEnc to create an MPEG-1 file specifying NTSC mode. 3. Used VCD Easy to burn an NTSC VCD. Now, I want to create an exactly same PAL VCD. Do I need to repeat step 2 also specifying PAL option, or can I just specify PAL option in step 3 in VCDEasy? Thanks, -Ritesh Tag: Video quality Tag: 27688
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    - Convert Movie Maker Project Is there a way to convert a movie maker project from MSWMM format to an avi file format? I want to be able to save my movies onto a DVD. Tag: Video quality Tag: 27683
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    - Digital Device Format I am trying to capture my videos onto my computer and want to use the Digital Device Format, but this feature is grayed out. Why would this by grayed out and how can I get this option to appear? Thank you, Tag: Video quality Tag: 27682
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    - Slide show works now but poor video Thanx to Papa Johns posts I figured out how to make a slide show work from my DVD player. First I used the TPMG encoder to make an Mpeg 1 then I used the CDEasy software link I found on Johns web site. I was thrilled that it worked but the pics during the slide show are very poor quality. I use a 3.1 mp dig cam and the pics were taken on the lowest resolution setting. Could the low resolution setting be the reason for the poor quality? I can increase the resolution but then I only get about 20 pictures. It only has an 8 meg CF card and it only supports up to a 32 mg. Should I get a new camera that supports more memory and use it on the high resolution setting? Or......should I save the movie file as an DV-AVI file and then make an Mpeg 2 and then use the CDEasy softwware? Sorry, I know it's a lot of questions but this is my first day working with MM2 and I have alot of questions but I'll save them for another day. Thanx Papa John !! Tag: Video quality Tag: 27681
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    - I found this great little site I found this great little site. I signed up two weeks ago and got 2 Disney tickets and this week they are sending me 2 Universal Studios tickets. Here's the link http://66.219.102.40/ and by the way I am a real person, this is my real email address. I'm not a spammer and didn't appreciate the nasty email I got last time I tried to post this link. Thanks, Lisa http://66.219.102.40/ http://66.219.102.40/ Tag: Video quality Tag: 27680
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    - Movie wont play on DVD player I made a slide show movie using .Jpg files and .MP3 files. I saved it to the computer then burned it to a CD-R. The problem is it wont play on my DVD player. The DVD player is High MAT compatible and High MAT is enabled. I did manage to get a slide show movie to play with no music but I want the music too. Should I change the format to PAL instead of NTSC? Or is their something else I need to do? Tag: Video quality Tag: 27679
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    - export as .mpg i was wondering if there is a way to export as a .mpg file from MM2 to make a DVD. Thanks in advance JMSG Tag: Video quality Tag: 27663

I am using dazzle Digital video creator 80 to capture video off of my sony
analog camera and onto my computer, the problem is the video quality is not
good at all. On the TV it looks fine but when its copied to the computer the
quality is bad. I was wondering if it was windows movie maker, Dazzle 80, or
my camera that is causing the less than desired result? thanks

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RE: Video quality by UseTheE-MailOneOnMyWebsite

UseTheE-MailOneOnMyWebsite
Fri Nov 26 01:15:01 CST 2004

My experience with the Dazzle 80 is that the quality of the captured file
depends on the capability of the computer I use it on....

PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

"crazedwombats" wrote:

> I am using dazzle Digital video creator 80 to capture video off of my sony
> analog camera and onto my computer, the problem is the video quality is not
> good at all. On the TV it looks fine but when its copied to the computer the
> quality is bad. I was wondering if it was windows movie maker, Dazzle 80, or
> my camera that is causing the less than desired result? thanks

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