Why does my imported video turn upside-down??

Whenever I drag the clip to the storyboard, the video I've imported turns
upside-down! This has happened every time I have attempted to work on it.
Has anyone else had this problem? HELP!

John
Wed Jul 02 15:56:24 PDT 2008

Mad Fashionista wrote:
> Whenever I drag the clip to the storyboard, the video I've imported
> turns upside-down! This has happened every time I have attempted to
> work on it. Has anyone else had this problem? HELP!
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You can rotate the clips using the Rotate
180 Video Effect. Just drag/drop it on the
upside down clips.

That may be an indication that the clips
are not fully compatible with Movie Maker.

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

It's also possible that you need to update
your Video Driver. Try reducing your Graphics
Hardware Acceleration as per the instructions
in the following article.

(272193) PI: How to Troubleshoot
Graphics Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272193
(scroll down to:
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP)

If it improves the issue, you need to search the
support website of your Video adapter's mfg. for
an updated video driver.

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John Inzer

MadFashionista
Thu Jul 03 12:51:00 PDT 2008

Thanks, John. I did that, but Movie Maker keeps freezing when I open my
project. It's been doing that since I started. Now it's freezing as soon as
I open it, not after I've been working for twenty minutes or so. I've
managed to save the combined clips, but that's about it. I want to split a
long clip in several places, but I can't do it when the program keeps
freezing.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Mad Fashionista wrote:
> > Whenever I drag the clip to the storyboard, the video I've imported
> > turns upside-down! This has happened every time I have attempted to
> > work on it. Has anyone else had this problem? HELP!
> =================================
> You can rotate the clips using the Rotate
> 180 Video Effect. Just drag/drop it on the
> upside down clips.
>
> That may be an indication that the clips
> are not fully compatible with Movie Maker.
>
> File type compatibility with Movie Maker
> http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
> or...
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm
>
> It's also possible that you need to update
> your Video Driver. Try reducing your Graphics
> Hardware Acceleration as per the instructions
> in the following article.
>
> (272193) PI: How to Troubleshoot
> Graphics Issues
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272193
> (scroll down to:
> Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP)
>
> If it improves the issue, you need to search the
> support website of your Video adapter's mfg. for
> an updated video driver.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
>
>
>
>
>

John
Thu Jul 03 15:46:36 PDT 2008

Mad Fashionista wrote:
> Thanks, John. I did that, but Movie Maker keeps freezing when I open
> my project. It's been doing that since I started. Now it's freezing
> as soon as I open it, not after I've been working for twenty minutes
> or so. I've managed to save the combined clips, but that's about it.
> I want to split a long clip in several places, but I can't do it when
> the program keeps freezing.
==================================
Maybe the following link will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx
or...
http://www.papajohn.

--

John Inzer

John
Thu Jul 03 20:17:09 PDT 2008

Sorry...one of the links was clipped:

http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-Acceleration-and-Codecs.html



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John Inzer


======================
> Mad Fashionista wrote:
>> Thanks, John. I did that, but Movie Maker keeps freezing when I open
>> my project. It's been doing that since I started. Now it's freezing
>> as soon as I open it, not after I've been working for twenty minutes
>> or so. I've managed to save the combined clips, but that's about it.
>> I want to split a long clip in several places, but I can't do it when
>> the program keeps freezing.
> ==================================
> Maybe the following link will offer some ideas:
>
> Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
> http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx
> or...
> http://www.papajohn.

MadFashionista
Fri Jul 04 08:59:01 PDT 2008

Hi, John -

I continued to have problems with freezing, etc., but then I disabled a
newly installed Canon Codec and the problems stopped! Since then I haven't
had any problems with freezing, crashing, etc. Thank you so much! I'm about
3/4 done with my first video!

Here's another problem...how do I convert a music file from mp4 to something
supported? I want to lay an audio track, and renaming it doesn't work.

John
Fri Jul 04 11:00:35 PDT 2008

Mad Fashionista wrote:
> Hi, John -
>
> I continued to have problems with freezing, etc., but then I disabled
> a newly installed Canon Codec and the problems stopped! Since then I
> haven't had any problems with freezing, crashing, etc. Thank you so
> much! I'm about 3/4 done with my first video!
>
> Here's another problem...how do I convert a music file from mp4 to
> something supported? I want to lay an audio track, and renaming it
> doesn't work.
===========================
Maybe one of the following free
converters would be worth a try:

MediaConvert
http://media-convert.com/

SUPER © Simplified
Universal Player Encoder & Renderer
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/SUPER_1
(the mirror download site is faster)

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John Inzer

MadFashionista
Fri Jul 04 13:09:01 PDT 2008

Again, thanks, John. My latest problem (I've almost finished the video) is
saving it to my computer. I have a feeling it's the source files, which I
re-copied from my DVD, but I converted them into another kind of file, but
the NIVIDIA can't display them because I lowered the Hardware Acceleration,
and now I can't find where THAT is. Gack!

John
Fri Jul 04 14:45:24 PDT 2008

Mad Fashionista wrote:
> Again, thanks, John. My latest problem (I've almost finished the
> video) is saving it to my computer. I have a feeling it's the source
> files, which I re-copied from my DVD, but I converted them into
> another kind of file, but the NIVIDIA can't display them because I
> lowered the Hardware Acceleration, and now I can't find where THAT
> is. Gack!
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Access Video Hardware Acceleration in Windows XP

Microsoft Windows XP
1.. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2.. Double-click Display.
3.. Click the Settings tab, and then click Advanced.
4.. Click the Troubleshooting tab, and then move the Hardware
Acceleration slider all the way to the right.
5.. Click OK, and then click Close.
6.. If you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.

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John Inzer

MadFashionista
Fri Jul 04 17:34:00 PDT 2008

John, you are amazing.

I have finished my video, put in titles, and now I am ready to save it to my
computer. I changed the source files to what they were called when I
imported them--should I have left them alone? I recopied the whole thing
from the DVD so that all of the source files would be there, but it refuses
to copy to my computer. It's 64 GB and I've got 1.24 MG or MB or whatever,
or maybe I've got it the wrong way around. It's only four minutes long! It
won't give me an idea of why it is doing this. I tried making it smaller,
but that didn't work at all.

MadFashionista
Fri Jul 04 17:36:00 PDT 2008

I might double-post this, because I didn't see it appear when I posted it a
moment ago.

I've accelerated the Hardware, then de-accelerated it, recopied the source
files and changed them to AVI, even tried making the overall file smaller
(it's only a 4 minute video!) but I still cannot save the movie to my
computer! Control + L does nothing, it keeps saying the program cannot do
it, but will not specify why. ACK!

John
Fri Jul 04 18:02:52 PDT 2008

Mad Fashionista wrote:
> I might double-post this, because I didn't see it appear when I
> posted it a moment ago.
>
> I've accelerated the Hardware, then de-accelerated it, recopied the
> source files and changed them to AVI, even tried making the overall
> file smaller (it's only a 4 minute video!) but I still cannot save
> the movie to my computer! Control + L does nothing, it keeps saying
> the program cannot do it, but will not specify why. ACK!
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Sorry...but you have totally confused me.
Good luck finding a solution.

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John Inzer

Graham
Sun Jul 06 13:15:03 PDT 2008

What sort of avi did you convert to?
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/avicodec.html
It's possible that the type you have isn't compatible with MM.

If it isn't a dv.avi, convert it to wmv and try again.

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Mad Fashionista" <MadFashionista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I might double-post this, because I didn't see it appear when I posted it a
> moment ago.
>
> I've accelerated the Hardware, then de-accelerated it, recopied the source
> files and changed them to AVI, even tried making the overall file smaller
> (it's only a 4 minute video!) but I still cannot save the movie to my
> computer! Control + L does nothing, it keeps saying the program cannot do
> it, but will not specify why. ACK!