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    - size of iported file before MM hangs? It seems like any file larger than 5 MB will cause WMM to hang (XP professional) Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46474
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    - JVC - DF550 I am looking to purchase this camcorder but wanted to make sure it would work with MovieMaker (capturing from the camcorder). I had read that there may be an issue with capturing via USB ? Does anyone know if this camera is compatible, I want to make sure it is before purchaing. Thanks Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46471
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    - Audio Problems I have an analog video camera. I plugged in all the wires properly, but when I go to capture video, there is only video, no sound. In the pull down menu for audio devices, there are two options: Realtek AC97 Audio, and Conexant Falcon Audio Capture. With the Realtek AC97 Audio option, I can select the audio input source, such as Line In, Line In 2, Mono mix, ect. I've tried all these options and none of them produce audio. The video capture device is called Conexant Falcon II NTSC Video Capture, so it would make sense that the audio device would be Conexant Falcon Audio Capture. When I select Conexant Falcon Audio Capture, no options for audio input source are given. But on the screen before the video capture, when I click next the screen freezes and will do nothing. As soon as a click around a few times, it says Not Responding and I have to Ctrl Alt Delete out of the program. I've tried doing this multiple times, and have rest the computer, but it keeps happening. I'm extremley frustrated, what should I do?! Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46454
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    - trouble editing finished movie I have a movie that I have "finished" and saved. Now I need to make a change on the title page but can't figure out how. I thought this would be an easy task but so far I can only add a new title page and have been unable to delete or change the original one. I'm new at this. Thanks for your help. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46452
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    - Windows Movie Maker I have some videoclips, which i want to put together to one movie. The clips comes in 640 * 480, 8 bit sound, AVI. No problem making a full movie in WMM in any format - but the sound is in all cases thin and metallic. On the original files the sound is fine. Any idea how to fix that problem, please ? Is there another program that can do the job (and as easy to use as WMM) without distorting the sound ? Kim Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46449
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    - "problem was encountered" error when I select AVC Compliant DV dev Just bought a JVC mini DV camcorder GR-D240EK and a Belkin firewire cable to connect it to my HP PC. The camcorder is detected OK by XP but as soon as I select capture, and click on the AVC Compliant DV Device icon from within WMM, I receive the following error message: "A problem was encountered while trying to connect to one of your capture devices" Have a logitech web-cam and a TV tuner and capture is OK from those. If I go into control panel, rt click on AVC Compliant DV Camcorder, and select properties then "test camera" it passes the diagnostic test OK. My machine also has InterVideo DVD creator pre-loaded onto it - and when I select the same driver with that, I can control the camera and capture video without any problems. Any ideas? TIA. Midge. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46442
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    - Static 2 Updated message When the finish movie is replayed on the computerthere is no problem. I have given up on trying to burn to CD from movie maker. I have been unsuceesful. So, I have done the following. I recorded back to a DVD tape. While viewing this process is when I get the periodic brief static. It is like pluging in or unpluging the cord from the amplifier without turning the volume down. I have been able to burn the project into a DVD disc. The finish product,however gets this periodic stadic sound. Any suggestions?? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46439
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    - so confused, what should I buy Hi everyone I have WINXP-- Pentium4 530 (P) HT 3.0 GHz: 800 MHz Front side bus 512 MB (2 x 256) Hard drive a.. a.. 200 GB SATA b.. 7200 rpm 16x DVD(+/-)R/RW DL LightScribe drive a.. must use Double-Layer media discs in order to take advantage of the DL technology Video graphics Integrated with up to 64 MB allocated video memory b.. I also have a stand alone DVD Player/Recorder Liteon Model #LVW-5115GHC c.. I am wanting to copy my old VHS home movies to a DVD d.. So I copy them in my VCR to my DVD recorder and that is fine. e.. But how to I get them in my computer to edit? f.. Then what program do I buy for editing etc. I want something that is easy to use, but has some good features, example --color correction or should I say brightening up because allot of them are dark because made from an analog camcorder. g.. I have been surfing the net but one site reccomends this one another site recommends that one.... h.. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. i.. Thanks in advance Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46437
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    - Unable to edit video after downloading Hi, We are using a Samsung digital camcorder (SC X105). We are having a problem editing the video. 1. Unable to capture from the camera 2. If downloaded to computer through USB, if imported to windows movie maker, video comes up with a green screen and if spliced, will play fine. But, if edited and spliced at the splice point, it will play a green screen with audio. We do not have a "fire cable". We have upgraded our RAM and are using what our IT guy said is "a pretty damn good video card". All of you guys seem very helpful and I hope you guys can help! Cheers, Sean Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46436
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    - Vista... Here's a 5-1/2 minute flick about Movie Maker and Photo Story in Vista... http://www.papajohn.org/newsletters/86-VistaCapture.wmv Movie Maker comes with Vista, but not Photo Story... PS3 can be installed. -- PapaJohn Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693 Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46433
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    - Made a Music video montage of vid clips of my nephew Any critique is appreciated. I can E-mail it to you or if you could point me to a site that would host it for free. It's my first attempt with this MM2 and would like some feed back. The vid is about 3 mins long and probably is ripe for constructive critisisim. I'd like to hone my skills with MM2, so let me know if you're interested in viewing my vid and offering your comments, don't worry about being blunt - I don't get offended . Thanks, Raoul Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46432
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    - Periodic Stadic!! The movie is done. Before I burn the project I replay it. I notice that periodically during the playback I get an interference sound. It sound like when you unplug or plug a guitar jack to an amplifier and you get the brief annoying static sound. Can someone guide me in the right direction? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46414
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    - 1.convert from VHS and 2.how to convert audio I just mastered how to convert my digital camera mov files and burn a DVD. Now can someone tell me a similar way to convert my VHS tapes to a file that I can trasfer to a dvd? I have a toshiba laptop and do not have the outputs (red, white, yellow) for the camcorder. Yes I am a novice. Also, I tried to add audio to one of my video projects and it told me that MM2 could not play an m4a. How do I convert my music files so that they will play. Sorry to compound my questions, the first is way more important to me. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46412
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    - Movie Maker freezes after a few seconds We have been trying to use MM to download video from our Canon ZR200. When we first plug in our camera to the firewire, the computer recognizes the camera and MM starts just fine. We follow the on-screen instructions and when we start to capture the video, the camera rewinds and starts to capture, but freezes after about 5 seconds (the most we have ever got is 19 seconds). After this, the computer no longer recognizes the camera. We have tried to capture using Adobe Premiere with the same results. We have MM version 2.1 and Service Pack 2. System requirements are not the issue either. We have tried absolutely everything we can think of. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this is becoming increasingly frustrating. Thanks. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46411
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    - No Sound... I do not get any sound when using Movie Maker. Sound source is AC97 but I think I need to change it to AverMedia to get the sound. How can I change this... Thank You Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46408
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    - capture video from device problems? after clicking the capture video from device icon it gives an error message saying: the video device is currently in use. close any other application that is using the device and try again. however, I'm not using the device for anything else... any recomendations? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46407
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    - Number of clips in collections pane I can only import one video clip into the collections pane. When I import a clip it replaces what is already there. I can import more than photograph but not clips. Is there a setting that I have wrong. Thanks, Billy Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46402
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    - Program blows up. Ihave the new Multmedia edition and it has errors durning a write, is there a place to go to down load a new version of m.m. 2.1. Cant write to disk or even save to the computer? -- west virginia Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46399
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    - batch compress How do I batch compress avi video Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46398
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    - Noise Slightly off topic, but a video question: I film with a Sony DCR-HC21. I noticed in a movie I made of a birthday party in a park that there's a great deal of background "hiss" in the audio...a constant low roar of sound. This is not a problem in making the movie in MM. It's sound that has been picked up by the camera's microphone. I don't use an external microphone; just the built-in microphone. Any suggestions for minimizing this when taking the pictures? -- Tony Cooper Orlando, FL Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46397
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    - Save only a clip Hello, Is it possible to save only one scene (part of whole clip) after capture? thanks Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46396
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    - an interface has too many methods to fire an event from When I try and import an MPEG file into WMM is get the error message "an interface has too many methods to fire an event from". But I can't find any useful information that explain what would cause this error and how to fix it. Can anyone out there advise please? The movies were taken on a SONY DCR-DVD403E. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46388
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    - Follow up ? to the Bleep ? Sorry, but I forgot to ask if there is also a way to pixelate the mouth area during the bleep part. I realize MM2 is basically a no frills free video editer, so if I downloaded something more substantial, how do I integrate it into MM2 short of doing each clip on the nicer editer then importing back into MM2? Thanks, Raoul Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46384
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    - Best way to save? As a matter of opion (as I'm sure I'll get several opinions). What is the best format to save my finished movies for qualitys sake. I thought it was AV/DVI, but I can't seem to use my Nero to burn the AV/DVI files without having to convert them back to mpeg, which kind makes the whole AV/DVI save kinda moot. Thanks, Raoul Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46381
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    - how to Bleep out certain word? Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to bleep out just certain words using MM2. The only way I can find to adjust the audio on a clip, it just deltes the audio for the whol clip. Any suggestions are welcome. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46376
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    - DVD Burner? Hello, first I appologize for being in the wrong place. Please excuse me. I feel I can depend on you for answers. :) I viewed a site which offered a DownLoad to turn my PC into a DVD Player/Burner. I have a regular CD Player on my Laptop and use Windows 98. Is it even 'possible' to get this type of download, beable to watch, Burn and make my own DVD's without adding hardware? Does MicroSoft have a download like this? Other reliable site's? My sincere Thanks for your answers. -- Thanks for helping. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46374
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    - There is no sound after video capture. After capturing my samsung camcorder and saving my movie no sound is playing even when my movie is played in windows media player; but I did hear sounds from my camcorder. Can anyone please help me as im really confused? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46372
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    - incorrect field order Hi there I'm using Movie Maker 2.1, and somebody told me I may have an incorrect field order. Does anyone know how I would reverse the field order please? Thanks. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46371
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    - A Video Capture device not detected I have a Panasonic PV-GS35, and I am trying to use Movie Maker but the Video Capture device can't detect the camcorder. If I try with the photo mode, the photos are properly loaded. I had the same problem with Image Mixer. My computer uses XP, and is up-to-date with all security patches. Does anyone have a potential solution? Please let me know. Thanks!!! -- TJG Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46370
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    - Im confused about quality Hello, I am trying to make a movie of my family, i import the video from my DV camcorder w/ a fire wire cable. Everything looks good. And I added a Mp3 to the video for some music. Everything looks and sounds fine. Then when I choose save to my computer under High Quality video large, and I watch the video and sounds really bad. What is the best way to save the file? and should I use WAV. instead of MP3? Also, I have a tv with a 16:9, so should I create the file with that ratio, or would it compromise the quality? Im just so confused as to why my quality is so horrible after I save it. And Im afraid if it looks that back during playback on my computer wont it look even worse stretched to the size of my tv? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46366
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    - Saved MM movie plays up to a point I'm trying to save a MM movie to the computer but when it's done and I try to play it the movie stalls out at a certain point. The project has about 400 pictures (runtime should be about 50 minutes) and a couple of audio files. I've already tryed to burn it to a DVD but that errors out...I suspect by whatever is causing the above problem. Any thoughts? Is there a limit to the number of pix you can have in a project. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46363
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    - vcd or svcd i have done a small video to give out to potential customers but should i use svcd or vcd. svcds work on my cheap £25 dvd player but a lot of sites say that many players wont take svcds. How common is this. i dont really want to lose the quality by using vcds but i dont want to send out discs that people cant play. yours martin Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46356
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    - IMPORT VIDEO I record TV using WinTV Nova - I think files are saved as MPEG2. Should I be able to open/edit these in Movie Maker? (I keep getting message stating required codec not installed). Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46354
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    - Burning DVD from Media Center I would like to edit some recorded TV from the Media Center so I can fit the file to a DVD-RW disc. How can I change the file format to be accepted by Movie Maker? H Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46350
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    - 8 easy steps for creating a video with Windows MovieMaker Here's a great tutorial which shows you how to quickly and easily create a movie with Microsoft Moviemaker. Just thought I'd share it with you guys: http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/mmaker1 Gary Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46349
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    - movie maker freezes When I try to drag a new clip to my storyboard, the whole program freezes. I have MM1. I have to shut down the whole program. This also happens when I try to use NERO. What do I need to do? I am trying to use video clips saved to my computer from my Sony MiniDVD. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46348
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    - preview blurry i have been using windows movie maker...pictures on my computer are clear...when i put them in movie maker and preview them they are blurry....i know there is feature of editing that can make them blurry but i did not select this....i have even tried selecting other editing features to make sure....dont know what to do????? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46347
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    - clips in collections Hi, In the old movie maker when I imported clips into the collections they showed as thumbnails on the collections screen. Now when I import clips into MM2 each clip is in its own collection folder so I have to click on each folder to see the thumbnail and drag to the timeline. How do I change it back to the old way? It was so much easier to work with the clips when I could see thumbnails all on one page to pick and choose. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46334
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    - DVD To Movie Maker? Can I download the video from a DVD-R to Movie Maker? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46333
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    - Problems saving DV-AVI file I am running into some trouble saving a file as a DV-AVI. I imported about 10 minutes of video from my video camera and saved as an AVI. I took one small clip (13 seconds) from about the middle, and Drag to the timeline. I did a save movie and saved to wmv format (best quality for playback on my PC) This took about 3 minutes and generated the desired output. Then I went back to the same project and did a Save As to DV-AVI format. The % complete meter jumped up to 99% and stayed there for about 15-20 minutes, then finally finished (CPU utilization also went to 100% and stayed there -- this seems like a good thing, it means it is working). When I played back the AVI file, it contained the clip I requested (audio and video), PLUS all the clips which came after it in the original file WITHOUT AUDIO. I have successfully created two other DV-AVI projects without this problem. But this was an expiriment to find out what is wrong with my current project. I am having lots of trouble getting all my clips put together into a single video, and did this as a test. I have had to stop WMM and reboot several times over the past day or two, and it seems to me that a temp file or working directory or something as been messed up. I have tried going back to the beginning of the project (delete all avi, wmv, mswmm files and recapture the video again from the source), but this does not help. Every AVI file I create now has basically the same symptoms with the desired video at the beginning, then more video tacked onto the end w/o the audio. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Is it possible to remove / re-install WMM? Would that help? Also, why does the % complete jump to 99, then hang out there for such a long time? Thanks so much. Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46331
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    - importing video clips from a camera I am having difficulty importing video clips from my olympus digital camera. it seems to import them onto my computer as MOV files which are not recognised by Movie Maker - does anyone know how to convert them to a format that will work? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46325
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    - More Robust Program WMM is great for the price, but it is a very limited program and, as Papa John's web site clearly shows, is prone to crashes. So, I post to ask what video editing program would WMM users recommend that is not so expensive or hard to learn? Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46322
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    - converting avi format to mpeg2 format Dear sir, I recorded froma DV Camcorder to a cd through movi maker.I am using window xp home edition.I am told xp will converr only to mpeg4 format and it cannot be viewed in my regular dvd/cd player.How to convert into mpeg2 format.In other words how to view the cd in the regular dvd/cd player.Can still pictures which are in jpeg form and movies in mpeg form,viewed in the rgular dvd/cd player.I am using sony dvd player(base model) jprasad Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46291
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    - source files? Hi, I'm new! First experience with Movie Maker 2; got photos w/music and go to copy on cd and this message appears: "This project contains source files that are missing or that have been modified after import. Your project cannot be saved as a movie until the source files have been located or deleted from rhe project." What have I done and/or what can I do to save my days hard work???? Please help and give me step by step...I'm just a beginner on this. thanks! Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46289
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    - MPG-2 Can moviemaker save videos in 720 X 480 MPG-2 ? Thanks Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46287
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    - Picture in picture Would like to have different slides showing in the title slides showing viewers what to expect with the forthcoming movie. Is there an easy way of doing this in a title or transition? -- Please help - in easy terms Tag: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... Tag: 46278

when I try to add the movie to the timeline all I get is the audio - video
will not go into the timeline.

Is there some known issue with all MPG files or just certain version of MPEG
files?

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Re: WMM imports mpg files BUT ... by Wojo

Wojo
Mon Jan 09 08:21:26 CST 2006

All MPEG files.
Sometimes they will work but very rarely. More often than not they cause a
problem and it isn't always the same problem. Sometimes you get all the way
done and the final video is where the problem occurs. It is definitely
recommended to convert the MPEG files to AVI before importing into Movie
Maker.
See this website for converting:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert

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"snickers" <cbf@cjv.net> wrote in message
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> when I try to add the movie to the timeline all I get is the audio - video
> will not go into the timeline.
>
> Is there some known issue with all MPG files or just certain version of
> MPEG files?
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