PapaJohn
Fri Feb 18 15:20:39 CST 2005
Playing is different than decoding for use in a video project... lots of
things play in my WMP but I can't use them in Movie Maker.
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PapaJohn
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" d d" <dd@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
news:%23qC$L3fFFHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for that. If the PMC converter fails also I'll have to look
> into doing that.
>
> I still find it weird though that WMP plays it fine but MM and WME
> can't handle the XVID Files. Same encoder.
>
> ~dd
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
> news:%23FeHRKdFFHA.768@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>I don't run into XVID files often but when I do, I convert them to other
>>AVIs using NanDub from
http://www.doom9.org/
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>> The latest versions of VDubMod or AviSynth might do it too but I haven't
>> checked.... (links on my Setup > Other Software page).
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
>> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
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>> " d d" <dd@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
>> news:ejQVZdZFFHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>I just tried using Windows Media Encoder too. It didn't complain
>>> at the time of file selection about the file, but when I started
>>> converting
>>> the file it failed with 59 errors (corrupt data).
>>>
>>> I don't see how WMP can happily play the file using the codec, but
>>> MM2.1 and WME9 can't handle it.
>>>
>>> I wonder how my PMC converter will manage it when I get my PMC
>>> next week.
>>>
>>> ~d d
>>>
>>> " d d" <dd@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ukFggYZFFHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>I have an AVI encoded in XVID that I want to convert to .wmv
>>>> using moviemaker. I can view this file in WMP so clearly I have
>>>> the play codec. When I try and import that video into MM2.1
>>>> it says I don't have the codec.
>>>>
>>>> Confused...
>>>>
>>>> ~d d
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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