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From: johnp03 on 18 May 2010 07:27
Hi
I have created a movie in WMM including video, photographs and title
overlays. The vide plays great while in the preview screen in WMM, however
when I save to my computer and then try to playback using Windows media
player or Realtime I get problems. The video sections consist of a thin line
at the top of the screen, and yet the overlays are clear as are the photos
and sound is also fine.
any suggestions?
Thanks
From: John Inzer on 18 May 2010 08:23
johnp03 wrote:
> Hi
> I have created a movie in WMM including video, photographs and title
> overlays. The vide plays great while in the preview screen in WMM,
> however when I save to my computer and then try to playback using
> Windows media player or Realtime I get problems. The video sections
> consist of a thin line at the top of the screen, and yet the overlays
> are clear as are the photos and sound is also fine.
> any suggestions?
> Thanks
===============================================
It may be worth a try to save the project in the
DV-AVI format.

To save as an .avi movie file...(Windows XP)
(and several other options)
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Show More Choices /
Other Settings /
Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
Next /
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...


And...there may be a compatibility issue with
the video files.

Many formats are reportedly compatible with
Movie Maker but the most reliable choices are:

Photos - bmp
Video - wmv or dv-avi
Music - wma, wav, wmv

--

Volunteer J - MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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


From: John P John on 18 May 2010 11:33
Thanks for this John.
It looks like the problem was compatibility of file type with WMM.
I have a little kodak HD camera (ZX1), which outputs in .MOV format.
I used a downloadable free file converter (Any DVD converter) to get it into
DV-AVI (which looked like it worked but WMM output an AVI which had the
playback problems).
I switched my converter to output WMV so I could input this file format with
WMM. This appears to give a functioning movie now (although the quality isn't
as good as I expected). I guess I will play around with bitrate etc to see if
I can get it any better.
Thanks again for your help.

Cheers

John

"John Inzer" wrote:

> johnp03 wrote:
> > Hi
> > I have created a movie in WMM including video, photographs and title
> > overlays. The vide plays great while in the preview screen in WMM,
> > however when I save to my computer and then try to playback using
> > Windows media player or Realtime I get problems. The video sections
> > consist of a thin line at the top of the screen, and yet the overlays
> > are clear as are the photos and sound is also fine.
> > any suggestions?
> > Thanks
> ===============================================
> It may be worth a try to save the project in the
> DV-AVI format.
>
> To save as an .avi movie file...(Windows XP)
> (and several other options)
> Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
> Choose...My Computer /
> Next /
> Enter a Name and a Save Location /
> Next /
> Show More Choices /
> Other Settings /
> Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
> Next /
> Wait while the movie is saved /
> Finish...
>
>
> And...there may be a compatibility issue with
> the video files.
>
> Many formats are reportedly compatible with
> Movie Maker but the most reliable choices are:
>
> Photos - bmp
> Video - wmv or dv-avi
> Music - wma, wav, wmv
>
> --
>
> Volunteer J - MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> 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
>
>
> .
>
From: John Inzer on 18 May 2010 14:01
John P wrote:
> Thanks for this John.
> It looks like the problem was compatibility of file type with WMM.
> I have a little kodak HD camera (ZX1), which outputs in .MOV format.
> I used a downloadable free file converter (Any DVD converter) to get
> it into DV-AVI (which looked like it worked but WMM output an AVI
> which had the playback problems).
> I switched my converter to output WMV so I could input this file
> format with WMM. This appears to give a functioning movie now
> (although the quality isn't as good as I expected). I guess I will
> play around with bitrate etc to see if I can get it any better.
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
========================================
Maybe the following free converter would be worth try:

(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System
Restore point before installing software or updates)

Format Factory
http://www.pcfreetime.com/
(FWIW...when installing...you may want to uncheck
'all' of the boxes on the final screen)

After downloading and installing Format Factory...
open the program and choose an Output Folder...
(this is where you will find your files after they are
converted)

Drag/drop your .mov video clips onto the
main screen...

Select 'All to WMV' / OK...

Click...Start...on the toolbar...

That should do it...

--

Volunteer J - MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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


From: John P on 18 May 2010 15:37
Thanks John
I'll give it a try.
Cheers

John

"John Inzer" wrote:

> John P wrote:
> > Thanks for this John.
> > It looks like the problem was compatibility of file type with WMM.
> > I have a little kodak HD camera (ZX1), which outputs in .MOV format.
> > I used a downloadable free file converter (Any DVD converter) to get
> > it into DV-AVI (which looked like it worked but WMM output an AVI
> > which had the playback problems).
> > I switched my converter to output WMV so I could input this file
> > format with WMM. This appears to give a functioning movie now
> > (although the quality isn't as good as I expected). I guess I will
> > play around with bitrate etc to see if I can get it any better.
> > Thanks again for your help.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > John
> ========================================
> Maybe the following free converter would be worth try:
>
> (FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System
> Restore point before installing software or updates)
>
> Format Factory
> http://www.pcfreetime.com/
> (FWIW...when installing...you may want to uncheck
> 'all' of the boxes on the final screen)
>
> After downloading and installing Format Factory...
> open the program and choose an Output Folder...
> (this is where you will find your files after they are
> converted)
>
> Drag/drop your .mov video clips onto the
> main screen...
>
> Select 'All to WMV' / OK...
>
> Click...Start...on the toolbar...
>
> That should do it...
>
> --
>
> Volunteer J - MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> 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
>
>
> .
>
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