Hi! I am trying to save a 30 minute movie on my computer HD, everything goes
well, the programm saves my film OK (it takes about 35 MB on computer), then
I push finish button. Then I am trying to view my movie with Windows Media
Player and I see a black screen and hear audio. I tried it at least 10 times
with the same result - no video only audio in the saved movie.

My movie consists of video/audio footage taken with SONY digital camera,
transitions.

The only thing I did change on my computer - put the virtual memory to the
maximum size possible to avoid problems with movie saving. Then I could be
saving my movies without freezing, but the saved movies have no video.

I've got about 9 GB of HD space, and 60 GB on local HDD. So it doesn't look
to be the problem of insufficent memory.

I f anybody had the same probleme, please help!

Oleg wrote:
> Hi! I am trying to save a 30 minute movie on my computer
> HD, everything goes well, the programm saves my film OK
> (it takes about 35 MB on computer), then I push finish
> button. Then I am trying to view my movie with Windows
> Media Player and I see a black screen and hear audio. I
> tried it at least 10 times with the same result - no
> video only audio in the saved movie.
>
> My movie consists of video/audio footage taken with SONY
> digital camera, transitions.
>
> The only thing I did change on my computer - put the
> virtual memory to the maximum size possible to avoid
> problems with movie saving. Then I could be saving my
> movies without freezing, but the saved movies have no
> video.
>
> I've got about 9 GB of HD space, and 60 GB on local HDD.
> So it doesn't look to be the problem of insufficent
> memory.
>
> I f anybody had the same probleme, please help!

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Movie maker is designed for capturing video from camcordrs via firewire, for
best reults you need to use your software supplied with the camera, or if
it's saved to a memory card, use a card reader and transfer it to the pc
from that.

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"Oleg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7317379D-7984-4260-8B89-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi! I am trying to save a 30 minute movie on my computer HD, everything
> goes
> well, the programm saves my film OK (it takes about 35 MB on computer),
> then
> I push finish button. Then I am trying to view my movie with Windows Media
> Player and I see a black screen and hear audio. I tried it at least 10
> times
> with the same result - no video only audio in the saved movie.
>
> My movie consists of video/audio footage taken with SONY digital camera,
> transitions.
>
> The only thing I did change on my computer - put the virtual memory to the
> maximum size possible to avoid problems with movie saving. Then I could be
> saving my movies without freezing, but the saved movies have no video.
>
> I've got about 9 GB of HD space, and 60 GB on local HDD. So it doesn't
> look
> to be the problem of insufficent memory.
>
> I f anybody had the same probleme, please help!

Dear Graham,

Thank you for your reply. I would like to describe prcecisly what I do.
First I take video clips with SONY digital camera. Then I upload videos from
camera to computer and store it in a folder on hard drive. Then I use Movie
Maker to put these video clips into a film using transitions. When the movie
is ready I save the film file to computer hard drive. The problem begins when
I attampt to watch my movie file with Windows Media Player, namely I hear
audio but see no video. I have split my movie into shorter portions and
saved them, and the problem's gone. But when I save the complete movie (about
30 miniutes) the problem persists.

I wonder especially because I have 9 GB of HD, 60 GB of local HDD, 256 MB
RAM.



"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> Movie maker is designed for capturing video from camcordrs via firewire, for
> best reults you need to use your software supplied with the camera, or if
> it's saved to a memory card, use a card reader and transfer it to the pc
> from that.
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "Oleg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7317379D-7984-4260-8B89-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi! I am trying to save a 30 minute movie on my computer HD, everything
> > goes
> > well, the programm saves my film OK (it takes about 35 MB on computer),
> > then
> > I push finish button. Then I am trying to view my movie with Windows Media
> > Player and I see a black screen and hear audio. I tried it at least 10
> > times
> > with the same result - no video only audio in the saved movie.
> >
> > My movie consists of video/audio footage taken with SONY digital camera,
> > transitions.
> >
> > The only thing I did change on my computer - put the virtual memory to the
> > maximum size possible to avoid problems with movie saving. Then I could be
> > saving my movies without freezing, but the saved movies have no video.
> >
> > I've got about 9 GB of HD space, and 60 GB on local HDD. So it doesn't
> > look
> > to be the problem of insufficent memory.
> >
> > I f anybody had the same probleme, please help!
>
>
>

You don't say which type of movie the camera takes, but this can happen when
you use incompatible file types.

What file type do you save the movie as from MM?

Does this then load back up into MM and play ok in the preview window?

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Oleg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:11083AE7-F152-4650-9D57-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear Graham,
>
> Thank you for your reply. I would like to describe prcecisly what I do.
> First I take video clips with SONY digital camera. Then I upload videos
> from
> camera to computer and store it in a folder on hard drive. Then I use
> Movie
> Maker to put these video clips into a film using transitions. When the
> movie
> is ready I save the film file to computer hard drive. The problem begins
> when
> I attampt to watch my movie file with Windows Media Player, namely I hear
> audio but see no video. I have split my movie into shorter portions and
> saved them, and the problem's gone. But when I save the complete movie
> (about
> 30 miniutes) the problem persists.
>
> I wonder especially because I have 9 GB of HD, 60 GB of local HDD, 256 MB
> RAM.
>
>
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> Movie maker is designed for capturing video from camcordrs via firewire,
>> for
>> best reults you need to use your software supplied with the camera, or if
>> it's saved to a memory card, use a card reader and transfer it to the pc
>> from that.
>>
>> --
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
>> www.dvds2treasure.com
>> www.simplydv.com
>>
>>
>> "Oleg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7317379D-7984-4260-8B89-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi! I am trying to save a 30 minute movie on my computer HD, everything
>> > goes
>> > well, the programm saves my film OK (it takes about 35 MB on computer),
>> > then
>> > I push finish button. Then I am trying to view my movie with Windows
>> > Media
>> > Player and I see a black screen and hear audio. I tried it at least 10
>> > times
>> > with the same result - no video only audio in the saved movie.
>> >
>> > My movie consists of video/audio footage taken with SONY digital
>> > camera,
>> > transitions.
>> >
>> > The only thing I did change on my computer - put the virtual memory to
>> > the
>> > maximum size possible to avoid problems with movie saving. Then I could
>> > be
>> > saving my movies without freezing, but the saved movies have no video.
>> >
>> > I've got about 9 GB of HD space, and 60 GB on local HDD. So it doesn't
>> > look
>> > to be the problem of insufficent memory.
>> >
>> > I f anybody had the same probleme, please help!
>>
>>
>>