Preview window

Hi all.

I have just installed movie maker and am trying to undertake some editing. I
find that when I add clips to the timeline and try to play them, I get sound
but no picture in the preview window which makes editing very difficult. I
have saved to HDD using both the formats (WMV & AVI) and this makes no
diference.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

What kind of source files are you using? If they are MPEG-2 you need to
convert them to AVI files first.

--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"Bishop" <roger.temple@tesco.net.no.spam> wrote in message
news:2EAD59E3-A720-454A-A5DC-3BAB77D6C156@microsoft.com...
> Hi all.
>
> I have just installed movie maker and am trying to undertake some editing.
> I
> find that when I add clips to the timeline and try to play them, I get
> sound
> but no picture in the preview window which makes editing very difficult. I
> have saved to HDD using both the formats (WMV & AVI) and this makes no
> diference.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>

All the video was captured directly from a DV video camera. I have tried
both WMV & AVI and both formats cannot be viewed in the preview window if
placed in the timeline.

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> What kind of source files are you using? If they are MPEG-2 you need to
> convert them to AVI files first.
>
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> ..
> "Bishop" <roger.temple@tesco.net.no.spam> wrote in message
> news:2EAD59E3-A720-454A-A5DC-3BAB77D6C156@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I have just installed movie maker and am trying to undertake some editing.
> > I
> > find that when I add clips to the timeline and try to play them, I get
> > sound
> > but no picture in the preview window which makes editing very difficult. I
> > have saved to HDD using both the formats (WMV & AVI) and this makes no
> > diference.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>
>