Blank Preview Problem...

Currently using:
nVidia GeForce 7800 GT
Windows XP Home, SP2
Windows Movie Maker Verison 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 :
Service Pack 2)
Physical Memory Available to Windows : 2, 096, 620 KB


I solved the crashing problem I was experiencing not too long ago. The link
to the troubleshooting page I used to solve it is here:
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-...and-Codecs.html

But now I have one more pet peeve to kill... My preview window (although
perfectly capable of viewing each individual clip I add to the
timeline/storyboard) will not play any video when I hit the "Play Timeline /
Play Storyboard" butt ( > ) The music / audio clips inserted play fine and
when I save the movie as a file on my computer the end result is fine, but I
don't get to see what i looks like before this step (which would save me a
lot of time)...

Things I've tried:
Disabling a few codecs known to cause problems.
Reducing (to the point of turning it off) video acceleration.
Installed the newest direct x (it was the same version i had before, no harm
no foul i guess)
Installed the newest nVidia card drivers (ditto for version info)
Rebooted.
No changes...


Anyone have any suggestions?

I also have this problem, and it means i cannot create any movies of a
complex nature, it's also incredibly frustrating as there is virtually no
support on this topic.

I had the same problem, but now it is fixed.
Try this:

Go to your display options, click on the Setting tab, click Advanced, go to
the Troubleshoot tab, and put the hardware acceleration off.


"schmendict" wrote:

> I also have this problem, and it means i cannot create any movies of a
> complex nature, it's also incredibly frustrating as there is virtually no
> support on this topic.

hmm that still didnt help me!I've switched it off, restarted and I still
cnt't see preview

"Tyler Rabuck" wrote:

> I had the same problem, but now it is fixed.
> Try this:
>
> Go to your display options, click on the Setting tab, click Advanced, go to
> the Troubleshoot tab, and put the hardware acceleration off.
>
>
> "schmendict" wrote:
>
> > I also have this problem, and it means i cannot create any movies of a
> > complex nature, it's also incredibly frustrating as there is virtually no
> > support on this topic.