Effects no longer preview in MM2

I'm hoping someone can help me with a new problem I'm
having with MM2. It had been working properly until last
weekend. Last weekend I installed the Pixelan demo. Since
then, my video effects and transitions no longer "preview"
in the preview window. I have to apply them to the file to
see what they will look like. What can I do to fix this?

I've already tried the following: installing the full
Pixelan program; re-installing MM2; and accessing the
effects preview through various means (spacebar,
double-clicking, right-clicking, and pressing play in the
preview window).

I have an NVIDA card & understand there are certain issues
with that card, but the patch was installed when I
purchased the PC, and, as I said, the program was working
prior to last weekend. I'd successfully made about 10
movies in the month I'd had this system.

Any help/guidance you can offer would be appreciated. But
with the amount of data I have in this system & the time it
took me to transfer it from my old system, I am not
prepared to do a System Recovery.

Thank you for your help.

-Robin

This is a problem M/S are working on, I've not yet heard of a cure.There was
a post asking for detials to be sent on but I can't track it down, but here
is something for you to read, may help.
Graham
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/F...spx?PostID=2014

--
Graham Hughes
MVP
www.simplydv.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
"Robin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2662901c46117$443a4cb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm hoping someone can help me with a new problem I'm
> having with MM2. It had been working properly until last
> weekend. Last weekend I installed the Pixelan demo. Since
> then, my video effects and transitions no longer "preview"
> in the preview window. I have to apply them to the file to
> see what they will look like. What can I do to fix this?
>
> I've already tried the following: installing the full
> Pixelan program; re-installing MM2; and accessing the
> effects preview through various means (spacebar,
> double-clicking, right-clicking, and pressing play in the
> preview window).
>
> I have an NVIDA card & understand there are certain issues
> with that card, but the patch was installed when I
> purchased the PC, and, as I said, the program was working
> prior to last weekend. I'd successfully made about 10
> movies in the month I'd had this system.
>
> Any help/guidance you can offer would be appreciated. But
> with the amount of data I have in this system & the time it
> took me to transfer it from my old system, I am not
> prepared to do a System Recovery.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> -Robin

Reinstall latest versions of:

- DirectX
- Widnows Media Player
- XP2 SP2

Reboot and check after each install.

XP2 SP2 seems to be the cure for all these problems, although it is not a
final release so should be considered only as the last resort.

Rehan



"Robin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2662901c46117$443a4cb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm hoping someone can help me with a new problem I'm
> having with MM2. It had been working properly until last
> weekend. Last weekend I installed the Pixelan demo. Since
> then, my video effects and transitions no longer "preview"
> in the preview window. I have to apply them to the file to
> see what they will look like. What can I do to fix this?
>
> I've already tried the following: installing the full
> Pixelan program; re-installing MM2; and accessing the
> effects preview through various means (spacebar,
> double-clicking, right-clicking, and pressing play in the
> preview window).
>
> I have an NVIDA card & understand there are certain issues
> with that card, but the patch was installed when I
> purchased the PC, and, as I said, the program was working
> prior to last weekend. I'd successfully made about 10
> movies in the month I'd had this system.
>
> Any help/guidance you can offer would be appreciated. But
> with the amount of data I have in this system & the time it
> took me to transfer it from my old system, I am not
> prepared to do a System Recovery.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> -Robin

The DirectX file fixed it. Thank you so much!!!

And after referring to the postings Graham suggested, I saw
mention of a SpyWare removal program that may have been the
culprit for some. I remembered I installed -- then
uninstalled -- the Earthlink Total Access program which
includes a SpyWare removal component. There were other
issues causing me to remove it, but there does seem to be a
link.

Thank you for your help!!

-Robin

>-----Original Message-----
>Reinstall latest versions of:
>
>- DirectX
>- Widnows Media Player
>- XP2 SP2
>
>Reboot and check after each install.
>
>XP2 SP2 seems to be the cure for all these problems,
although it is not a
>final release so should be considered only as the last resort.
>
>Rehan
>
>
>
>"Robin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:2662901c46117$443a4cb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I'm hoping someone can help me with a new problem I'm
>> having with MM2. It had been working properly until last
>> weekend. Last weekend I installed the Pixelan demo. Since
>> then, my video effects and transitions no longer "preview"
>> in the preview window. I have to apply them to the file to
>> see what they will look like. What can I do to fix this?
>>
>> I've already tried the following: installing the full
>> Pixelan program; re-installing MM2; and accessing the
>> effects preview through various means (spacebar,
>> double-clicking, right-clicking, and pressing play in the
>> preview window).
>>
>> I have an NVIDA card & understand there are certain issues
>> with that card, but the patch was installed when I
>> purchased the PC, and, as I said, the program was working
>> prior to last weekend. I'd successfully made about 10
>> movies in the month I'd had this system.
>>
>> Any help/guidance you can offer would be appreciated. But
>> with the amount of data I have in this system & the time it
>> took me to transfer it from my old system, I am not
>> prepared to do a System Recovery.
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> -Robin
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