Can hear audio but cant see video!

[JenniferJones]

Help! I uploaded a video from my camcorder to WMM. It will only play the
audio and the screen remains black, not showing the video. Thanks in
advance!!!!

 

[Graham Hughes]

This may help you out as it sounds like you may have an incompatible file.
If not, post back with your cam make and model, how it is connected to the
pc and what file type you are importing into MM.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

 

[JenniferJones]

Ah ha!!!!! That IS the problem. My video file is an mpeg. How can I change
this??? Thank you so much!

 

[John Inzer]

Ah ha!!!!! That IS the problem. My video file is an mpeg. How can I
change this??? Thank you so much!

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Try the link at the bottom of Graham's article that
says, "Useful Programmes".

And, maybe the following article will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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

 

[Graham Hughes]

And this link in the tutorial section
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/ConvertMpeg2wmv.html

 

[JenniferJones]

It worked! Thank you!

However, now I get this error message:

The file C:\Documents and Settings\jjones\My Documents\My Pictures\PRJ
year1\xmas5avi.avi cannot be imported because the codec required to play the
file is not installed on your computer. If you have already tried to download
and install the codec, close and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to
import the file again.

What codec is required and where can I get it? This is a HUGE help! THANK
YOU!!!

 

[John Inzer]

And this link in the tutorial section
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/ConvertMpeg2wmv.html

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Even better....

Thanks.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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

 

[Graham Hughes]

It appears you have changed your mpeg file to an avi file?
Most avi files are highly compressed ones, and as there are over 800 avi
file types I couldn't possibly say which one you have.
I would go back to your mpeg file and convert it to a wmv file as per the
instructions on my page, or papajohn's.