Having problems watching a WMM DVD on my home unit.

[Guest]

I recently created a Windows Movie Maker project, consisting entirely of
photos that I had taken with my camera. I added music and transitions as
well. When I watch the final product on my computer, no problems! The
pictures show up well, the transitions are nice and smooth, and the music
plays with no glitches. However, when I burn the project onto a DVD (using
Nero 7), the DVD does not play well on my home DVD player. The pictures show
up fine, but the transitions jump badly and the music skips. Any suggestions
or ideas on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated! THANKS!!!

 

[John Inzer]

I recently created a Windows Movie Maker project, consisting entirely
of photos that I had taken with my camera. I added music and
transitions as well. When I watch the final product on my computer,
no problems! The pictures show up well, the transitions are nice and
smooth, and the music plays with no glitches. However, when I burn
the project onto a DVD (using Nero 7), the DVD does not play well on
my home DVD player. The pictures show up fine, but the transitions
jump badly and the music skips. Any suggestions or ideas on how to
solve this would be greatly appreciated! THANKS!!!

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Just wondering...did you save the Movie
Maker project in the DV-AVI format and
burn the DVD using NeroVision 4?

NeroVision 4 : Features
http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/Nero_Vision_4_Features.html

And BTW...some stand alone DVD players
have issues with home made DVDs.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

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[Guest]

I have tried to save the movie in a variety of formats (there are a ton of
options available). And each of the ones that I have tried have had the same
problems. Some worse than others. I am burning it with NeroVision 4.

I am wondering if it is the DVD Burner or the photo size (5 megapixels). I
created almost the exact same project over a year ago with smaller photos (3
or 4 megapixels) and it worked great. I even tried to re-burn that old
project and when I played it in the DVD player, I had the skipping problem.

 

[John Inzer]

I have tried to save the movie in a variety of formats (there are a
ton of options available). And each of the ones that I have tried
have had the same problems. Some worse than others. I am burning it
with NeroVision 4.

I am wondering if it is the DVD Burner or the photo size (5
megapixels). I created almost the exact same project over a year ago
with smaller photos (3 or 4 megapixels) and it worked great. I even
tried to re-burn that old project and when I played it in the DVD
player, I had the skipping problem.

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So...did you try DV-AVI?

Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Show More Choices /
Other Settings /
Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
Next /
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...

I don't think file size is the problem
because Movie Maker resizes the
images. But...you may have some
incompatibility issues with your source
files. Have a look at the following article:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee

And...maybe there's a problem with your
DVD blanks, your Burner or your Player.

Does the finished Movie file play
correctly on your PC?

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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]

I'd do as John says, save as a dv-avi then play this on your pc. If it
plays ok, we need to look at what you've done with Nero.

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys! The movie plays much, much better now. I ran it on my PC and
there were a few minor glitches in the music, but no glitches in video
display. On my home system, there were fewer minor glitches in the music,
and just a few, quick glitches on the video transitions on the first couple
of photos. But after the first three or four, it ran great. THANKS AGAIN!!!!

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks guys! The movie plays much, much better now. I ran it on my
PC and there were a few minor glitches in the music, but no glitches
in video display. On my home system, there were fewer minor glitches
in the music, and just a few, quick glitches on the video transitions
on the first couple of photos. But after the first three or four, it
ran great. THANKS AGAIN!!!!

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You're welcome.

Thanks for the feedback.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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