imported music displays crazy duration

[jslou67]

I am using Movie Maker on Vista. I imported some songs to my project, and
all but one works fine. This one is only 3 minutes long, but when I hover
over it in MM, the duration shows as 33949:44:31. And of course if I try to
add it to the timeline anyway, I get a message that the project can't be
longer than 24 hours, so the task is cancelled. What's up with that?! The
one thing different about this song from the others, is that it is an iTunes
purchase. I did convert it to mp3, with the same result. But I also used
TuneClone to convert to a non-DMA mp3, and again the same result. Any ideas??

 

[John Inzer]

I am using Movie Maker on Vista. I imported some songs to my
project, and
all but one works fine. This one is only 3 minutes long, but when I
hover over it in MM, the duration shows as 33949:44:31. And of
course if I try to add it to the timeline anyway, I get a message
that the project can't be longer than 24 hours, so the task is
cancelled. What's up with that?! The one thing different about this
song from the others, is that it is an iTunes purchase. I did
convert it to mp3, with the same result. But I also used TuneClone
to convert to a non-DMA mp3, and again the same result. Any ideas??

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..wma or .wav would be a better choice.
Have a look at the following articles:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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

 

[jslou67]

So how do I convert an mp3 to wma? I found several pieces of software using
Google, but I wasn't sure how reliable the free ones were. Any
recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

[John Inzer]

So how do I convert an mp3 to wma? I found several pieces of
software using Google, but I wasn't sure how reliable the free ones
were. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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There are links and suggestions in the articles I posted for you.

Maybe WIndows Media Encoder would be worth a try:

Windows Media Encoder
http://tinyurl.com/bbal
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...02-e496-465a-bba9-b2f1182cdf24&displaylang=en

Another possibility woudl be CDex:

CDex
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

One easy solution would be to create a music CD with your
mp3s and then RIP the CD with Windows Media Player with
..wma as the target format.

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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