no sound from mpg2 files in movie maker

[Guest]

ive got a sony dcr-dvd7e, and running XP home.

i can get the files/video clips off the camera with no problems and i can
play then back in WMP no problems (they are saved as mpg).

i can open/preview the clips in movie maker but when i drag them into the
timeline there is no sound and the video is jumpy.

any ideas on why they are jumpy and there is no sound?

 

[John Inzer]

ive got a sony dcr-dvd7e, and running XP home.

i can get the files/video clips off the camera with no problems and i
can play then back in WMP no problems (they are saved as mpg).

i can open/preview the clips in movie maker but when i drag them into
the timeline there is no sound and the video is jumpy.

any ideas on why they are jumpy and there is no sound?

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Movie Maker does not like .mpg files.
have a look at the following articles:

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh

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

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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

 

[Guest]

Movie Maker does not like .mpg files.
have a look at the following articles:

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh

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

--

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

so i need to convert the files to avi or wmv format.
thats abit poo and it will take forever as the files are 50mb + each

 

[John Inzer]

so i need to convert the files to avi or wmv format.

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Yes, that might solve the issue.
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thats abit poo and it will take forever as the files are 50mb + each

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Video editing can sometimes be a slow process...

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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

 

[PapaJohn]

and 50 MB is a pretty small file... conversion doesn't take long

 

[Guest]

ok will give it a go using that "VDubMod " and let you know how i get on

 

[Guest]

ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to 10mb

ok will give it a go using that "VDubMod " and let you know how i get on

 

[Guest]

ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to 10mb

ok will give it a go using that "VDubMod " and let you know how i get on

 

[PapaJohn]

VDubMod is like VirtualDub in that if you don't select a compression codec
it'll default to uncompressed and give you the biggest files that are the
hardest to play smoothly, and might not work in Movie Maker.

I use the Panasonic codec (another download... link on my Setup MM2 in XP >
Other Software page) for the compression....and the resize filter to make
the output 720x480 if you're in NTSC areas and the input file isn't that
size.... or else the codec won't work.
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website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn

ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i
open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to
10mb

 

[Graham Hughes]

Bear in mind avi can contain lots of different file types, as Papajohn has
alluded to.

If you convert to avi, you want to go to DV-AVI, as avi can be mpeg and is
in effect the same file as you already have.

I tend to convert to wmv

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i
open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to
10mb