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[p byers]

I have a 14 minute 156meg AVI file that I cannot import into WMM

Is there any way of doing it other than re-recording it in smaller
chunks ?

Are there any inexpensive utilities that would Convert the AVI to WMV ??

Pete (Northolt UK)

 

[John Inzer]

I have a 14 minute 156meg AVI file that I cannot import
into WMM

Is there any way of doing it other than re-recording it
in smaller chunks ?

Are there any inexpensive utilities that would Convert
the AVI to WMV ??

Pete (Northolt UK)

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Maybe the following article will offer some ideas:

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

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*****Digital Image******
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[p byers]

I downloaded 'GSpot' - it showed that the Codec is CRAM/ Microsoft Video
1
It shows that it is not installed.
Now I am completely baffled - The AVI file is playable in full by
Windows Media Player.

Am I going Mad or merely showing my ignorance
(or both - lol)
Pete (Northolt UK)

 

[John Inzer]

I downloaded 'GSpot' - it showed that the Codec is CRAM/
Microsoft Video 1
It shows that it is not installed.
Now I am completely baffled - The AVI file is playable in
full by Windows Media Player.

Am I going Mad or merely showing my ignorance
(or both - lol)
Pete (Northolt UK)

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When you open Movie Maker and go to...
File / Import into collections....and select the
..avi file in question...what *exactly* happens?

Are you running Windows Media Player 10?
You could try reinstalling it.

Download from the following site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx


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******John Inzer********
**MS Picture It! 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.

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**************************

 

[p byers]

Hi John

Thanks for your interest.

Please look at :-
http://www.byershostinggeorge.co.uk/test/mediaplayer.htm
and
http://www.byershostinggeorge.co.uk/test/moviemaker.htm
and
http://www.byershostinggeorge.co.uk/test/gspot.htm

The AVI was made using "My Screen Recorder 2.5" as have several
other AVI's that have worked perfectly.

Note the time duration in MediaPlayer
(and it plays perfectly for all 14 minutes)

Note then the time in MovieMaker


By the way, I tried splitting the AVI using VirtualDub, that
produced two files around four Gig
The second one went no further than the Imprt shown in the
MovieMaker file above.

Thank you
Pete (Northolt UK)

 

[John Inzer]

Hi John

Thanks for your interest.

Please look at :-
http://www.byershostinggeorge.co.uk/test/mediaplayer.htm
and
http://www.byershostinggeorge.co.uk/test/moviemaker.htm
and
http://www.byershostinggeorge.co.uk/test/gspot.htm

The AVI was made using "My Screen Recorder 2.5" as have
several other AVI's that have worked perfectly.

Note the time duration in MediaPlayer
(and it plays perfectly for all 14 minutes)

Note then the time in MovieMaker


By the way, I tried splitting the AVI using VirtualDub,
that produced two files around four Gig
The second one went no further than the Imprt shown in the
MovieMaker file above.

Thank you
Pete (Northolt UK)

=================================
Thanks for the info but what would it take
to get an actual answer to my question?

===
When you open Movie Maker and go to...
File / Import into collections....and select the
..avi file in question...what *exactly* happens?
===

And...did you try reinstalling WMP10?

Maybe the following download would be useful:

STOIK VideoConverter 2.1.1
http://www.stoik.com/products/svc/index.html

--

******John Inzer********
**MS Picture It! 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.

Need a Web Host?
*******Consider********
Annex Technologies
http://www.annex.com/
**************************

 

[p byers]

=================================
Thanks for the info but what would it take
to get an actual answer to my question?

===
When you open Movie Maker and go to...
File / Import into collections....and select the
.avi file in question...what *exactly* happens?

The import appears to work and gives the window that I showed you
A progress window pops up to show the import proceeding
At the end it says"8 clips imported".
That is *exactly* what happens - nothing else

No errors - no warnings

===

And...did you try reinstalling WMP10?

Yes - I did re-install WMP10

Maybe the following download would be useful:

STOIK VideoConverter 2.1.1
http://www.stoik.com/products/svc/index.html

I will get it

Sorry that I didnt make it clear that I had done *exactly* what you
suggested !!

 

[p byers]

Tried conversion using STOIK
AVI -> WMV - conversion completed
Quality of Video not acceptable
Nothing like as good as when produced by WMM

Tried AVI -> Smaller DV-AVI clips on individual files
Quality not accepable again

Sadly and reluctantly, I am coming to accept that I will
have to publish the AVI on the CD.
Never mind Eh, I tried !!

Pete (Northolt UK)