Still Pics won't display

[Guest]

My pictures won't show up in the preview screen when I drag them to the
storyboard/timeline. Nor will they show up in a finished movie.

I have tried resizing to 640x480 and have tried changing formats from JPG to
BMP.

I'm using Version 2.1.4026.0 in XP

One thing to clarify. When I click them in the collections screen they
preview fine. When I drag them to the storyboard, the preview screen goes to
black.

When I play the timeline, all titles, videos, etc. show fine. But, when it
reaches a picture (jpg or bmp), the preview screen goes black until the next
video clip.

 

[John Inzer]

My pictures won't show up in the preview screen when I drag them to
the storyboard/timeline. Nor will they show up in a finished movie.

I have tried resizing to 640x480 and have tried changing formats from
JPG to BMP.

I'm using Version 2.1.4026.0 in XP

One thing to clarify. When I click them in the collections screen they
preview fine. When I drag them to the storyboard, the preview screen
goes to black.

When I play the timeline, all titles, videos, etc. show fine. But,
when it reaches a picture (jpg or bmp), the preview screen goes black
until the next video clip.

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It may be worth a try to reduce your
Graphics Hardware Acceleration as
per the instructions in the following
article. If an improvement is realized...
you need to update your video driver.

(272193) PI: How to Troubleshoot
Graphics Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272193
(scroll down to: 'Reduce the graphics
hardware acceleration setting')

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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]

I tried both. Even updated my driver and no change. When I click the
thumbnail on the collections page it previews fine. But, when i drag it to
the storyboard/timeline the preview goes black.

Anybodody else?

 

[John Inzer]

I tried both. Even updated my driver and no change. When I click the
thumbnail on the collections page it previews fine. But, when i drag
it to the storyboard/timeline the preview goes black.

Anybodody else?

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Maybe unchecking filters would make a
difference...have a look at the following
articles:

That nice new Compatibilty tab
in Windows Movie Maker 2.1
http://tinyurl.com/37jgat

Movie Maker 2 -
Video Codecs
http://tinyurl.com/yregcg

Working with Video Filters in
Windows Movie Maker 2.1
http://tinyurl.com/3yxm9j

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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]

Nothing. I can't believe this. It just seems like it would be a simple fix.
I guess I'm gonna have to find a different software.

 

[John Inzer]

Nothing. I can't believe this. It just seems like it would be a
simple fix. I guess I'm gonna have to find a different software.

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Sorry...that's all I can think of.

Just to experiment...did you try
saving the movie to see if it might
play correctly in Windows Media
Player?

Maybe it is a simple fix...you
just haven't discovered it yet.

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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]

How did you change the format to bmp?

 

[John Inzer]

How did you change the format to bmp?

================================
Hi Graham...

That's a good question. Makes me wonder
if the .jpg files were just renamed.

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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]

To answer that last couple of questions:

I tried to save it but the pictures still don't show up.

Also, I changed to bmp using Windows Picture and fax Viewer.

 

[Graham Hughes]

What happens if you put one of the MS supplied pictures from My Pictures on
the timeline?
If you start a brand new project and just use one of those pictures does
that show up?

 

[John Inzer]

To answer that last couple of questions:

I tried to save it but the pictures still don't show up.

Also, I changed to bmp using Windows Picture and fax Viewer.

==============================
Is it possible that all you did was rename
the files from xxyyzz.jpg to xxyyzz.bmp.

If you try to open a renamed file in an app
like IrfanView...it will warn you the the file
has an incorrect extension and will offer
to correctly rename it for you.

To do a format conversion you must open
the files in an image editing program and
resave them in the .bmp format.

You can use MS Paint or you could try the
following freebies:

FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Download Irfanview
http://www.techspot.com/download299.html
(get the plug-ins too)
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/472-irfanview-plugins.html

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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]

That doesn't work either!! I'm at a total loss.

What happens if you put one of the MS supplied pictures from My Pictures on
the timeline?
If you start a brand new project and just use one of those pictures does
that show up?


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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com

 

[Graham Hughes]

Can you import the MM supplied video in MY Videos? What about any of the
supplied music?

I suspect you may have a corrupt MM installation, check out this page, in
particular the link to Dean Rowe's page at the bottom.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/ProblemPages/MovieMakerDoesNotAppearAfterInstallingSP2.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks!! That worked. I went to the link and followed his instructions for
manually re-installing MM. All seems good for now.

Thanks so much for your help

 

[Graham Hughes]

YES!!!!!!

Good news and thanks for letting us know.