Xvid-encoded avis and "has encountered a problem"

[Guest]

(also posted on the WMM.net forums - I'm pretty desperate here)

I'm really new to this, and I was having such a great time until I found
that WMM absolutely refuses to take the entre second season of the show I was
taking clips from. I get "WMM has encountered a problem and needs to close"
every single time I try to import one of these episodes.

I have done a few hours worth of reading and searching, but the common
solution to this common problem don't seem to work for me: I've un-checked
every single filter in Tools > Options > Compatibility. Could it still be a
problem codec with everything un-checked?

papajohn.org also says "A video clip with an .avi extension might be a
DV-AVI file that should work... or an Xvid encoded one that doesn't."
According to Gspot, these episodes are Xvid-encoded. BUT, so are all of the
first season, and they import to WMM just fine!

So, I've no idea what the exact problem is. Do I need to change something
about WMM to get these files to import? Do I need to change something
somewhere else on my computer (rename files perhaps? Only, I thought you
didn't have to do that if you had WMM 2.1 - that un-checking would
suffice...)? Do I need to convert/recompress these files? If the latter,
what's the best way to do that? Will they lose quality?


I would reeeeallly appreciate help with this. I had so wanted to make this
little video, and was super excited upon figuring out the basics of WMM. Then
this great big brick wall...

 

[Martin]

There are some funny interactions with XviD, that's for sure. I
personally have not had any problem getting Moviemaker to accept XviD
avi files, but the encoder/interface I've been using (Gordian Knot)
will not accept a Moviemaker AVI file to encode back to XviD.

As an aside, I cannot drop DivX files directly into Moviemaker, but if
I just change the extension from .divx to .avi it works fine with no
other tweaks.

Strange world.

Martin

 

[John Inzer]

(also posted on the WMM.net forums - I'm pretty desperate
here)

I'm really new to this, and I was having such a great
time until I found that WMM absolutely refuses to take
the entre second season of the show I was taking clips
from. I get "WMM has encountered a problem and needs to
close" every single time I try to import one of these
episodes.

I have done a few hours worth of reading and searching,
but the common solution to this common problem don't seem
to work for me: I've un-checked every single filter in
Tools > Options > Compatibility. Could it still be a
problem codec with everything un-checked?

papajohn.org also says "A video clip with an .avi
extension might be a DV-AVI file that should work...
or an Xvid encoded one that doesn't." According to
Gspot, these episodes are Xvid-encoded. BUT, so are all
of the first season, and they import to WMM just fine!

So, I've no idea what the exact problem is. Do I need to
change something about WMM to get these files to import?
Do I need to change something somewhere else on my
computer (rename files perhaps? Only, I thought you
didn't have to do that if you had WMM 2.1 - that
un-checking would suffice...)? Do I need to
convert/recompress these files? If the latter, what's the
best way to do that? Will they lose quality?


I would reeeeallly appreciate help with this. I had so
wanted to make this little video, and was super excited
upon figuring out the basics of WMM. Then this great big
brick wall...

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Just for reference...you may want to read
the messages about Xvid files in the thread
at following link about :
http://tinyurl.com/z8xju

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I am only a volunteer.....

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.

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