AVI files in Movie Maker - just sound!?

[danforever]

Hey. I've been trying to find a solution for this all week, and it's driving me crazy.

I have this avi file (I have no idea what type, in it's Properties, it just says ''Type: Video Clip (.avi)'', if you show me how to determine what type I'll try!)

Originally it would only play the sound in Windows Media Player and Movie Maker, basically being recognized as an audio file, even though its properties say 'video clip', with a black screen in MM and the audio animations in WMP.

But after downloading a couple of different codec packages it now plays fine in Windows Media Player, but the situation hasn't changed at all in Movie Maker - and that's what I originally wanted to use in the first place, to edit it!

Somebody PLEASE help me! I'd appreciate it so much!!!

 

[Ian]

I don't know how you can force movie maker to use a different codec, as you'd think it would pick it up OK if Windows Media player works.

Perhaps try converting the AVI file to a new format with VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/) and the re-open it in WMM.

 

[danforever]

I suppose.


But I was trying to fix it without having to convert... won't that reduce it's quality etc.

Surely if I've managed to get WMP to work, there must be a way to get WMM to work as well...

 

[Abarbarian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker

Theres a program called " G Spot " that will tell you all about any video file .

 

[danforever]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker

Theres a program called " G Spot " that will tell you all about any video file .

Huh? I'm confused. What do you say I need to do??

It's just so annoying, because even on that wikipedia link ^ it says .avi files are supported. And I've used them before, on the movie make on the pc. But now on the laptop with vista, it just shows the sound!

Thinking about it, I actually did edit a large handful of .avi videos on the laptop before, to make a dvd. They worked fine! Maybe it is the specific type of .avi, like I've seen someone ask before, but I don't know how to tell what type it is?

 

[TriplexDread]

Try this: http://www.codecs.com/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack_download.htm

Make sure u uninstall any other codecs you have first though. If you install many different codec packs your just asking for trouble.

Try doing standard installation after uninstalling and rebooting your machine

MAKE SURE YOU DO A RESTORE POINT BEFORE TRYING THIS PACK



Goodluck

 

[Abarbarian]

Maybe it is the specific type of .avi, like I've seen someone ask before, but I don't know how to tell what type it is?

Google G Spot , find site , download G Spot , run G Spot , read info about .avi file in G Spot .Then you will know everything you need to about the .avi file .

 

[Ian]

Here's the direct link to the site:

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/