Edit Clips - No Video

[bric8brac]

We are working with AVI clips in Windows Movie Maker. Unedited, the clips
play fine. When we edit the clips, the video image disappears. The preview
screen is black, but the audio continues to play from the new starting point.
Can you help?

 

[John Inzer]

We are working with AVI clips in Windows Movie Maker. Unedited, the
clips play fine. When we edit the clips, the video image disappears.
The preview screen is black, but the audio continues to play from the
new starting point. Can you help?

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Maybe the .avi file is not fully compatible
with Movie Maker.

Have a look at the following articles:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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

 

[bric8brac]

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Maybe the .avi file is not fully compatible
with Movie Maker.

Have a look at the following articles:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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

Thank you, John. You were correct that the problem was one of
incompatibility. The file format we were trying to edit was AVI (Xvid). I
followed your links to the Microsoft Download Center page and was able to
obtain a useful conversion program: Windows Media Encoder 9 Series.