I add a new video to Movie Maker and the video turns black

[Vance]

I added a new video to Movie Maker and the video turns black. I rendered it
just hoping the black screen would go away. But it didnt. So I looked at
other videos I imported to Movie Maker and now some are just black screens
with audio and other are just fine. I haven't changed anything in my process.
So what is going on?

 

[Graham Hughes]

possibly using a file that is incompatible with MM.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

 

[Vance]

Ni... Ive been doing this since November. And it worked fine then, the format
is an avi. Its just weird because in past videos I cropped and edited... Bits
and parts of the video show and the other half don't so I don't understand
what would be causing this.

 

[Graham Hughes]

there are over 800 types of avi file, so saying you have used avi is no use
to us.
Any change to your pc may mean that you can no longer edit a file which
isn't truly compatible with MM.
Find out what sort of avi it is - avicodec here - and then convert to wmv.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm

 

[Mary Mc]

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Mary Mc

Am new to this and can't work out how to start a new thread, so am just
replying to this (related) one.....

I want to edit a home video on a dvd which I've saved onto my computer but
Movie Maker doesn't support the appllication - .VOB
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mary

 

[John Inzer]

Am new to this and can't work out how to start
a new thread, so am just replying to this (related) one.....

I want to edit a home video on a dvd which I've
saved onto my computer but Movie Maker doesn't
support the appllication - .VOB
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mary

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Have a look at the following articles:

Movie Maker 2 -
Importing Video from Discs
http://tinyurl.com/n3g2b

Editing video from a dvd
camcorder
http://tinyurl.com/rdo3k

Movie Maker 2 -
Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

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

 

[John Hanley]

What I do in brief is to copy all my .vob files to a folder on my computer
hard drive. I then convert each .vob to a .wmv file using Windows Media
Encoder (using the All Files choice for importing). There are other
conversion tools, but that is what I use.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Good suggestions John's

 

[Mary Mc]

Hi
I read these articles thanks - now I know that because I'm trying to convert
from a Sony DVD, the video shows up as only 2 seconds on the timeline, using
Windows Media Converter - but does this mean I can't then edit it, or do I
use a different program to convert it....?
Mary Mc

 

[John Inzer]

Hi
I read these articles thanks - now I know that because I'm trying to
convert from a Sony DVD, the video shows up as only 2 seconds on the
timeline, using Windows Media Converter - but does this mean I can't
then edit it, or do I use a different program to convert it....?
Mary Mc

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Sorry, I thought the articles would help.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

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]

do you mean after converting with windows media encoder?
So you have a wmv file that is only 2 seconds long?
How long is the vob file?
How many chapters do you have in this vob file?