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I just updated movie maker to movie maker 2 and I'm having trouble adding transitions and titles and credits. As soon as I click on the transition that I'd like to use and I drag it down to the storybroard and place it in the squares between the video clips, the entire program shuts down and I'm at my desktop. Can someone provide me w/some info on this problem. Thanks...
 
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PapaJohn

Hi Laura,

That's a fairly common issue. Check the Problem Solving > Acceleration and
Codecs page of my site.
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Lauramonte said:
I just updated movie maker to movie maker 2 and I'm having trouble adding
transitions and titles and credits. As soon as I click on the transition
that I'd like to use and I drag it down to the storybroard and place it in
the squares between the video clips, the entire program shuts down and I'm
at my desktop. Can someone provide me w/some info on this problem.
Thanks...
 
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John Kelly

Hello there,

You sound as though you are suffering from a codec problem. There are two root
causes and below you will find the solution for each together with somes notes
on other issues.

1)

The one stop solution for that is a program called Rename Codecs and it is
available from my web site (Free). Make sure you check out the FAQ, on the
site, on what it does and how to run it (That will take about one minute of
your time!!) All the info you need is on the web site.

This reassuringly safe to use program requires no knowledge on your part about
what it is doing or how it is doing it or what it is doing it too!!! neither do
you need to know where any of these files are or whether it is safe to rename
them or not.....and best of all, ITS FREE !!!

2)

If this does not solve your problem then try the following out...it has proved
to be a successful procedure for a variety of problems.

1) Download the full version of DirectX Ver 9.0b, Media Player 9 and Movie
Maker 2.

2) Reboot you computer and Install DirectX

3) Reboot again and install Windows Media Player 9

4) Reboot yet again and install Movie Maker 2

5) Reboot one more time

Yes it sounds very tedious, but if you want to be certain all file locks are
removed so that the correct files can be installed this is the way you have to
go.

It is very important that you only download the full versions of these programs
and that you DO NOT attempt an install over the internet.

Other Notes
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There is in my view some very bad advice floating around that tells you to
unregister the offending codec. If you take this advise be warned that
unregistering any file and doing it wrong will more than likely stop the
program that file belongs to from working all together and may in an extreme
situation cause your entire XP system to fail. This is true whether you make a
mistake using the Registry editor or the registration program itself, one
mistake and you are potentially in deep trouble. Whatever you unregister in
this manner has to be restored and you should take note that the registration
of a codec can often involve more than one registry entry. If you are expert in
these matters you will have no problem.

I have also found that MP3, Mpeg and Jpeg files can cause problems, So...

Convert all MP3 to WAV

Convert all MPeg to AVI

Convert all Jpeg to BMP

For Video Conversion you should also check out the Knowledge Base Section of my
"Great Links" One of the websites in there "Video Help" has the best collection
of usefull information I have yet come across on converting between the various
formats together with links to the software needed.
 

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