Movie Maker won't play clips

[Dawn]

Hello!

I haven't vidded for a long time, and decided to finish making a video
today. But I have a problem, Movie Maker won't play any of the clips in
collections, so it's kind of hard to do anything.

 

[Saga]

Are the files corresponding to the clips still accessible? (Red Xs?)
How did you get the clips into the collections?
What video format are the clips?
Are you using the same PC as the one that you used to get the
clips into the collection?

Saga

 

[Surchin]

Hello!

... I have a problem, Movie Maker won't play any of the clips in
collections, so it's kind of hard to do anything.

Me, too.

I cannot preview anything but pictures; a couple .jpgs displayed ok. After
importing any .avi or .wmv (e.g.,
<http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/wxp/awe/dayinlife/genxp600k.wmv>
downloaded from
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/videos/default.mspx>),
the player controls are greyed out.

The preview player shows the filename at the top and at the bottom displays
"Stopped" on the left and shows the video duration (e.g.,
0:00:00:00/0:04:07/11) on the right. The display remains black and the
filename and time indicator slightly flicker. In Windows Task Manager, the
Processes tab shows moviemk.exe consuming about 90% of CPU time - forever. If
i import another vid clip, the player still hangs on the first clip with no
progress at all - i must close WMM.

I've searched for many hours and have tried: converting files with Windows
Media Encoder; updating Windows and my ATI MOBILITY RADEON Xpress 2300 Series
video driver (none newer); disabling video acceleration
<http://www.tutorials-win.com/MovieMakerXP/Preview-65364/>; setting System
Properties Advanced Performance Options to favor Background services over
Programs
<http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=756018213&channel=713050754>;
unchecking all filters in WMM Options|Advanced; and reinstalling twice -
WinXP SP2 (the only #$!*%# way to get WMM2.1).

My problem is similar to one posted at
<http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=652463> except i can save
videos, my hardware is different*, and i apparently successfully reinstalled
SP2 (WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe) from "Download details: Windows XP
Service Pack 2 for IT Professionals and Developers"
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...be-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en>.

Preview just hangs, occupying the CPU...

* My setup: WinXP SP2 on HP Pavilion dv5000 with Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+
processor @ 789MHz with 512MB RAM

 

[cmmadeira]

Hello!

I haven't vidded for a long time, and decided to finish making a video
today. But I have a problem, Movie Maker won't play any of the clips in
collections, so it's kind of hard to do anything.

 

[cmmadeira]

 

[cmmadeira]