Odd problem with MP4 vids...

[Interage]

I'm using a Flip HD cam, and Windows Movie Maker in Vista Home Ultimate.
When I drag MP4 filoes into WMM, it sees them just fine - I can drag them to
the timeline, edit them, transition them, etc... no problem. But often,
there comes a point where WMM stops displaying them. The timeline counter
runs as though they're playing, but they don't. There's no consistency to
this at all.

Any syggestions?

Thanks!

 

[John Inzer]

I'm using a Flip HD cam, and Windows Movie Maker in Vista Home
Ultimate. When I drag MP4 filoes into WMM, it sees them just fine - I
can drag them to the timeline, edit them, transition them, etc... no
problem. But often, there comes a point where WMM stops displaying
them. The timeline counter runs as though they're playing, but they
don't. There's no consistency to this at all.

Any syggestions?

Thanks!

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Just a thougnt...but maybe you are making the project
too large and complex. And it may help to convert the
files to the .wmv or .avi format before importing into
Movie Maker.

The following articles may offer some ideas:

What's New : PapaJohn's Blog
http://www.papajohn.org/PapaJohn-Blog.html
(scroll down to : April 11, 2009 - Using Flip's Mino-HD camcorder files)

Movie Maker and Flip Digital Camcorders
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-CamcordersFlip.html

The following forum might be worth a look also:

Windows Movie Makers
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/Default.aspx

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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