Poor quality after importing WMV files

[Peter O'Toole]

Hi all --

I'm trying to use Windows MM to edit video captured from the computer
screen (a software demo) using Windows Media Encoder. I import the WMV
file and the clip looks fine when previewed inside MM. But as soon as
I drag the clip to the storyboard, the quality looks terrible. The
resulting output movie's quality is terrible too. I've tried playing
with settings, thinking it was a problem with aspect ratio... but
nothing seems to work. My original movie is 1025x768 (1 pixel off of
4:3 should not cause this much degradation). Any ideas? Does MM just
have a limit on the quality of video it will import?

 

[John Inzer]

Hi all --

I'm trying to use Windows MM to edit video captured from
the computer screen (a software demo) using Windows Media
Encoder. I import the WMV file and the clip looks fine
when previewed inside MM. But as soon as I drag the clip
to the storyboard, the quality looks terrible. The
resulting output movie's quality is terrible too. I've
tried playing with settings, thinking it was a problem
with aspect ratio... but nothing seems to work. My
original movie is 1025x768 (1 pixel off of 4:3 should not
cause this much degradation). Any ideas? Does MM just
have a limit on the quality of video it will import?

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Have you tried using various options
when saving the video?

Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Show More Choices /
Other Settings /
Open the drop window to find the
various options.

Also, it's possible to create custom profiles:

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu

Creating Custom Profiles
for Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/cuny7

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