Same black screen, different situation?

[GAURC]

I've been converting .flv files to .wmv, and then importing the .wmv clips
into the WMM collection.

The movies are generally simple, usually with a single imported .wmv file
and a .jpg at the end with no transitions other than fade in/out. The audio
is not muted, but also is faded in/out.

All seems to go well until the movie is published... The resulting .wmv
video plays normally for the first few seconds, and then I lose the video but
not the audio. Oddly, I notice that sometimes a section of the end of the
same video also plays normally, with the middle missing.

Subsequent production of the same project produces the same results, but
usually in different places of the movie.

I'm running an AMD Phenom quad-core 9600 and an nVidia GeForce 8500 GT 1mb
video card.

 

[John Inzer]

I've been converting .flv files to .wmv, and then importing the .wmv
clips into the WMM collection.

The movies are generally simple, usually with a single imported .wmv
file and a .jpg at the end with no transitions other than fade
in/out. The audio is not muted, but also is faded in/out.

All seems to go well until the movie is published... The resulting
.wmv video plays normally for the first few seconds, and then I lose
the video but not the audio. Oddly, I notice that sometimes a section
of the end of the same video also plays normally, with the middle
missing.

Subsequent production of the same project produces the same results,
but usually in different places of the movie.

I'm running an AMD Phenom quad-core 9600 and an nVidia GeForce 8500
GT 1mb video card.

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The intermittent behavior sounds like a
system resource issue...

You use the term "publish" which sounds like
you are running Vista...this is an XP group...
the Vista group is:

Discussions in Windows Vista
Music, Pictures, and Video
http://tinyurl.com/yqjkwz
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...DDB-D18D-FA0E-A366-6E527B0FBA67&lang=en&cr=US

Just a few ideas.......

To overcome resource issues you need lots of
memory and a lean well maintained system.

So...add more RAM...

Before opening Movie Maker...disconnect from
the net and close all running programs especially
virus scanners. And don't multi-task when video
is being Published.

Increase hard drive free space by deleting
or moving files...and uninstalling unused
software.

Do regular maintenance:

Empty your Temporary Internet Files Folder.

Windows Vista -
Delete Temporary Internet files
http://tinyurl.com/29jl5s
or...
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/1d862c06-aeb3-403a-8b58-2a76c8c676911033.mspx

Running Disk Cleanup and Defrag on a regular
schedule is a good idea.

Windows Vista -
Delete files using Disk Cleanup
http://tinyurl.com/ynu8bb
or...
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/1264bc24-72a8-48aa-84e3-a355327139d91033.mspx

(942092) Features of the Windows Vista hard
disk defragmentation utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942092/en-us

Good luck.....

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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

 

[GAURC]

Hi John, thanks for the reply.

You are right, I posted in the wrong thread.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Though I'm of the opinion it is most likely caused by a poor conversion of
the flv file to wmv.

flv is so heavily compressed already, then to convert it to another
compressed format there is so much that can go wrong.

Try running a sample video through windows file editor adn see if
re-indexing it helps.