The file is not indexed and cannot be imported

[Stewart Berman]

The file is a .wmv that Windows Media Player has no problems in playing. It uses:

Audio Codec: Windows Media Audio 9 40 kbps, 32 kHz, stereo 1-pass CBR

Video Codec: Windows Media Video 9

Why can't Windows Movie Maker import it?

 

[John Inzer]

The file is a .wmv that Windows Media Player has no problems in
playing. It uses:

Audio Codec: Windows Media Audio 9 40 kbps, 32 kHz, stereo 1-pass CBR

Video Codec: Windows Media Video 9

Why can't Windows Movie Maker import it?

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Maybe the following article
will offer some ideas:

How to index a .wmv file with
Windows Media Encoder
http://tinyurl.com/wjz5m

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*****Digital Image******
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[Stewart Berman]

I followed the instructions, did a "Save As and Index" and got a message box saying "Failed to save
file" (very informative). However it did save the file -- it just didn't index it. So all I got
was another copy of the unindexed file. (No it didn't run out of space -- there are over 40 GB free
on the drive.)

Pardon me for the following comments but I am beginning to think that some software should come with
a label that it can be hazardous to your health.

Another example of brilliant programming. Not only doesn't it work but it realizes it doesn't work
and, instead of telling the user why it doesn't work it gives a misleading message. So we now have
to post two bugs -- one for the failure to index and one for the failure to display the appropriate
error message.

At the end of all this I still have an unidexed wmv file that Windows Movie Maker can't import.

 

[John Inzer]

I followed the instructions, did a "Save As and Index" and got a
message box saying "Failed to save file" (very informative). However
it did save the file -- it just didn't index it. So all I got was
another copy of the unindexed file. (No it didn't run out of space
-- there are over 40 GB free on the drive.)

Pardon me for the following comments but I am beginning to think that
some software should come with a label that it can be hazardous to
your health.

Another example of brilliant programming. Not only doesn't it work
but it realizes it doesn't work and, instead of telling the user why
it doesn't work it gives a misleading message. So we now have to
post two bugs -- one for the failure to index and one for the failure
to display the appropriate error message.

At the end of all this I still have an unidexed wmv file that Windows
Movie Maker can't import.

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I hear your frustration...

Maybe the following links will offer something new:

Re-Index WMV Files
http://www.jhepple.com/support/reindexwmv.htm

Windows Media conversion or playback problems
http://www.jhepple.com/support/KB/wmv_conversion.htm

Download the TOOL WMVINDEXER(FREE)
http://www.artech365.com/winvdr/down.htm

--

******John Inzer********
**MS Picture It! MVP**

*****Digital Image******
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

*********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.

Need a Web Host?
*******Consider********
Annex Technologies
http://www.annex.com/
**************************