Titles and credits

[Tom]

Everything appears to working fine on the MM2 program. I
am able to download video and edit properly, however, I
cannot get titles and credits to appear on screen. I can
go through all of the steps and enter in a title name and
video effect, but a blank screen is all that will
appear. There is no error message appearing and
everything else is working fine. how do I remedy this
problem?

 

[Pedro]

I have the exactly the same problem. And I would like to
have to problem solved A.S.A.P.

Thanks,
Pedro*

 

[Justin Robey [MS]]

Is anything appearing on the Title Overlay track or on the storyboard or
Video track.

Also do you see a preview on the right when you are actually editing your
Title?

 

[Guest]

I also have the same prb and all i see in the preview is a blank screen

 

[Guest]

Everything is perfect. And when I try and view the video
with the text, all I see is a Gray Blank Screen. I really
need the answer, because I'm trying to make videos for a
bunch of my friends. And I'm trying to get some Pro
Videos going. So can someone help me?

Pedro

 

[Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media]

Would you like to run through the steps you take trying to get your title on
the screen.
Graham

 

[John Kelly]

Hi there Graham,

I sometimes get this issue and its always my fault...I tend to forget to
close the procedure that creates the text but try to play the video anyway.

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Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work

 

[Guest]

Hello,

I believe they're suffering from the same problem I am (cfr. post: "Windows
Movie Maker 2.1 incompatibility issue with ATI Radeon ?").

An easy way to check is by trying the transitions:

- Shatter, In
- Shatter, Up Left

If they don't work, you know what you're up to: either wait for a fix or
change your display adapter... .


Cheers,

Leroy Melvin

 

[John Kelly]

Hello there,

I guess the people in the original message have sorted out their problem by now
as the messages you replied to are several months old.

With regard to your problem, if you believe it is directly linked to your
Radeon card then you should consider getting the latest drivers and firmware
updates from the manufacturer of the card. Take note that you should NOT get
the driver from Microsoft....Microsoft make drivers that are generic and if you
are using a high end card the only place you will get a valid driver is the
company who programmed the chipset on your card, there is a high probability
that it has some specific commands that are in some small way not standard.

One of my cards (From Gainward) is a case in point....it uses NVidia but cannot
use the drivers from Microsoft OR NVIDIA !!! it only works with the drivers
from Gainward
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Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
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[Kristen Miller [MS]]

Good point. XPSP2 could be the cure.

What I need to do is duplicate the problem, and then prove that XPSP2 really
is the solution. And right now, I'm hamstrung by not knowing what the
average user is doing to get into this situation. The adware/spyware lead is
tasty -- we've seen issues before where the user went to a website,
installed some software to play an online game, and incidentally installed a
DShow filter with merit value so high that it got added it to just about
every graph created, causing problems in MM.

Here's what I'll do moving forward:
1. I'll add "Try Installing XPSP2" up to the top of my suggesstion list, and
see how often that alone solves the problem.
2. I'll ensure that the machine I'm using to try to repro the problem is
running XPSP1 or earlier.

If anyone has any ideas on how I can get a repro of the problem, please
post!

Thanks!
Kristen Miller [MS]
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights

Kristen

I think you jumped to the conclusion too quickly. If we observe closely the
OP has performed two corrective actions:

1. Used Adaware
2. Applied SP2.

Now I am pretty sure that in this case it is the second action that fixed it
not the first. Although I have also seen reports of Adaware fixing the
missing effects syndrome but one sure shot way to fix it is to apply the
SP2. I would therefore conclude that this particular report does not
identify Adaware as the potential fixer so looking into the log file may be
fruitless.

--
Rehan
www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker

Hi Marg --

That's terrific! Can you by any chance help us determine culprit? We seen
several people report back that installing adware/spyware removers have
solved their titles, transitions and effects problems. I've been trying to
reproduce the issue, but it's a bit like searching for a needle in a
haystack ...
Any pointers would help -- Maybe there's something in the log file
generated
by AdAware that would indicate the problem? I'd love to take a look at the
log file if you're willing to send it to me ...

Email me at (e-mail address removed)

Thanks!
-Kristen Miller [MS]
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights

Hey Everyone, I figured it out! The titles I created never appeared in

on
my

projects with Windows movie maker, just gray screens. Here's what I did
to
make them appear:
If you use AdAware or a similar program, upgrade to the latest version.
Download the update for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. This takes a
lot of time. Be sure to disable your virus scanner for the duration.
I think it was the Service Pack 2 upgrades that made all the

difference.
My

titles appear now and I am so relieved I had to share this!
Marg

 

[Guest]

Remember to Click the DONE Button at the bottom of the Titles Page.

 

[Guest]

I had this problem and spyware removers didn't help. SP2 seemed to create
the problem. But I read something about ATI and this probelm somewhere and
sure enough rolling back the driver on my ATI fire GL fixed the problem.

Good point. XPSP2 could be the cure.

What I need to do is duplicate the problem, and then prove that XPSP2 really
is the solution. And right now, I'm hamstrung by not knowing what the
average user is doing to get into this situation. The adware/spyware lead is
tasty -- we've seen issues before where the user went to a website,
installed some software to play an online game, and incidentally installed a
DShow filter with merit value so high that it got added it to just about
every graph created, causing problems in MM.

Here's what I'll do moving forward:
1. I'll add "Try Installing XPSP2" up to the top of my suggesstion list, and
see how often that alone solves the problem.
2. I'll ensure that the machine I'm using to try to repro the problem is
running XPSP1 or earlier.

If anyone has any ideas on how I can get a repro of the problem, please
post!

Thanks!
Kristen Miller [MS]
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights

Kristen

I think you jumped to the conclusion too quickly. If we observe closely the
OP has performed two corrective actions:

1. Used Adaware
2. Applied SP2.

Now I am pretty sure that in this case it is the second action that fixed it
not the first. Although I have also seen reports of Adaware fixing the
missing effects syndrome but one sure shot way to fix it is to apply the
SP2. I would therefore conclude that this particular report does not
identify Adaware as the potential fixer so looking into the log file may be
fruitless.

--
Rehan
www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker

Hi Marg --

That's terrific! Can you by any chance help us determine culprit? We seen
several people report back that installing adware/spyware removers have
solved their titles, transitions and effects problems. I've been trying to
reproduce the issue, but it's a bit like searching for a needle in a
haystack ...
Any pointers would help -- Maybe there's something in the log file
generated
by AdAware that would indicate the problem? I'd love to take a look at the
log file if you're willing to send it to me ...

Email me at (e-mail address removed)

Thanks!
-Kristen Miller [MS]
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights


Hey Everyone, I figured it out! The titles I created never appeared in on
my
projects with Windows movie maker, just gray screens. Here's what I did
to
make them appear:
If you use AdAware or a similar program, upgrade to the latest version.
Download the update for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. This takes a
lot of time. Be sure to disable your virus scanner for the duration.
I think it was the Service Pack 2 upgrades that made all the difference.
My
titles appear now and I am so relieved I had to share this!
Marg