Video not playing in Movie Maker

[Jay]

Greetings! I am having issues with a movie I imported into Movie Maker. The
audio plays fine, but there's a black box where the video belongs. I'm sure
it's some sort of codec issue, but can anyone give me a pointer to the right
needle in the haystack? I was recommended to download the AC3 filter, but
that didn't solve the problem. Any ideas?

Thanks,

 

[John Inzer]

Greetings! I am having issues with a movie I imported into Movie
Maker. The audio plays fine, but there's a black box where the video
belongs. I'm sure it's some sort of codec issue, but can anyone give
me a pointer to the right needle in the haystack? I was recommended
to download the AC3 filter, but that didn't solve the problem. Any
ideas?

Thanks,

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You may have some incompatibility issues
with your source files. Have a look at the
following articles:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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

 

[KristofLiesbet]

Hi John,

I have the same peticular problem. First I'll try to solve yours and them
I'll ask my question.

At first I only received sound and no image (black) both in Movie Maker as
in Windows Media player. You can solve this problem by installing the Klite
Codec. Everything should work fine then.

However, I recently installed MS Windows Service Pack 3 and as a result, I
have agine the black image in Windows Movie Maker but NOT in Windows Media
Player. The location of my files hasn't changed, even in a new project I
cannot preview my video clips. And no preview means no cutting, so no movie
at all.

Can anyone help me please?

Thanks
Kristof