Video playback issues after saving

[johnp03]

Hi
I have created a movie in WMM including video, photographs and title
overlays. The vide plays great while in the preview screen in WMM, however
when I save to my computer and then try to playback using Windows media
player or Realtime I get problems. The video sections consist of a thin line
at the top of the screen, and yet the overlays are clear as are the photos
and sound is also fine.
any suggestions?
Thanks

 

[John Inzer]

Hi
I have created a movie in WMM including video, photographs and title
overlays. The vide plays great while in the preview screen in WMM,
however when I save to my computer and then try to playback using
Windows media player or Realtime I get problems. The video sections
consist of a thin line at the top of the screen, and yet the overlays
are clear as are the photos and sound is also fine.
any suggestions?
Thanks

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It may be worth a try to save the project in the
DV-AVI format.

To save as an .avi movie file...(Windows XP)
(and several other options)
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 and choose...DV-AVI /
Next /
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...


And...there may be a compatibility issue with
the video files.

Many formats are reportedly compatible with
Movie Maker but the most reliable choices are:

Photos - bmp
Video - wmv or dv-avi
Music - wma, wav, wmv

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Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[John P]

Thanks for this John.
It looks like the problem was compatibility of file type with WMM.
I have a little kodak HD camera (ZX1), which outputs in .MOV format.
I used a downloadable free file converter (Any DVD converter) to get it into
DV-AVI (which looked like it worked but WMM output an AVI which had the
playback problems).
I switched my converter to output WMV so I could input this file format with
WMM. This appears to give a functioning movie now (although the quality isn't
as good as I expected). I guess I will play around with bitrate etc to see if
I can get it any better.
Thanks again for your help.

Cheers

John

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks for this John.
It looks like the problem was compatibility of file type with WMM.
I have a little kodak HD camera (ZX1), which outputs in .MOV format.
I used a downloadable free file converter (Any DVD converter) to get
it into DV-AVI (which looked like it worked but WMM output an AVI
which had the playback problems).
I switched my converter to output WMV so I could input this file
format with WMM. This appears to give a functioning movie now
(although the quality isn't as good as I expected). I guess I will
play around with bitrate etc to see if I can get it any better.
Thanks again for your help.

Cheers

John

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Maybe the following free converter would be worth try:

(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System
Restore point before installing software or updates)

Format Factory
http://www.pcfreetime.com/
(FWIW...when installing...you may want to uncheck
'all' of the boxes on the final screen)

After downloading and installing Format Factory...
open the program and choose an Output Folder...
(this is where you will find your files after they are
converted)

Drag/drop your .mov video clips onto the
main screen...

Select 'All to WMV' / OK...

Click...Start...on the toolbar...

That should do it...

--

Volunteer J - 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

 

[John P]

Thanks John
I'll give it a try.
Cheers

John

========================================
Maybe the following free converter would be worth try:

(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System
Restore point before installing software or updates)

Format Factory
http://www.pcfreetime.com/
(FWIW...when installing...you may want to uncheck
'all' of the boxes on the final screen)

After downloading and installing Format Factory...
open the program and choose an Output Folder...
(this is where you will find your files after they are
converted)

Drag/drop your .mov video clips onto the
main screen...

Select 'All to WMV' / OK...

Click...Start...on the toolbar...

That should do it...

--

Volunteer J - 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


.

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks John
I'll give it a try.
Cheers

John

=======================
You're welcome.

Let us know if Format Factory is any better
or worse than the other converter you tried.

--

Volunteer J - 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