Vista...

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Here's a 5-1/2 minute flick about Movie Maker and Photo Story in Vista...

http://www.papajohn.org/newsletters/86-VistaCapture.wmv

Movie Maker comes with Vista, but not Photo Story... PS3 can be installed.
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[eeyore]

Interesting movie Papajohn, when you get a chance, can you advise on the
following:
- mpeg2 support (and MP4 support) given these appear to be formats that
will have strong support in the video industry.
- quality of DV-AVI rendering - remembering the discussion on the
'filter' placed on DV-AVI rendering to 'support older TV's'
- dropped frame issue for ntsc rendering
- enabling of a single frame cut rather than two frames (part of your
video implies this may be solved?)

Eeyore

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

the message I get when trying to import an MPEG-2 file is the codec needed
isn't on my system... it's a totally clean install on a reformatted
drive.... but an evaluation version that doesn't have all stuff yet... so I
don't know what it'll support later.

I didn't try any MP4 files yet...

yes, DV-AVI rendering is a big one... I'm hopeful as I'm seeing that DV-AVI
files are handled a bit differently, but haven't studied it closely yet. The
system files are all new versions...

dropped frame issue... that'll be easy to check, but I haven't done it yet.

Movie Maker in Vista is back to single frame viewing in the collection and
timeline... like MM1 days... but I haven't studied the ability to find and
snip out a single frame.

Lot's of things to study after the first overview.... thanks for the note
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[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

a follow-up note on the dropping frames with DV-AVI... a quick first check
shows the Vista version does the same.
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