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From: John Inzer on 7 Jan 2010 12:11 Petergy wrote: > John > > Thanks for the reply > > I will do it again and let you know every step > > 1. Start/Programs/Windows Movie Maker > 2. Ensured that there are no Imported Media items (for some reason > they remain after File/New Project > 3. File/New Project > 4. Import Media ... import the 980Mb .wmv > 5. Drag this .wmv to the Video Timeline > 6. Use the clip & drag arrow to delete a large portion from the start > 7. Use the clip & drag arrow to delete a portion from the end > (the movie is only 4.5 minutes long) > 8. Rewind the Timeline > 9. Title & Credits ... add Title at the Beginning > 10. Type in a title > 11. Play the Timeline with title right through - IT COMPLETES OK > 12. Rewind the Timeline > 13. File/Publish Movie/This Computer/(name the movie)/click Next > 14. Use Best Quality For Playback On My Computer > (100Gb of space is available) > 15. Click Publish > 16. When done click Finish > 17. Exit Windows Movie Maker (didn't save project) > 18. Open Explorer to find that the Published .wmv file is 6Mb > 19. Goes for ONLY 19secs then the frame freezes, sound stops. > (note that the Seek bar still advances to the end) > > - there are no still shots > - there are no effects > - Tools/Options/Compatibility Tab only has AVI Decompressor listed > > ... nothing more to add ... ================================= Thanks you for the detailed reply. Sounds like you have done everything correctly and I do not have a solution for you. I'm wondering if the .wmv file may be corrupted in some way. One thing I would try instead of dragging the double red arrow to trim the clip would be to split the clip and right click / delete the unwanted portions. Here's some info on splitting if you need it. Play the video by left clicking the "Play" button under the view screen. You will see the Playback Indicator (vertical line) advancing across the timeline. Click the "Pause" button at the point where you wish to split and type... Ctrl+L or click the "Split" button at the bottom of the view screen. (you can also make adjustments by dragging the Playback Indicator) Make as many splits as you want and remove the unwanted clips by right click / delete. And...Movie Maker 2.1 only displays every other frame. In order to see all frames, the following info from PapaJohn may be useful: === Movie Maker 2 shows you every-other-frame when doing project editing. MM1 and Movie Maker in Vista show you each frame. It's usually not a problem when skipping over the in-between frames, but sometimes you notice a flickering frame in a clip that is a 'stray', and you can't see or cut it out. If you apply the Slow - Down - Half video effect to a clip in the timeline, you are then seeing each frame rather than every other one. You can see the problem frame and split it out. Then remove the effect from the clip to return it to normal. -- J. 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
From: Petergy on 8 Jan 2010 01:06 "John Inzer" wrote: > Petergy wrote: > > John > > > > Thanks for the reply > > > > I will do it again and let you know every step > > > > 1. Start/Programs/Windows Movie Maker > > 2. Ensured that there are no Imported Media items (for some reason > > they remain after File/New Project > > 3. File/New Project > > 4. Import Media ... import the 980Mb .wmv > > 5. Drag this .wmv to the Video Timeline > > 6. Use the clip & drag arrow to delete a large portion from the start > > 7. Use the clip & drag arrow to delete a portion from the end > > (the movie is only 4.5 minutes long) > > 8. Rewind the Timeline > > 9. Title & Credits ... add Title at the Beginning > > 10. Type in a title > > 11. Play the Timeline with title right through - IT COMPLETES OK > > 12. Rewind the Timeline > > 13. File/Publish Movie/This Computer/(name the movie)/click Next > > 14. Use Best Quality For Playback On My Computer > > (100Gb of space is available) > > 15. Click Publish > > 16. When done click Finish > > 17. Exit Windows Movie Maker (didn't save project) > > 18. Open Explorer to find that the Published .wmv file is 6Mb > > 19. Goes for ONLY 19secs then the frame freezes, sound stops. > > (note that the Seek bar still advances to the end) > > > > - there are no still shots > > - there are no effects > > - Tools/Options/Compatibility Tab only has AVI Decompressor listed > > > > ... nothing more to add ... > ================================= > Thanks you for the detailed reply. > > Sounds like you have done everything correctly > and I do not have a solution for you. I'm wondering > if the .wmv file may be corrupted in some way. > > One thing I would try instead of dragging the double > red arrow to trim the clip would be to split the clip > and right click / delete the unwanted portions. > > Here's some info on splitting if you need it. > > Play the video by left clicking the > "Play" button under the view screen. > > You will see the Playback Indicator > (vertical line) advancing across the > timeline. > > Click the "Pause" button at the point > where you wish to split and type... > Ctrl+L or click the "Split" button at the > bottom of the view screen. > (you can also make adjustments by > dragging the Playback Indicator) > > Make as many splits as you want and > remove the unwanted clips by right > click / delete. > > And...Movie Maker 2.1 only displays every > other frame. In order to see all frames, the > following info from PapaJohn may be useful: > > === > > Movie Maker 2 shows you every-other-frame > when doing project editing. MM1 and Movie > Maker in Vista show you each frame. > > It's usually not a problem when skipping over > the in-between frames, but sometimes you > notice a flickering frame in a clip that is a 'stray', > and you can't see or cut it out. > > If you apply the Slow - Down - Half video effect > to a clip in the timeline, you are then seeing > each frame rather than every other one. You > can see the problem frame and split it out. > Then remove the effect from the clip to return > it to normal. > > -- > > J. 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 > > > . > John Thanks again ... I have been messing around some more. So I now have a Windows Movie Maker project. I can open it in Windows Movie Maker and play it through, no problem, it is just over 4 minutes long. My only option to produce a movie file is to use Publish Movie. I have tried Publishing to both .wmv and .avi and BOTH formats fail after 19 seconds when played in either Windows Media Player or Media Player Classic. I deduce that the problem lies in the Publish Movie stage which fails to produce a successful output file. I have also found other posts of users with the same problem. I am surprised that all these compatible Microsoft products and formats do not appear to work. regards Petergy
From: John Inzer on 8 Jan 2010 11:17
Petergy wrote: > John > > Thanks again ... I have been messing around some more. > > So I now have a Windows Movie Maker project. > I can open it in Windows Movie Maker and play it through, no problem, > it is just over 4 minutes long. > My only option to produce a movie file is to use Publish Movie. > I have tried Publishing to both .wmv and .avi and BOTH formats fail > after 19 seconds when played in either Windows Media Player or Media > Player Classic. I deduce that the problem lies in the Publish Movie > stage which fails to produce a successful output file. > I have also found other posts of users with the same problem. > I am surprised that all these compatible Microsoft products and > formats do not appear to work. > > regards > Petergy ===================================== Sounds more and more like the original .wmv file may be corrupt. It may be worth a try to import the .wmv file into the following freeware converter and choose WMV as the output format. Maybe the new version of the file would work better for you. (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...you may want to uncheck all 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 .wmv video file onto the main screen... Select 'All to WMV' / OK... Click...Start...on the toolbar... Good luck. -- J. 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 |