Movie Maker issues

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Rojia

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Hi! Ok, I have been doing stuff on movie maker for a long time, but i stopped for a while and wound up getting a new laptop and windows vista (previously i had XP) and for some reason I can't publish the movie when it's done. I can watch it in movie maker, i can get the 'publish' bar to finish and when i click finish it shows the movie, but instead of the movie i get the first two frames (which are png images) and then black until the last frame (also a png) All the music is still there, and I can see it change from fade ins to the black then fade in again (the black is also a png) but the video itself isn't there. I've tried publishing as every file alternative there is listed when you can chose but it does the same thing.

All the source files are where they were when i converted them, all converted files are still where they were when i made the movie and it does the same thing. Any ideas?
 

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What format were the files you imported into movie maker?
 

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    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
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For some reason .avi files won't work for the life of me in WMM, I had to convert them all to .wmv format to get them to work.
 

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    Dell Inspiron 1545
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    DELL - 27d90219 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (DPMS), 15.3" (34cm x 19cm)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
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    Internal 320 GB Portable 320 GB used for separate storage of media, plugged into USB port as needed.
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    Single built in fan
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    Touchpad, + Logitech wireless mouse (USB)
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    Built in
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    ~150 kilobytes/sec DL
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    Usually have low HD free space left (<10 GB), often left on overnight. I really push its capabilities.
They're AVI, but now randomly some of them (a premade video i did forever and a half ago) and those will show now, but the rest won't, and they're all AVI, so i dunno it could be that, I'll try and see if it works as WMV instead, but if anyone can think of anything else since half the video works >.>
 

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I think it's just gonna be hit and miss with avi files. Some work, some don't; I personally think it has something to do with converting them into avi files from other file types, but that's just my opinion based on the limited experience I've had with that problem. I spent a long time on google a while back trying to find a solution and none of them worked for me. Although you can try going to Tools -> Options and unchecking some of the codecs there, randomly, and some combination of checked and unchecked may solve it. Some people who have a lot installed say that helped them. But I only have the one AVI Decompresser codec in mine, and whether I had that one checked or not they didn't work for me. It's a real pain, and annoying that Microsoft hasn't found/released a fix for it yet (as far as I could find) but I haven't come across any issues with wmv files, so I just decided to convert all my avi files to something I know works and not worry about a problem no one has solved yet haha. Sorry, maybe you'll get lucky and someone a little smarter than me will come along and give you a better answer. :)
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 1545
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    DELL - 27d90219 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (DPMS), 15.3" (34cm x 19cm)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Internal 320 GB Portable 320 GB used for separate storage of media, plugged into USB port as needed.
    Cooling
    Single built in fan
    Mouse
    Touchpad, + Logitech wireless mouse (USB)
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Internet Speed
    ~150 kilobytes/sec DL
    Other Info
    Usually have low HD free space left (<10 GB), often left on overnight. I really push its capabilities.
Hmmm looks interesting. What are the differences?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 1545
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    DELL - 27d90219 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (DPMS), 15.3" (34cm x 19cm)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Internal 320 GB Portable 320 GB used for separate storage of media, plugged into USB port as needed.
    Cooling
    Single built in fan
    Mouse
    Touchpad, + Logitech wireless mouse (USB)
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Internet Speed
    ~150 kilobytes/sec DL
    Other Info
    Usually have low HD free space left (<10 GB), often left on overnight. I really push its capabilities.
Slammer said:
Hmmm looks interesting. What are the differences?
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The main differences are a much better output quality and easier operation. There are also a few more functions. The only downside is that they got away with the timeline - but I never used that anyhow.
 

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    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs 1x60GB OCZ SSD 6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Rojia said:
got away with the timeline how? Like got rid of it? *always uses the timeline*
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Yeah, it is no more there. But I never use it anyhow.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs 1x60GB OCZ SSD 6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
Ok, i now am on my new computer, with windows 7 and i downloaded WMM 2.6 and all my videos are in the same places and none of them are AVI, they are all WMV, and i have 533 gigs left on my hard drive, so why won't it let me save the movie? I know the folders i've tried to put it in are there, i browse for them, and it lets me choose them but it tells me it is unable to save and asks me to be sure the source files are there, the folders to save to are there, and i have enough space. WHAT THE FRICK
 

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