Windows Movie Maker Problems

[White Sugar]

Here is my problem. I have downloaded on my computer some movies that I would like to burn with WMM. The problem is the following...Some of the movies I have downloaded appear in a folder, inside the folder there is a AVI file. When I import it into WMM, the AVI Movie Logo turns into what looks like a 35mm negative. When I drag it into the video timeline, all is fine and I can burn my dvd. Other movies that I download, also appear with the AVI logo but not in a folder. When I import it into WMM, it remains as the AVI logo and does not turn into the 35mm negative. When I try to drag it into the video timeline, it will not permit me to do so but instead it will go into the Audio/Music timeline. When I do try to burn the dvd, all I get is sound and funky abstract colors on my dvd player. Yet when I open either AVI files with Windows Media Player...there is no problem viewing it from my computer. I am running Windows Vista and I am using DIVX. Can someone please help me as this is driving me crazy?

Thanks

White Sugar

 

[Clevo]

You have just learnt that not all AVI videos are the same. In fact there's more than 800 types of AVI. AVI extention is a wrapper format...which means the actual video could be an mpeg2 or an mpeg4, PAL or NTSC & either frame based, upper or lower field...and many combinations in between but it's been given the extention of AVI

WMM should be able to tell you exactly the type of file it is by looking at it's properties.

Judging by the "funky colours" you mentioned it looks like you have come across a PAL/NTSC conflict. But it could also be other things. You don't mention where you got the videos from so my answers can only be of the general kind.

You might be tempted to install Codec Packs...please refrain from doing so as it create more problems than solves.

There is no easy fix for your situation but we can help more if you gave more information