Blank Preview Problem...

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Currently using:
nVidia GeForce 7800 GT
Windows XP Home, SP2
Windows Movie Maker Verison 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 :
Service Pack 2)
Physical Memory Available to Windows : 2, 096, 620 KB


I solved the crashing problem I was experiencing not too long ago. The link
to the troubleshooting page I used to solve it is here:
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-Acceleration-and-Codecs.html

But now I have one more pet peeve to kill... My preview window (although
perfectly capable of viewing each individual clip I add to the
timeline/storyboard) will not play any video when I hit the "Play Timeline /
Play Storyboard" butt ( > ) The music / audio clips inserted play fine and
when I save the movie as a file on my computer the end result is fine, but I
don't get to see what i looks like before this step (which would save me a
lot of time)...

Things I've tried:
Disabling a few codecs known to cause problems.
Reducing (to the point of turning it off) video acceleration.
Installed the newest direct x (it was the same version i had before, no harm
no foul i guess)
Installed the newest nVidia card drivers (ditto for version info)
Rebooted.
No changes...


Anyone have any suggestions?
 
I also have this problem, and it means i cannot create any movies of a
complex nature, it's also incredibly frustrating as there is virtually no
support on this topic.
 
I had the same problem, but now it is fixed.
Try this:

Go to your display options, click on the Setting tab, click Advanced, go to
the Troubleshoot tab, and put the hardware acceleration off.
 
hmm that still didnt help me!I've switched it off, restarted and I still
cnt't see preview :(
 
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