Green Bar on published videos

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I am trying to edit some family movies which were copied from a vhs tape to a
dvd. I used a trial version of a dvd ripper to copy the dvd to my computer.
(it only allows half the dvd on the trial version.) Then I edited some clips
which looked great on the preview screen. But when I publish them I end up
with a green bar that takes up the lower half of the screen and slightly
distorts the picture. Any ideas on how to get rid of it?
 
Cindy said:
I am trying to edit some family movies which were copied from a vhs
tape to a dvd. I used a trial version of a dvd ripper to copy the
dvd to my computer. (it only allows half the dvd on the trial
version.) Then I edited some clips which looked great on the preview
screen. But when I publish them I end up with a green bar that takes
up the lower half of the screen and slightly distorts the picture.
Any ideas on how to get rid of it?
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Since you used the word *publish* I suspect
that you are running Vista? This newsgroup
is focused on Windows XP...try the following
newsgroup for Vista:

Discussions in Windows Vista
Music, Pictures, and Video
http://tinyurl.com/yqjkwz

I don't have a definite answer for your question but
I can tell you that Movie Maker can have issues
with MPEG files and converting them to .wmv is
usually a viable alternative. Just because a clip
plays successfully in WMP11 is no guarantee
that it will perform 100% in Movie Maker.

The trial version of the following program can
convert .mpeg to .wmv. If the converted files
continue to cause issues...at least you ruled it
out as a possible solution.

Microsoft Expression Media Encoder
http://tinyurl.com/yru9f4

More info:

Expression Media Encoder
http://tinyurl.com/yur8b9

Even more info:

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee

Sorry...but that's the best I can offer.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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
 
Hi,
I have window vista home premium and this solution don't work on my pc!
Help me!
thanks,Anna
 
please list all your details, pc specs, how you connected the vcr to the pc,
software used, Windows edition, etc...
 
I've battled the infamous green bar for a couple of weeks. Explored
conflicting software, the need for a codec, chewed my nails and missed some
deadlines. Then, miracle of miracles, I googled Movie Maker green bar and
the site below popped up: http://www.bernzilla.com/item.php?id=884
I followed the steps listed below in this copy of the instructions from
bernzilla and, poof, the green bar vanished. I burned my clip to DVD and it
plays perfectly.

"have discovered how bad native MPEG4 decoding is under Vista (it seemed to
be dropping framerate or something - jerky panning) and found another
solution. (re-enable the XviD MPEG-4 Video Decoder again if you turned it off
using my previous instruction).

Go to <Start Menu><All Programs><XVid><Configure Decoder>. In the <Output>
options, choose <Compatibility Renderer> and click <OK>

This still utilises the XVid MPEG4 codec and resolved the half green screen
issue.

Hope this helps. " It did!
 
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