no sound from mpg2 files in movie maker

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

ive got a sony dcr-dvd7e, and running XP home.

i can get the files/video clips off the camera with no problems and i can
play then back in WMP no problems (they are saved as mpg).

i can open/preview the clips in movie maker but when i drag them into the
timeline there is no sound and the video is jumpy.

any ideas on why they are jumpy and there is no sound?
 
damien said:
ive got a sony dcr-dvd7e, and running XP home.

i can get the files/video clips off the camera with no problems and i
can play then back in WMP no problems (they are saved as mpg).

i can open/preview the clips in movie maker but when i drag them into
the timeline there is no sound and the video is jumpy.

any ideas on why they are jumpy and there is no sound?
Click to expand...
============================
Movie Maker does not like .mpg files.
have a look at the following articles:

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

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

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

--

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
 
Movie Maker does not like .mpg files.
have a look at the following articles:

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

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

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

--

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
Click to expand...

so i need to convert the files to avi or wmv format.
thats abit poo and it will take forever as the files are 50mb + each
 
damien said:
so i need to convert the files to avi or wmv format.
Click to expand...
=======================================
Yes, that might solve the issue.
=======================================
thats abit poo and it will take forever as the files are 50mb + each
Click to expand...
=======================================
Video editing can sometimes be a slow process...

--

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
 
ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to 10mb

damien said:
ok will give it a go using that "VDubMod " and let you know how i get on
Click to expand...
 
ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to 10mb

damien said:
ok will give it a go using that "VDubMod " and let you know how i get on
Click to expand...
 
VDubMod is like VirtualDub in that if you don't select a compression codec
it'll default to uncompressed and give you the biggest files that are the
hardest to play smoothly, and might not work in Movie Maker.

I use the Panasonic codec (another download... link on my Setup MM2 in XP >
Other Software page) for the compression....and the resize filter to make
the output 720x480 if you're in NTSC areas and the input file isn't that
size.... or else the codec won't work.
--
website references are to www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn


damien said:
ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i
open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to
10mb
Click to expand...
 
Bear in mind avi can contain lots of different file types, as Papajohn has
alluded to.

If you convert to avi, you want to go to DV-AVI, as avi can be mpeg and is
in effect the same file as you already have.

I tend to convert to wmv

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


damien said:
ok, ive converted the files to avi (now they are over 2gb each), when i
open
the file in movie maker it just hangs and crashes.
also when i open the new avi files with WMP the video is very jumpy.

i only want to put all the video clips into one movie and resize it to
10mb
Click to expand...
 
Back
Top