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Windows Movie Maker will only play the audio of a video and wont go into the video part in the timeline?

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Yeah whenever I put a video in WMM it just imports itself as an Audio file, but still says it's AVI a video file, it hasn't done this in the past just recently, turning off my computer or anything didn't help, any ideas on the problem?


Answer
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Movie Maker - Importing AVI Files


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The AVI file extension is common. Some will import easily, and others will need an additional codec that is not automatically downloaded by Movie Maker from a Microsoft website. Here's an overview:

⢠There are 3 types of digital video... DV-AVI files with the AVI extension. Type 1 DV-AVI files created by MM2 have the image and sound info all wrapped together in a single stream of data. And two kinds of Type 2 files (Direct Show with no size limit, and Video for Windows with a 2 GB size limit) which split the data into two streams, one for the visual and one for the sound. Movie Maker 1 and 2 can import them all.

Digital camcorders record the image and sound info together, so the type 1 DV-AVI file is equivalent to the recording. In the process of capturing to a type 2 DV-AVI file, the image and sound data is split by the software. MM1 does this as it creates type 2 DV-AVI files (Direct Show ones not subject to a file size limit).

My mini-DV camcorder is set to record in 16-bit mode (2 channels - stereo) versus its default of 12-bit (4 channels - 2 sets of stereo tracks)... the captured type I DV-AVI file (the default of MM2) has a bit rate of 1024 kbps with a sample rate of 32 kHz, while the same file captured to a type II DV-AVI file (the default of MM1) has a bit rate of 1536 kbps with a sample rate of 48 kHz.

⢠MPEG1 and MPEG2 files often use extensions like MPG, but the newer MPEG4 files might use AVI, and there are many codecs used to create them, like Divx and Xvid codecs. So, if an AVI file doesn't cleanly import into Movie Maker 2, it's usually not a problem, just another codec challenge.

⢠And then there are the many other AVI files that are made as uncompressed ones, or compressed with a codec such as Indeo, Divx, Sorenson, Cinepak, Xvid, etc. One of my laptops has 43 video codecs installed, and many of them for various AVI files.

Motion JPEG files, such as those recorded by Canon's TX1 hard drive camcorder and their PowerShot cameras (such as my model SD750), also have AVI extensions. Movie Maker should be able to use them without downloading another codec.

If you don't know which compression codec was used to create your AVI file, check it with GSpot. That info is vital if you need help with importing issues. GSpot version 2.70a or higher works in both XP and Vista...


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Hi, my parents are in their late eightys and I want to interview them about their life for my siblings and I to each have a DVD of them. They will be sitting in a recliner inside their home. I will be interviewing them every week over the next year as I have a lot of questions to ask them. I know absolutely nothing about camcorders, sd cards and microphones attached or external jacks. I have searched tirelessly for an answer and have not succeeded.
Please, can someone tell me exactly what I need to interview my parents for hours at a time and to make sure they are heard once I make the DVD, which will be another exhaustive search as I have no idea how to do this either.
Once I record on this "SD" card can I download the video then erase the video from the card and use it again. Do I need a 32 or 64.
My budget is around $200 so I need something simple to use but will also be good for just setting on a table and aiming it at them and being able to hear them. Sorry for repeating myself so much.



Answer
HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi port processor computer with the big 1GB Graphics card and a Sound card that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files these camcorders produce.

DSLR Cameras, all Makes, all Models, all have the same problem when video taping some long videos, all overheat at the 13 to 18 minute mark, depending on the Make and Model. This is unavoidable, it all has to with the fact, video is an afterthought in DSLR camera production.

Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording Consumer Level HD Camcorder and DSLR Cameras, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some Consumer Level HD Camcorders and DSLR Cameras. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders and DSLR Cameras or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.

MiniDV is currently the most popular format for consumer digital camcorders. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage at normal recording speed and quality. MiniDV tapes are available for purchase at not only electronic and camera stores, but also at drugs stores and grocery stores, making them easy to find while your on vacation. There are literally hundreds of MiniDV camcorders available; both in standard and high-definition. And add the fact that to get a HD camcorder that could produce better video quality footage, one would have to spend in excess of $3500 for that camcorder that could produce higher quality video

http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part1_camcorder_choices.htm

http://simplevideoediting.com/learn/part2_connect_camcorder.htm

http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/camcorders/consumer_camcorders/vixia_hv40#Overview

Then you will need a Video Editing Program that make a DVD right from the Timeline, Like Pinnacle Studio 14 HD Ultimate collections - http://asimplelife.ca/nle.html can do. You can put all the Videos on a Local Hard Drive in your Computer, then open the PS Program, put the videos on the Timeline in the order you want, then press the Make Movie Key, then it can write a DVD. You can put a menu. just like a Movie you rent with Play button, chapters, outtakes and all that. That program has the ability to write a DVD, just like the ones you rent from a Video Rental store, operating in the exact same way.




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