trying to publish avi to windows movie maker carlafreid <carlafreid.3h6pjb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 10/12/2008 8:09:10 PM while i am computer savvy, i am not savvy when it comes to this importing and saving vids, so bear with any mistakes in the appropriate language / descriptions please dell inspiron 1525, vista user here - trying to publish a recorded avi file to windows movie maker. I import the file successfully but when i try to publish it and save it, then view it, the published to computer video comes up as totally distorted. It looks like a weather radar screen- all reds, yellow, blues and dotted, almost like a heat infrared photo showing the hot spots. any help on this? thanks, carla -- carlafreid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ carlafreid's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/carlafreid.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-music-video/1053555.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Re: trying to publish avi to windows movie maker "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 10/12/2008 11:09:45 PM carlafreid wrote: [Quoted Text] > while i am computer savvy, i am not savvy when it comes to this > importing and saving vids, so bear with any mistakes in the > appropriate language / descriptions please > > dell inspiron 1525, vista user here - trying to publish a recorded avi > file to windows movie maker. I import the file successfully but when i > try to publish it and save it, then view it, the published to computer > video comes up as totally distorted. It looks like a weather radar > screen- all reds, yellow, blues and dotted, almost like a heat > infrared photo showing the hot spots. > any help on this? > thanks, > carla ============================================= There are many types of .avi files...maybe you have an incompatibility issue. File type compatibility with Movie Maker http://tinyurl.com/v8tee or... http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm Which file type should I use in Movie Maker? http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3 or... http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm Did you try publishing the file in the .avi format? Maybe the following articles will be useful: Windows Vista Movie settings: frequently asked questions http://tinyurl.com/2mj77y or... http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/11f9b0c3-503b-4caf-b210-d778d21a61691033.mspx Windows Vista - Publish a movie in Windows Movie Maker http://tinyurl.com/2lo4gp or... http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/4ea4b6cd-0cfe-4d02-8122-16c28828cdf21033.mspx Movie Maker in Vista - Publishing / Quality Profiles http://www.papajohn.org/Vista-Publishing.html -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience 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