Re: Preview pane shows nothing - only flickers

From: Rehan (someone_at_somewhere.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:30:23 +0100

> I've tried reinstalling...changing hardware acceleration
> settings...reinstalling directx...Any suggestions?

This indeed looks like a directx problem or your display card driver. Try
reinstalling the latest stable drivers.

What format are the videos ?

Have you tried switching off the codecs/dlls from the
Tools->Options->Compatibiliy? 

-- 
Rehan
www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker
"b-rad" <b-rad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:F806F10D-DFC5-4544-8E48-D26E7362E5FD@microsoft.com...
>I have Movie Maker 2.1 (from SP2) and my preview pane won't show anything.
> Sometimes it will show the first frame of a video but it doesn't play. 
> All
> the options are greyed out so you can't press play...change size...go full
> size...or anything.  The title above the preview just kind of flickers.
> Sometimes when I switch from another window it's like see through and you 
> can
> see the window behind it through the preview part.  Videos play fine once
> they are exported but it kind of sucks making movies when you can' preview
> them!!
>
> I've tried reinstalling...changing hardware acceleration
> settings...reinstalling directx...Any suggestions?
>
> Oh yeah - I have a 1.6 Ghz Athlon w/ 512m ram

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