Re: Newbie Questions... Need Help Please

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Check out this page of mine and see if any of it helps,
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/OptimiseMyPcForVideo.htm

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Graham Hughes
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"Yah Yah" <yahyah24@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks for responding... let me clarify in case anyone else is having
> issues understanding me also... it'd be better if I could just "show
> you" lol ;) but "explaining" will have to do!
>
> 1. When I try and capture in DV-AVI format, the resultant "capture" is
> choppy, both with audio and video. There is NO way I can work with what
> I wind up capturing.
>
> When I change the capture format to something smaller, NON DV-AVI, it
> captures just fine. No choppiness or anything like that. The problem
> is, I want to burn these home movies to DVD and so I can't be capturing
> them in lesser quality.
>
> 2. My #2 problem is that, no matter what capture quality I capture my
> segments in, I can NOT edit them. The window where the video should
> play shows me nothing but "Black screen".
>
> I capture the video. I take the frame I want to edit, I drag it to the
> time line, and then I click "play". The Main Video Window shows me
> nothing but "black". I can hear my frame playing, as the audio is
> intact, but there is absolutely no video.
>
>
> I also have Pinnacle Plus, the latest version. I can capture and edit
> just fine on Pinnacle. I used it as a comparison, as in "perhaps there's
> something wrong with my camcorder or memory or something" but it's
> working the way it should on Pinnacle.
>
> I'm at a loss, and to be straight up honest, I'm less than "fluent" in
> this technical stuff ;) I like to point, click, and be awed. Lol.. For
> the most part, I AM impressed with Movie Maker, I hope to eventually be
> MORE impressed when it starts working as it's supposed to... when I can
> figure out how to get it to perform the tasks needed to create a movie.
>
> Thank you so much for your help, I it is much appreciated
> YahYah
>
>


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