Re: ASF Files

I followed your advise and thought I was finally getting somewhere but I am
getting more and more frustrated. It's unbelievable to me how difficult it
is to complete this process.

I converted the ASF files to AVI imported them into MM2 and then re-did all
my 18 minutes of 35 clips into timeline. Then I saved the movie to my
computer and attempted to import it into MyDVD. On preview, I got audio but
no video. Now here is what it frustrating, If I only save 5 of the 35 clips
or about 5 minutes of the movie, everything renders in MyDVD preview. I can
use the first 5 clips of the movie, 5 in the middle or the last 5 and it
works everytime. I noticed in a recent posting that changing the "save
setting" in MM2 to DV-AVI(NTSC) might help. Did that and the "save to
computer" process goes to 99% and then I get an error message that MM2 has
experienced a problem. My next attempt is to divide the movie in half - but
that should not be neccessary. At this point I'm not in agreement with the
praises of MM2. Is there any RELIABLE software out there that is user
friendly to this process?

Again, I really appreciate all your time and advice - unfortunately, your my
main venting outlet - my wife doesn't want to hear about it !!
--
The Iceman


"Wojo [MVP]" wrote:

The exact same thing tends to happen when working with MPEG files.
MPEG2 files don't work at all but MPEG files fail at different times,
sometimes when importing sometimes when previewing and yes sometimes not
until you render the movie. Sometimes you get audio but no picture and
sometimes you can't render at all.
The same holds true of ASF files and since ASF files tend to be unstable to
begin with (Sometimes you can advance them and sometimes you can't etc...)
then you are far better off converting them anyway.
So yes I am recommending that you convert them to AVI and then import the
AVI files into WMM.
-Wojo


"iceman" <ice@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm confused - I did not have a problem importing the ASF clips into MM2
or
editing them to a timeline or previewing the timeline in MM2. Are you
telling me that I need to convert and reimport the ASF files in AVI in
order
to save the movie to a CD? Again, the CD did burn-it would appear to BE
playing in Windows Media. but no picture.

How do I convert the ASF clips to AVI?

I'm trying to learn this process but so far it is VERY confusing. If ASF
is
a Microsoft format, why is it not compatable with MM2?

Thanks for your help, Bob
--
The Iceman


"Wojo" wrote:

"iceman" <ice@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a digiyal camera that tkaes pictures and video in ASF file
format.
I
have put together a timeline in MM2 and have saved it to me computer.
When I
"copy to a CD" the process completes but when I try to play the CD in
Microsoft Media player the CD runs but there is no video. Can anyone
help?
--
The Iceman

Convert the ASF files to AVI and import the AVI into Movie Maker.

--
Wojo

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