Re: Missing Codecs

I agree with Graham and will actually take it a step further.
Installing a bunch of codec's from all different sources is not only not a
good idea but it likely made your problem worse.
Start by uninstalling ALL of them and hope none were bugged or bad in some
way.
Then disable all the filters in Movie Maker and try importing your files.
It will probably work now but if it doesn't just download the Microsoft
Windows XP Codec pack from here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/
If it still doesn't work you may very well have a corrupt files issue
because of all those codec's you installed.
--
-Wojo
MVP - Windows Digital Media
Wojo's Web:
http://www.wojos-web.co.nr/

"Flintstone" <Flintstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm having a similar problem. It was working fine with my wmv files
before.
I tried to use it again last week and it keeps saying I'm missing a codec.
I'm using .wmv files that I used to be able to import without a problem.

I can view them just fine with Windows Media Player so I know the files
are
ok.

I downloaded some sample videos in wmv format specifically for MM2 and
they
import fine. The wmv files that I'm trying to use I converted from .mov
format to .wmv using a tool called Xilsoft MOV converter. There appears
to
be something different about these files.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

"Chaos" wrote:

Mostly just Avi.

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

MM is designed to work with wmv and dv-avi files, so start by telling
us teh
file types you are trying.

Installing codecs without knowing if theya re the right ones is not a
good
idea, so I'd stop that now, as it can cause more trouble for you.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Chaos" <Chaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Movie Maker used to work fine, but now it won't let me upload
anything.
Everytime I try, it says it don't have the nessicary codecs. since it
has
started staying that i've downloaded about a million codecs to try
and get
it
to work, but nothing works. I've also tried about every video file
extention
out there and they all do the same thing. Any help would be greatly
appriciated.





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