Re: I really need help creating a movie from AVI files

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Thanks John, I appreciate your reply.

But... I've gone just about as far down this rabbit hole as far I care to,
and for anyone else that stumbles upon this topic, here are my conclusions:

Windows Movie Maker does not fully support .avi

I read all the links you refered me to with various degrees of
understanding. I did download the Win Media Profile editor with these
settings...
CBR windows media audio 9.2
CBR windows media video 9
NTSC
added target bit rate of 1000 kbps
audio 128 kbps, 44 kHz
....and checked all settings with Microsoft article on the subject, and put
in in the right directory.
I published the movie with my new profile, and the quality was exacly the
same poor, tinny, and distorted quality. (Just as I expected I might add,
because this is not an output problem, it is a problem with how movie maker
interprets the imported avi file. And this, to my knowledge, cannot be
changed by the user.)

I have confirmed what I've read elsewhere that there is a solution whereby
the user can convert all his/her .avi files into .wmv with a third party
tool. Or they can use Windows Media Encoder (which comes in the same
download as the profile editor). This may be more trouble than it's worth
depending on your time, quality requirements, system capabilities, and
knowledge of appropriate encoding settings.

I've used other movie software with avi files where this was not an issue,
but they were more professional and far from free. I just thought I'd give
it a try for home use, but I've wasted 2 days of my life already... Moving
on.

Colin
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