Re: Movie Maker file recognition problem

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Video files, being large, are compressed. To view them the player needs to
uncompress them on the fly. To make one the editing/conversion software
needs to compress them. Codecs are the little software files that do the
compression/decompression.

The codec probably wasn't installed by itself. It would have been included
in a program that plays MPEG2 files... such as a DVD viewing or making app.
If you have a DVD burner Dell would have included DVD burning software. If
you have Dell software disc(s) that came with the computer, you might be
able to reinstall it.

Adding too many codecs can result in problems....

My experience is such that users who can handle MPEG2 files in Movie Maker
are few and far between. Everyone else does file conversions.
--
PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org


"desertratwannabe" <desertratwannabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Not being a technical person, I have no idea what the codec was that I
had.
Whatever it was came with the computer(Dell). How could I possibly find
out
what codec it was? I looked at the reference you gave me on your site.
Converting to an .avi file, I lose half of the quality. Is there a way to
load all the codecs possible for MM? Sorry if that is a dumb question as
I
really don''t know what a codec is or does.



"PapaJohn" wrote:

Movie Maker's ability to use MPEG-2 files is dependent on your installed
codecs. MPEG2 codecs are not installed as part of XP. The shop cleaned
your
computer such that it no longer has the codec(s) that were helping you
with
Movie Maker.

Unless you know which codec you were using and can install it again, the
usual path of file conversions to ones that work in Movie Maker might be
your best bet.

See my website's Import Movie Source Files > Video > MPEG page.

--
PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

"desertratwannabe" <desertratwannabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I've used Movie Maker (MM) successfully in the past. Then I got a
virus
and
had the computer cleaned, re-installed everything (by a hired capable
shop),
etc. Now MM loads okay but when I bring in MPEG-II (*.mpg) files they
don't
load properly. I get the first frame in the box and can drag it to the
timeline. But when I play it I get only sound and no video. Prior, I
could
bring in the above files and have made several movies using them in MM.
I
am
at my wits end! Thanks!





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