BecBennett

Hello,
I'm having a couple of problems with my Windows Movie Maker...
The first one is to do with lagging.
I have two mpg files, one is 2.6gb, the other one is 913mb. They're fine if I just open them in movie maker and play them in the preview pane, but as soon as I try to do anything with them, like skip ahead, or pause even it stops playing. No sound or anything.
I have tried converting them to avi, but it hasn't helped. My computer in only 2 months old, and has plenty of space.

The other problem is I have an avi clip which works fine when played on the computer, I tried to put it on a DVD and play it on my DVD player, but the picture has been pushed to the top of the screen, and the bottom of the screen is all green. I tried editing it on movie maker, but it didn't work, it still has the same problem, I've tried changing how it's published to the computer and then burning it, but still same problem. The thing that confuses me with it, is if I watch the original avi on the computer it plays fine, it's only when I try and burn it that there's a problem.

If I've missed any info that might be helpful let me know.
Thanks.

bigfellla

Hi Bec

Can you post your system specs, ram, cpu etc. It sounds to me that you have insufficient RAM.

The second problem, i am not sure about but are you sure you are using the correct format for your DVD player (e.g. PAL, or NTSC)?

Hopefully others will give you better advise./

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BecBennett

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz
Total amount of system memory 2.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
Total size of hard disk(s) 148 GB
Disk partition (C:) 80 GB Free (148 GB Total)
Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Total available graphics memory 527 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 271 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.10.9746
Primary monitor resolution 1280x800
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better

Thanks

bigfellla

Hi Bec

A 2.6GB file plus a further 960 odd MB file is massive for a machine to 'render' in windows movie maker, and I think you will find you have insufficient RAM for such a process. You can verify this by either downloading the gadget that monitors your ram and cpu here http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDeta...5-157bd66ca5af
or by CTRL / ALT / DEL and view the same information in the task manager. So load up your files in Movie maker and check out the RAM usage. I would expect you are suffereing from insufficient RAM thus the poor playback. Rmember, using Vista will hover at close to 1GB doing nothing, which is not a problem normally, but will be if you start wanting to do video editing. I use Adobe Premiere Pro and even with 3GB it ocassionally complains about insufficient memory.

The solution maybe to convert these files to another file, however my knowledge in this area is limited.

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BecBennett

When I watch my CPU & RAM moniter while trying to play one of these files in movie maker it doesn't seem to change much from when I press play and when it's not playing, and when it freezes there still doesn't seem to be much movement.

Is there a way to split the file in two before importing it into movie maker?

Any thoughts on what could be causing the other "green" problem?

bigfellla

I am going to get some help with this as I am out of ideas. Please be patient.

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shellydoba

Did you ever get an answer to the "green" question?

shellydoba

did you ever find out what the "green" problem was about? or how to fix it???