Aeroscout Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Ok, i just finished my movie. (thanks GA and SKF for the fraps help! :thumbup:) But i'm having another issue... does any one here have experience with Windows movie maker? Well, the problem is best described in the attached pictures. The only issue is that I HAVE verified everything's in place. I have never moved any of the files, i have plenty of HD space, and I have tried several different publishing locations. any ideas? :( I'm stumped... and frustrated... :helpsmilie: DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhand Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 A few questions... 1) Can Movie Maker make a movie using just one of those clips? Perhaps it's having issues with the Fraps codec. 2) Are you certain that none of the files have been accidentally renamed? 3) Have any of the files been corrupted? You might try playing each one. Or, if you are frustrated enough, have Movie Maker use each clip individually to make a short movie. If that's the problem, you will eventually find the culprit. Rich YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroscout Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Thanks, I have tried everything you mentioned except testing every clip in movie maker. No files seem to be corrupted. maybe it's time to get vegas... EDIT: more to add. Some clips are just black in the movie when i play it in movie maker. (An entire clip is black) this appears to be random and different clips are black every time. The movie will also just stop randomly. I have to pause and play again for it to continue. Could this be a clue to the problem? I really hate to see all this hard work go to waste! DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhand Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 ...Some clips are just black in the movie when i play it in movie maker. (An entire clip is black) this appears to be random and different clips are black every time. The movie will also just stop randomly. I have to pause and play again for it to continue. Could this be a clue to the problem? Have you tried reinstalling FRAPs? Perhaps the codec got screwed up somehow. Beyond that, the only thing I would suggest is to click the Compatibility tab under Tools/Options in Movie Maker and try de-selecting some of the video filters. Perhaps one of the filters is the source of the problem. Rich YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroscout Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Nope, still no joy. DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhand Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Have you tried to convert each FRAPs clip individually in Movie Maker? That's the only way I can think to see if, perhaps, there's a clip that Movie Maker is choking on. Sorry. But now I'm out of fresh ideas. As an experiment, I captured a video sequence with FRAPs, loaded it into WMM, and converted it to a WMV file. Worked fine. So there's nothing inherent in WMM keeping it from working. There's something else going on. It could be a codec conflict, a bad video segment, or any number of things, I suppose. Rich YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroscout Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 ok... Thanks very much for all your help. I think I'm going to re-do the entire movie,. (I still have many of the tracks in my lock on folder) with the registered version of fraps. it will be much better that way. Again, thanks so much. Rep coming your way. :) EDIT: well, I can't rep you... forum won't let me. DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhand Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Duh! I never asked what version of Fraps you were using. I wonder if there were issues with the freeware version you had. Good lock with your movie. BTW, after you install the payware version, give what you had set to go in Movie Maker another try. Who knows, the updated codec might make a difference. Rich YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperKungFu Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Also, i would recommend using Sony Vegas, by far the best editing software I've used. Also, here's a tip, I noticed you got all the footages for your film pretty fast, an excellent film takes some times getting the right angles. Based on the screen you posted, it was mostly the standard views like f1-f5. Try to mix it up up bit, look at the #20 post (my post) in this thread, it might give you some tips on getting some good shots. http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=26238&highlight=vegas [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroscout Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thanks. I'm re-doing the entire movie... so i'll have time to re-do some of the angles. However, some of them are not default. DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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