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#3472240 - 12/11/11 07:26 PM windows live movie maker codex?
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I have a new system... installed FRAPS and captured a bunch of video... the video is there and plays... but when I import it into windows live movie maker, it plays balck... must be a codex... anyone know what codex i should be using? thx
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#3472259 - 12/11/11 07:53 PM Re: windows live movie maker codex? [Re: Magnum]
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What O/S?

i had that problem when I moved to Windows 7, and when I re-did my Windows XP.

FRAPS is uncompressed, but it has a Codec Signature in the AVI.

I was recording FRAP AVIs in Windows 7, then rebooting Back to A fresh Windows XP install and couldn't figure out why the FRAPs AVI would cause a Every Editing App (Adobe Premiere 6.5, Premiere Pro 2.0, After Effects and So On), to crash out every time i selected the file, and why no other program besides maybe Virtual dub or VLC would play it back.

The Solution, I think was to Install FRAPs in Windows XP as well, to install the Codec Signature or VFAPI or whatever the AVI had embedded in it.

Also, I left Windows Movie Maker for Expression 4 (VC-1 WMV > Regular WMV, also faster on newer machines)
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#3472391 - 12/12/11 04:52 AM Re: windows live movie maker codex? [Re: Magnum]
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Windows 7 64bit.
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#3472471 - 12/12/11 06:48 AM Re: windows live movie maker codex? [Re: Magnum]
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Does Windows Live Movie Maker see the file as a Audio Only File or a Video file after importing?

The AVI container for FRAPS might not have been added to the FFDSHOW properly.

This also might have been the reason i left the WindowsLive M.M. for Expression studio to begin with as the "Live Movie Maker" is not the same as the version that comes with XP.


Edited by SkateZilla (12/12/11 06:55 AM)
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#3472515 - 12/12/11 08:11 AM Re: windows live movie maker codex? [Re: Magnum]
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I always install the following free Windows7 codec pack after reinstall of windows 7:
Shark 007 Windows 7 codec pack

Haven't ran into any problems viewing or editing FRAPS video in windows live movie maker.
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