hi papajohn thanks for replying
my camcorder is sony handycam
however the issue occured when I had my old canon mini dv camcorder (I dont
know what brand it is as I dont have it anymore) and the operating system was
windows xp. I had used Windows Movie Maker, Nero and others I cant think of.

In relation to the issue, as I thought it was because I changed different
formats ie avi to wmv wmv to dv-avi etc so I experiemented by using my
current camcorder (sony handycam) and a new tape with new film. First I
captured it onto the computer. To be on the safe side, I copied the movie
into a different folder and then edited the copy into different formats. The
result was that the picture was still clear and not choppy or pixelated or
blurry.

I really cant understand this as when I viewed the films on camcorder
(canon)before capturing them they were clear and there were no problems.

"PapaJohn" wrote:

> what's the camcorder model?
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> "damsel_in_distress" <damselindistress@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> > hi everyone
> > I captured my movies from my sony camcorder and then went to edit them
> > with
> > movie maker and other video software.
> > When I returned to view the files, the files were blurry and pixilated or
> > moving blocks in motion so u cant really see people or things in the movie
> > Im desperate to get the movie quality clear again or how they used to be
> > when they were first captured.
> > I cant understand how this happened, but I think I changed it to different
> > formats or something. Im using windows vista but the issue occured on
> > windows
> > xp and somehow is a little bit clearer on vista but still no better. Ive
> > used
> > various video editing software to no luck.
> > please I need help, I'll try anything and everything
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