The speed and condition of the hard drive is important to playing DV-AVI
files smoothly. And Movie Maker in project mode uses a rough draft lower
quality mode. So maybe there's nothing wrong with the files or computer.
Free up space on the drive and defrag it.

Even if fragmented, the quality of the video should flow OK from the source
files into the saved movies.

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"damsel_in_distress" <damselindistress@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:C9394F43-A8E1-4ABE-95E4-B06C811BBBA5@microsoft.com...
> 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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>>
>> PapaJohn (MVP)
>>
>>
>> "damsel_in_distress" <damselindistress@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message news:E2ECF1D3-7844-475A-A332-CF167F1EEF71@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>>
>>
>>