Preview screen goes black HEELLLLLPPPPP!!!

This is making me crazy!!! I thought I had fixed it but no.

When playing a video in preview to break it into pieces, EVERY time
after only a few seconds the preview screen goes black. Audio
continues, but I can't see any preview at all.

If I alt-tab switch to another window that covers the moviemaker
window, then alt-tab switch back, all is good for a few seconds then
it goes black again.

Infiuriating.

I can't believe I am the only person to ever have this problem.

Any suggestions? I have already reinstalled moviemaker.

Running WIn XP Pro
Moviemaker 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111 : servide Pack 3)

I also have Sonic MyDVD Studio and Nero 8 installed and based on past
experinece I wouldn't be surpirsed if the problem is Sonic. Maybe I
should uninstall it?

Welcome any and all suggestions, especially from anyone who might have
had a similar problem

-B

Dr Blue wrote:
> This is making me crazy!!! I thought I had fixed it but no.
>
> When playing a video in preview to break it into pieces, EVERY time
> after only a few seconds the preview screen goes black. Audio
> continues, but I can't see any preview at all.
>
> If I alt-tab switch to another window that covers the moviemaker
> window, then alt-tab switch back, all is good for a few seconds then
> it goes black again.
>
> Infiuriating.
>
> I can't believe I am the only person to ever have this problem.
>
> Any suggestions? I have already reinstalled moviemaker.
>
> Running WIn XP Pro
> Moviemaker 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111 : servide Pack 3)
>
> I also have Sonic MyDVD Studio and Nero 8 installed and based on past
> experinece I wouldn't be surpirsed if the problem is Sonic. Maybe I
> should uninstall it?
>
> Welcome any and all suggestions, especially from anyone who might have
> had a similar problem
>
> -B
====================================
Open Movie Maker and go to...Tools / Options /
Compatibility tab...and uncheck all the filters.

Let us know if it makes 'any' difference.

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I already did that - no help.

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:41:01 -0400, "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz>
wrote:

>Dr Blue wrote:
>> This is making me crazy!!! I thought I had fixed it but no.
>>
>> When playing a video in preview to break it into pieces, EVERY time
>> after only a few seconds the preview screen goes black. Audio
>> continues, but I can't see any preview at all.
>>
>> If I alt-tab switch to another window that covers the moviemaker
>> window, then alt-tab switch back, all is good for a few seconds then
>> it goes black again.
>>
>> Infiuriating.
>>
>> I can't believe I am the only person to ever have this problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions? I have already reinstalled moviemaker.
>>
>> Running WIn XP Pro
>> Moviemaker 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111 : servide Pack 3)
>>
>> I also have Sonic MyDVD Studio and Nero 8 installed and based on past
>> experinece I wouldn't be surpirsed if the problem is Sonic. Maybe I
>> should uninstall it?
>>
>> Welcome any and all suggestions, especially from anyone who might have
>> had a similar problem
>>
>> -B
>====================================
>Open Movie Maker and go to...Tools / Options /
>Compatibility tab...and uncheck all the filters.
>
>Let us know if it makes 'any' difference.

Dr Blue wrote:
> I already did that - no help.
==============================
Maybe you would like to tell us what else
you tried so we don't have to guess?

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I'm having something similar to this problem, however my issue isn't with
Movie Maker itself it's with Media player. I made a sims 2 movie in Movie
maker, and published it and everything. I've done everything written here but
when in media player, I watch my movie. It's ok for the first minute or so
but then it goes black. The audio and effects work fine, it's just the clips.
They are avi clips. My movie maker is 6.0. I've checked the avi decompresser
in compatibility. The movie works great in movie maker but it screws up in
media player. I really dont want to have to rerecord these clips, that would
be a HUGE hastle. But if worse comes to worse...Please, I just need the best
answer possible. I'm getting so frustrated...

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Dr Blue wrote:
> > I already did that - no help.
> ==============================
> Maybe you would like to tell us what else
> you tried so we don't have to guess?
>
> --
>
> John Inzer MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

FalseDisposition wrote:
> I'm having something similar to this problem, however my issue isn't
> with Movie Maker itself it's with Media player. I made a sims 2 movie
> in Movie maker, and published it and everything. I've done everything
> written here but when in media player, I watch my movie. It's ok for
> the first minute or so but then it goes black. The audio and effects
> work fine, it's just the clips. They are avi clips. My movie maker is
> 6.0. I've checked the avi decompresser in compatibility. The movie
> works great in movie maker but it screws up in media player. I really
> dont want to have to rerecord these clips, that would be a HUGE
> hastle. But if worse comes to worse...Please, I just need the best
> answer possible. I'm getting so frustrated...
================================
It's always best if you begin a new thread
when you have a question.

Video editing is a complex task and I'm
not convinced there are perfect solutions
for every task.

Anyway.....

There are many types of .avi files and the
only one that is fully compatible with Movie
Maker is DV-AVI.

I suspect the answer may be to convert the
..avi clips to .wmv before importing into Movie
Maker.

Here's some info on converting:

How do I convert other video file formats to WMV?
http://tinyurl.com/2o8uso
or...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...vice/0065.mspx

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

If you solve it, please share. I still have the same problem.

The same clips load and preview just fine in a different (bare bones)
computer, so I am sure it is some kind of software conflict on this
one. I just don't know with what!! Too much crap installed

It seems like some kind of screen refresh issue.

Do you have the same symptom? If you alt-tab switch to another window
that covers the media player window, then alt-tab back does it play
normally for a few seconds then go black again?

Dr B



On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:53:01 -0700, FalseDisposition
<FalseDisposition@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm having something similar to this problem, however my issue isn't with
>Movie Maker itself it's with Media player. I made a sims 2 movie in Movie
>maker, and published it and everything. I've done everything written here but
>when in media player, I watch my movie. It's ok for the first minute or so
>but then it goes black. The audio and effects work fine, it's just the clips.
>They are avi clips. My movie maker is 6.0. I've checked the avi decompresser
>in compatibility. The movie works great in movie maker but it screws up in
>media player. I really dont want to have to rerecord these clips, that would
>be a HUGE hastle. But if worse comes to worse...Please, I just need the best
>answer possible. I'm getting so frustrated...
>
>"John Inzer" wrote:
>
>> Dr Blue wrote:
>> > I already did that - no help.
>> ==============================
>> Maybe you would like to tell us what else
>> you tried so we don't have to guess?
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer MS-MVP
>> Digital Media Experience
>>
>> Notice
>> This is not tech support
>> I am a volunteer
>>
>> Solutions that work for
>> me may not work for you
>>
>> Proceed at your own risk
>>
>>
>>

hi , you can set the follow the following steps,

run regedit --> that will open your registry

then click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER

then click onconsole

you will see it's properties on right right side

click on full screen , then set value data to 0 ,

hope this will help you