Thanks for the comment dickmr... it means a lot coming from someone like
you.
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"dickmr" <dickmr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Great explanation...it was an interesting read. I liked the charts
> showing
> size and speed. Off topic, but, I have to thank you for those high def
> emulations. I'm still amazed at what happened... I wasn't happy with a
> video I made of stills and some video clips when rendered in any of the
> normal formats. But when I used the 960 x 720, (from something Wojo said
> in
> a post the light came on!) the view on computer and saved as image file
> on
> CD, for others, was great. Sonic at highest quality settings made a
> better
> dvd this time than Movie Factory, and it blew me away when I projected it.
> I'm not very technical but I know what good results look like! ha ha
> I experiment all the time, but I really do admire and appreciate your
> rather
> vast knowledge and dedication to the subject of making movies. Thanks
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> If an AVI file doesn't work as a source file in Movie Maker, you often
>> need
>> to convert it to another AVI file that does work.... that's often a
>> confusing point... what codec works?
>>
>> I recently did another wave of tests to check which of the compression
>> codecs made AVI source files that go into the collection, to the
>> timeline,
>> and render OK to a Movie Maker movie...
>>
>> There are 14 compression choices that work on my laptop.... some render
>> much faster than others... some result in much higher file sizes, but
>> they
>> all work.
>>
>> I added a couple charts to the Importing Source Files > Video > AVI page
>> of
>> my website to show you the list, and how they differ in rendering speed
>> and
>> file size...
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
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