We can play a MPG file in MS Media Player just fine. We can preview the same
clip in MM just fine. When we move the clip to storyboard, the sound is
compressed to half the time and it sounds like a chipmunk. We have updated
the codecs, we have removed the acceleration of the audio card, we have
updated DirectX, and we have tried it on two different computers. Any other
ideas?

When Movie Maker doesn't work with an MPEG-2 file, you need to convert it to
an AVI file first, and then import that one. See the Importing Source Files
> Video > MPEG-2 page of my site.
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"Artimus3" <Artimus3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We can play a MPG file in MS Media Player just fine. We can preview the
> same
> clip in MM just fine. When we move the clip to storyboard, the sound is
> compressed to half the time and it sounds like a chipmunk. We have
> updated
> the codecs, we have removed the acceleration of the audio card, we have
> updated DirectX, and we have tried it on two different computers. Any
> other
> ideas?

It is actually a MPEG-1 file and I have been having trouble converting it to
an AVI using MM and also a shareware converter. Trying this clip on a XP SP2
computer it works fine. Could this be that the computers are running XP sp1
(with all security patches) and not SP2?

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> When Movie Maker doesn't work with an MPEG-2 file, you need to convert it to
> an AVI file first, and then import that one. See the Importing Source Files
> > Video > MPEG-2 page of my site.
> --
> 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
>
>
>
> "Artimus3" <Artimus3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:33268E6F-DA59-4F2E-A359-BE85A67430C7@microsoft.com...
> > We can play a MPG file in MS Media Player just fine. We can preview the
> > same
> > clip in MM just fine. When we move the clip to storyboard, the sound is
> > compressed to half the time and it sounds like a chipmunk. We have
> > updated
> > the codecs, we have removed the acceleration of the audio card, we have
> > updated DirectX, and we have tried it on two different computers. Any
> > other
> > ideas?
>
>
>

I converted the MPEG to AVI and still the audio is twice as fast as video on
the storyboard.

"Artimus3" wrote:

> It is actually a MPEG-1 file and I have been having trouble converting it to
> an AVI using MM and also a shareware converter. Trying this clip on a XP SP2
> computer it works fine. Could this be that the computers are running XP sp1
> (with all security patches) and not SP2?
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > When Movie Maker doesn't work with an MPEG-2 file, you need to convert it to
> > an AVI file first, and then import that one. See the Importing Source Files
> > > Video > MPEG-2 page of my site.
> > --
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > "Artimus3" <Artimus3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:33268E6F-DA59-4F2E-A359-BE85A67430C7@microsoft.com...
> > > We can play a MPG file in MS Media Player just fine. We can preview the
> > > same
> > > clip in MM just fine. When we move the clip to storyboard, the sound is
> > > compressed to half the time and it sounds like a chipmunk. We have
> > > updated
> > > the codecs, we have removed the acceleration of the audio card, we have
> > > updated DirectX, and we have tried it on two different computers. Any
> > > other
> > > ideas?
> >
> >
> >

If your Movie Maker is working OK other than for that (or those) files, then
I'd still try conversions... use other choices of compression codecs when
saving as a new AVI... until you hit one that works.
--
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


"Artimus3" <Artimus3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:51E48F87-7E44-4D8A-A7A7-CABCE6011058@microsoft.com...
>I converted the MPEG to AVI and still the audio is twice as fast as video
>on
> the storyboard.
>
> "Artimus3" wrote:
>
>> It is actually a MPEG-1 file and I have been having trouble converting it
>> to
>> an AVI using MM and also a shareware converter. Trying this clip on a XP
>> SP2
>> computer it works fine. Could this be that the computers are running XP
>> sp1
>> (with all security patches) and not SP2?
>>
>> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>> > When Movie Maker doesn't work with an MPEG-2 file, you need to convert
>> > it to
>> > an AVI file first, and then import that one. See the Importing Source
>> > Files
>> > > Video > MPEG-2 page of my site.
>> > --
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Artimus3" <Artimus3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:33268E6F-DA59-4F2E-A359-BE85A67430C7@microsoft.com...
>> > > We can play a MPG file in MS Media Player just fine. We can preview
>> > > the
>> > > same
>> > > clip in MM just fine. When we move the clip to storyboard, the sound
>> > > is
>> > > compressed to half the time and it sounds like a chipmunk. We have
>> > > updated
>> > > the codecs, we have removed the acceleration of the audio card, we
>> > > have
>> > > updated DirectX, and we have tried it on two different computers.
>> > > Any
>> > > other
>> > > ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> >