Windows Movie Maker has a black screen (no video, but audio still there)…Please help!!!

Anonymous
2012-12-09T14:56:24+00:00

Hi,

Now I install Windows 8 Pro and Windows Movie Maker 2012. When I tried to make a video, the preview screen was black and I could only hear the audio (no video).

When in Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8 Pro) I open project file (.wlmp) which have been created by Windows Movie Maker (Windows 7 Ultimate), the preview screen was black and audio also was absent.

Windows 8 Pro Windows Media Player play movie clips from Panasonic SDR-S150 without problems. When I make photo show from Panasonic SDR-S150 photos with Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8 Pro), there aren’t any problems.

In Windows 7 Ultimate I've been using Windows Movie Maker 2012 to make projects from camcorder Panasonic SDR-S150 videos (Movie clips) and then upload them to DVD (Windows DVD Maker). All works OK.

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In my SkyDrive folder ( *removed for privacy purposes* )  there are 4 files with following information:

-          Jpeg file - Windows 8 Movie Maker open Win7 MovieMaker project - screenshot from program Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8 Pro) when it open project file which was created by Windows 7 Ultimate Windows Movie Maker.

-          Jpeg file - Windows 8 Movie Maker open Panasonic SDR-S150 file – screenshot from program Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8 Pro) when I edit video file MOV002.NOD

-          Movie Clip (MOD) - MOV002 – Movie Clip from camcorder Panasonic SDR-S150

-          Txt file – MOV002-MOD MediaInfo – information about video file MOV002.MOD (from program MediaInfo 0.7.61).

On my computer (Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (System model: MS-7758); Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz; Installed physical memory (RAM): 8 GB; System type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor) two Operating Systems have been installed: first – Windows 7 Ultimate (Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack1 Build 7601) and second - Windows 8 Pro (Version 6.2.9200 Build 9200).

On both OS Windows Movie Maker Version 2012 (Build 16.4.3905.0912) has been installed*.*

From http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ video driver have been updated. System has been checked by DirectX Diagnostic Tool (dxdiag) - in all display tabs has been said – “No problems found”. Intel® HD Graphics: Driver version:  9.17.10.2875.

Please help as I need to fix this as soon as possible!

Thanks,

Andrejs

P.S. Sorry for the long description, I thought it would be best to give as much info as possible.

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Anonymous
2013-02-27T18:34:45+00:00

I found out that MM2012 crashed a lot, even while after restoring to project it crashed again.

Finally after having lots of problems, i've selected al videos when they were finally loaded inside MM and I set the Video stabilization to None and the black screens were gone.

There is the source of all evil I guess :-)

Hope this helps anyone

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-11T12:20:49+00:00

    How do you turn off video stabilization?

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-09T15:25:28+00:00

    My first question is, did you transfer all your source video, photos and music for the project? And are they in the exact same location as the Windows 7 machine?

    What I'm seeing are yellow triangle exclamation points on each of your clips. That is saying that Movie Maker can't find your media files.  If you have the files somewhere else on your computer (than the original folders), you can double-click on a missing clip and 'Find' the correct location. Then it should be visible in Movie Maker again.

    I like to use the analogy of making a cake to describe the process of using Movie Maker:

    • You have your ingredients (your source videos, photos and music). These are located somewhere on your computer's hard disk.
    • You have your recipe (your .wlmp project file) that refers to those ingredients and tells how to mix them together to make a movie.
    • When you like the way the recipe is laid out, you can then bake your final cake (the resulting movie file).

    In your case you have a project file, but it doesn't sound like you have the ingredients.  Or the ingredients are in a different place than before.  You have to treat Movie Maker like a child.  If you tell your child to go get the eggs off the second shelf of the refrigerator, but you've moved them to the bottom shelf, it's like they don't exist.  They will only look on the second shelf and declare that the eggs aren't there.

    Similary, if you tell Movie Maker that your source video should be in C:\Users\Win7User\Video but it is now it is a slightly different folder, it won't be found.  Point Movie Maker to the new locations and you should be fine.

    P.S.  It's a common misconception to think that the project file contains the actual video, photos or audio.  Movie Maker does not embed a second copy of any media within it, just the folder location and file name.  Just like a recipe doesn't have actual ingredients (only references), a Movie Maker project doesn't have the actual media (just references).

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-05-01T00:44:16+00:00

    this problem makes me crazy ...... this black vedio .. please ..how to fix it .. pleaseeeeee

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-11T14:34:22+00:00

    Thank you very much for your reply.

    It helped me to solve one problem - open the same project both OS (Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 Pro).

    But the other problem remain - black preview screen in Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8 Pro).

    I conducted the experiment. I started a new project in Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8 Pro) and edit the file MOD002.MOD.  Of course, as usual, there was a normal sound, but the preview screen is still black. I make minimal editing, even though the screen was black. In spite of the fact I save project. This same project I open in Windows Movie Maker (Windows 7 Ultimate). Everything was good – I see video in preview screen and hear sound.

    How do I get a video in Windows Movie Maker (Windows 8 Pro) preview screen?

    Andrejs

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