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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.
Additional details
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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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
Hello Laura,
Welcome to Microsoft Community Forum. I understand that you're having issues within Movie Maker only showing black when previewing your project. Within this thread, there are multiple troubleshooting steps provided to rectify this issue. Please verify if you've already followed the steps provided by moderator Glenda_A on June 9, 2013, information by member considerate_guy on April 18, 2013 my posts on December 12, 2012and July 10, 2013.
This is to verify the next steps that we will provide you in case you've already made some changes within the program.
We'll await for your response.
Thank you.
Hello TobyNixon,
You've mentioned that you've already done some troubleshooting steps within your Movie Maker. Checking the posts within this thread, your first post was on June 11, 2013. You've mentioned something about VirtualDub. Please verify if you're under a different name when sending information before posting information as TobyNixon or, if you've made a different thread with the same issue. This is to verify all information that is already been provided on your end and within our end.
We'll await for your response.
Thank you.
I just made a video in windows live movie maker when i save it it becomes black but the audio plays i dont know what to do :
-It is the latest version of live movie maker
PLEASE HELP ME
Hello JenniferInman,
Welcome to Microsoft Community Forum. After reading your post, it seems that you have multiple issues regarding the 2011 and 2012 version of Movie Maker. Since you're now using the 2012 version of the program, we will concentrate on fixing your issue about black screen.
Since you've done some troubleshooting steps to rectify the issue, we would like to verify if you've already done the graphics card troubleshooting method. Note that you cannot start Windows Live Movie Maker 2012 when a graphics card that only supports DirectX 9 is installed on a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer. For more information, please check the link below:
**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2741355**
As for the video stabilization, note that this feature is only available in Windows 8.
We would also want to inform you that the yellow warning sign means that the program cannot find the files that you've used in creating the project file. Yes, you have mentioned that they're not missing nor moved but, renaming the files will have the same effect of yellow warning signs. To troubleshoot this issue, double click the yellow triangle image. Locate the files and it should populate once Movie Maker finds the files that you've used.
Let us know the results afterwards.
Thank you.
