trying to publish avi to windows movie maker

while i am computer savvy, i am not savvy when it comes to this
importing and saving vids, so bear with any mistakes in the appropriate
language / descriptions please

dell inspiron 1525, vista user here - trying to publish a recorded avi
file to windows movie maker. I import the file successfully but when i
try to publish it and save it, then view it, the published to computer
video comes up as totally distorted. It looks like a weather radar
screen- all reds, yellow, blues and dotted, almost like a heat infrared
photo showing the hot spots.
any help on this?
thanks,
carla


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carlafreid wrote:
> while i am computer savvy, i am not savvy when it comes to this
> importing and saving vids, so bear with any mistakes in the
> appropriate language / descriptions please
>
> dell inspiron 1525, vista user here - trying to publish a recorded avi
> file to windows movie maker. I import the file successfully but when i
> try to publish it and save it, then view it, the published to computer
> video comes up as totally distorted. It looks like a weather radar
> screen- all reds, yellow, blues and dotted, almost like a heat
> infrared photo showing the hot spots.
> any help on this?
> thanks,
> carla
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There are many types of .avi files...maybe
you have an incompatibility issue.

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...patibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...MovieMaker.htm


Did you try publishing the file in the .avi format?
Maybe the following articles will be useful:

Windows Vista
Movie settings: frequently asked questions
http://tinyurl.com/2mj77y
or...
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...a61691033.mspx

Windows Vista -
Publish a movie in
Windows Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/2lo4gp
or...
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...8cdf21033.mspx

Movie Maker in Vista -
Publishing / Quality Profiles
http://www.papajohn.org/Vista-Publishing.html

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