Windows Movie Maker - MP3's suddenly won't play

Hi there,

I've been editing some video's in windows movie maker. I've been adding
music to them and everything has been working fine. However, when i saved the
file and re-opened it it couldn't find the MP3 file.

That was fine, i simply located the file and then the red crosses went away
from the music file and were replaced by the peaks. HOWEVER, when i play the
timeline/export the music doesn't sound. I've checked all audio levels, made
sure nothing was muted etc and the program has definitely located the files
but it still doesn't play.

The damn thing won't even allow me to import a new copy of the song - even
when i rename it! Please help, i'm totally stumpted!

MP3's commonly cause problems, so I'd start by removoing them and replacing
with WAV/WMA/WMV audio.

--

Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Eve Bulloch" <Eve Bulloch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A457585E-AAC6-4D7F-879F-E1819EA27D61@microsoft.com...
> Hi there,
>
> I've been editing some video's in windows movie maker. I've been adding
> music to them and everything has been working fine. However, when i saved
> the
> file and re-opened it it couldn't find the MP3 file.
>
> That was fine, i simply located the file and then the red crosses went
> away
> from the music file and were replaced by the peaks. HOWEVER, when i play
> the
> timeline/export the music doesn't sound. I've checked all audio levels,
> made
> sure nothing was muted etc and the program has definitely located the
> files
> but it still doesn't play.
>
> The damn thing won't even allow me to import a new copy of the song - even
> when i rename it! Please help, i'm totally stumpted!

I added all WAV/WMA/WMV files (all via Media Player) and it STILL locked up.
I had to completely remove all music from my movie just to get it to burn.

GRRRRRRRR..... bug or what???

Soooooo unhappy with the software in Vista....

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> MP3's commonly cause problems, so I'd start by removoing them and replacing
> with WAV/WMA/WMV audio.
>
> --
>
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.com
>
>
> "Eve Bulloch" <Eve Bulloch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A457585E-AAC6-4D7F-879F-E1819EA27D61@microsoft.com...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I've been editing some video's in windows movie maker. I've been adding
> > music to them and everything has been working fine. However, when i saved
> > the
> > file and re-opened it it couldn't find the MP3 file.
> >
> > That was fine, i simply located the file and then the red crosses went
> > away
> > from the music file and were replaced by the peaks. HOWEVER, when i play
> > the
> > timeline/export the music doesn't sound. I've checked all audio levels,
> > made
> > sure nothing was muted etc and the program has definitely located the
> > files
> > but it still doesn't play.
> >
> > The damn thing won't even allow me to import a new copy of the song - even
> > when i rename it! Please help, i'm totally stumpted!
>
>
>