When I try to publish a movie I get a green bar along the bottom half and the
movie is stretched across the top half.
have tried all the different settings in 4:3 and 16:9
When I try to publish a movie I get a green bar along the bottom half and the
movie is stretched across the top half.
have tried all the different settings in 4:3 and 16:9
Have you used copyright material in your movie, or have you made sure you
have the latest vista compatible drivers for your graphics card.
I am having this very same problem with a video I am making, and my guess is
that it happened after I added a video overlay to the tiemline. Since then
I've deleted it, but it is still there. Driivers are not a problem since I
have them up to date. Any help would be appreciated (btw, I am running Vista
Home Premium).
What kind of green bar and where does it appear, at the sides, top,
bottom, how wide is it. Got a picture?
Me too, there's nothing copyrighted, my videos up to date, BUT IT SHOWS UP!
It's just the bottom half that is green, the top shows the video, but it's
squished. I made a movie but almost everyother clip is cut off. I've looked
everywhere, no one has an answer to this...
Google this and follow the instructions. It helped me with the same
problem. YMMV.
I do not recommend installing that package. If you analyze what it's doing,
you'll see it's making some poor choices at this time that could destabilize
your system. It's better than others, but "codec packs" are the one area
where Nothing is really better than Something.
If you need a specific codec, please get those updates directly from the
vendor. You're going to make your life a lot happier. =)
Analyze that package? I have no idea what you're talking about. I know I
had the green bar. I searched many sites. I found some people with similar
problems on thegreenbutton.com. This worked for them. I tried it. It
worked for me. If you expect that end users will "analyze that package" I
believe you're a little out of touch.
I have two video editing packages on my machine: Pinnacle Studio 10 and
Nero 7. Both were up to date. Both had the latest updates. Now re-read the
first paragraph. What else would you expect a home user to do (short of
getting a masters in Information Technology and reading nothing but
technical journals)?
I'm not blaming Microsoft but please don't come on here putting down
solutions that work (without specific details) and offering none yourself.
The "get the latest codecs from the manufacturer" only works if their
updated codecs work. The don't for me and from what I've seen here they
don't for others.
BTW, the conversion in question was .avi to .wmv. Don't those two codecs
ship with Vista?
I've read lots of posts by users who, after installing such packages, have
found themselves with worse problems than they started with.... yes, some
end up better off.
avi and wmv are more file types than codecs.... an avi file compressed with
the Panasonic DV codec works fine in Movie Maker, while one compressed with
the Xvid codec doesnt.... a wmv file compressed with the video 9 codec can
play on a Mac with a special player, while a wmv story from Photo Story 3
can't play on it because stories are made with a different codec than
movies.
Overly confusing to just about all users?
Thanks for taking the time to explain the codec thing PapaJohn. You have a
real knack for not assuming, that's raree. BTW, I've always loved your
site.
Have you encountered users with this particular problem? What do you
recommend when the most updated codecs don't solve it? Should we just avoid
the conversion in those cases (and just view the .avi file in WMP)? Or have
you found anything that works better? I know it isn't the most elegant
solution but remove it and no one has come up with another solution that I'm
aware of.
I guess what got my goat originally was there are a few users out there
(including me) that don't know how to "analyze what it's doing" and it's
tossed out casually as if the average user is supposed to know how to do
that.
The way I read it, I offered a solution that worked for me with YMMV (Your
Mileage May Vary) caveat. zachd [MSFT] said not to do it and really didn't
offer an alternatve (unless of course the user knows how to specifically
check which codecs recorded files use, which codecs are installed, and which
manufacturers installed codecs have available updates). Given either a
solution to a problem (with caveats), or suffering with a problem, what
should we do? Each user will make their own decision. It worked for me.
Some users might not want to try it (hence the YMMV).
For those struggling with this concept (like me) the url to MSFTs codec help
is:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...91033.mspx#ELE
(sorry for any line wrap but I'm on my way out the door and didn't have time
for a tiny URL).
I'll also throw in a plug for PapaJohn's site as well. His URL has helped
me mucho in the past and no doubt will help mucho in the future.
The thread started with Mark getting a green bar along the bottom of his
saved movie.... then 3 more posters said they had a similar or the same
problem... Lord Relix, Adam, and Cynthia.
None of them mentioned the codec used to compress their source file(s)...
they didn't even note the overall file types (avi, wmv, mpg, etc.). This
never surprises me. File extensions are not visible to the average user with
the default settings in Windows, so often the first step toward assessing
the codecs is simply helping them see the file extension.
Green bars are just one of many possible symptoms of codec-related issues.
But, as Graham suggested, it could be a clue to something else such as the
source material being copy-protected.
It seems the 4 posters with the issues have gone elsewheres as they havn't
made follow-up posts. That's fine, as the more interesting exchange of
comments for me was that between you and zachd.... it led me to make my
comment, and to tweak my website a bit on a few places.
zachd is a very experienced programmer on the Microsoft Windows Media Player
team... as such I expect him to know how to analyse a third party codec
package. And I align with his approach of installing codecs individually
rather than in large packages.
I'm not a programmer, and don't understand what codecs are doing in the back
rooms of my computer. And I too don't know how to analyse what installing
the Vista Codec Package 4.3.7 would result in.
The early waves of info about Vista show that its apps, like XP, have
problems related to some codecs. Many users suggest installing the Vista
Codec Package, and enough are happy with the results to pass along the
recommendation.
I don't see the day soon when users with codec-related issues will know that
they have one, nevermind know what steps to take to resolve it... all they
know is there's a green bar or something else.
Those like yourself are easy to work with... file conversions are possible
in all but rare instances, so I don't recommend stopping short of getting
the file to where you want it. It starts with knowing the file extension...
after that I refer posters to the Import Movie Source Files > Video section
of my website... and onwards from there.
I wish it was easier too. And zachd, I know you are here to
help and I do appreciate your input (I just stink at communication
sometimes). I would never doublt what you or Papa say, it's just the rest
of us have to get on with it sometimes.
As for the O/Ps that apparently went elsewhere, I truly hope you all got the
resolution you were looking for and did not damage your Vista installation.
also checked if it was a processor issue
tried on Intel P4 HT & Intel Core Duo
testing testing lots of damn testing...
The original movie that I had a problem with was DIVX, but... wait until
below.
The green Bar was along the bottom of the screen (The grren bar actually has
two thin yellow stripes one near the top and one near the bottom of the green
bar)
I've tried converting in different screen resolutions the movie is just
stretched across the top half, more like a viewing area. so instead of it
looking like this:
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it looks like this
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Green Green Green
Green Green Green
Just in case it was my install of Vista Home Premium or a hardware issue I
tested the same movie on my Vista Business machine, same.
Just incase it was the codec DIVX i converted it to WMV on an XP Machine and
tried again on Vista and still got the Green Bar
and the other comment about copyright somewhere, no it's not a copyright
issue.
have also tried with other DIVX, AVI the same
I have since used the DVD maker to burn direct to a DVD on the same Vista
Home Premium, and it worked fine.
So, the issue is within Movie Maker somewhere...
Which specific version of which DivX are you using? I'm aware of about ten
implementing vendors out there, and each incremental release of most
versions tend to produce slightly different results. It's kind of a
confusing mess still. =(
I have been having the same problem, after publishing some avi files, the
video can only be viewed with the annoying green bar. DivX is involved
somehow...I don't know exactly how except I downloaded these files from
veoh.com, and was also required to download DivX. If I recall, at one point
during the download, there was a notice saying the codec, I think, was not
yet entirely conmpatible with vista, but apparently some aspects might still
work, unfortunately it seems viewing a perfect avi video is the major
problem. I have converted these files into wmv format before editing them in
movie maker, and they work fine, but I'd still prefer to see the video in avi
format for better quality. If the problem is a codec incompatibility with
vista (and lets keep in mind that I know next to nothing about computers),
then is there anyway to overcome this, could I simply change the codec, or
would I be unable to view my videos that seem to have initially required it?
I should also probably add that viewing the avi videos prior to placing them
in movie maker and then publishing them, work perfectly fine in media player
for example, but after publishing them once edited, the green bar rears it's
ugly head.
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