Lost Video Island

mistojen · Advanced Vidder Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 1699

So, I tried to import a file into WMM2. The import thing came up and it started to go, but instead of telling me what % complete or how much time left until it was complete, the numbers were going TOTALLY wacko. The collection shows that it has a clip, and if I play the clip, it plays the whole two minute thing. The thing is, there's no timer on the playback window...it always shows 0.00.00.00 / 0.00.00.00 and when I try to drop the clip into the timeline, it doesn't go. I don't get an error...it just won't go in there.

I'm very confused...

Maybe I need to have someone convert it from .mpg to .wmv? Anyone else ever had this issue after ripping a DVD? I followed all the directions perfectly to a T the way that MoreLight wrote it out in her tutorial. The file plays on winamp, windows media player, and divx player just fine, only it has the same timer issue...it always shows 0.00.00 for everything. I'm not sure what this means...any ideas?

...oh, also if I close WMM2, when I open it again, the collection for the file I imported is gone.
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Fan4Lost · Advanced Vidder Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 2224

WMM is a magical program...most of the time you never know what it's going to do.

Honestly, from a software point of view, it just sounds like the program is having a hard time reading the file. If the clips aren't too big, I suggest converting them into another format like WMV.

I'll look for a free converter on google, but if anyone knows any good ones, please post them. I haven't used one in ages, so I'm not sure which one is worth the download.

mistojen · Advanced Vidder Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 1699

Thanks for your help. I just got home from work and opened up my WMM to try again, and ALL of my clips got deleted from it, and so did the ONE project file I had going

Is it high time I delete the whole damn thing and just redownload it...?

My computer effing hates me. And you know what? I hate it right back.

I'm re-importing all the clips right now and will keep you posted on whether or not they're actually going into the program...something weird is going on.

Even to be on the safe side, I did a virus scan last night of my whole computer and only came up with one threatened file, which was a random zip file in my winzip program folder, which got promptly quarenteened...dunno what the deal is...
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Fan4Lost · Advanced Vidder Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 2224

Oh good, I'm glad you got that file out. Even a zipped file can wreak havok if it has a virus.

WMM is very temperamental. I would do that, unistall it then reinstall it. If you need any help, just let me know.

mistojen · Advanced Vidder Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 1699

Well, it seems to be working all right for now, and it's keeping the clips I'm importing, so, I guess all I really need is to see if I can find a full free (read: pretty much illegal) version of Blaze Media Pro (because I'm VERY much in love with it, but my trial version ran out) and convert that clip from mpg to wmv. Good luck to me, I guess...

Thanks again for your help!

This all needs to clear up EFFING quick, because I'm TRYING to work on my contest submission for this month...

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