Photo Story 3 Issue

Ray Mooney wrote:

> I've just downloaded and made a "story", aka .wmv and saved it, BUT
> the saved movie does not play correctly. The slides do not
> transistion and the video is a black screen. I'm using Media Player
> V10. If I "back-up" the plaing video it will play the slides okay.
>
> When I "Preview" the story during it's creation it seems fine, BUT
> after saving there seems to be an issue.
>
> I'm not using any custom transistions, I'm just taking the defaults
> when making the story. The only added feature I have included is to
> add a music file (.wav).
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance!!!!

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What is the format of the images you
are using in the project?

Please explain: "If I "back-up" the plaing
video it will play the slides okay".

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Ray Mooney wrote:

> 1. All the images are .jpg

=============================
Okay...shouldn't be a problem.
=============================

> 2. By "back-up" I mean this ..... when I see that the video-display
> has gone black and is not displaying a picture, but the music keeps
> playing, I move the "play-slider" backwards to a point where there
> should be an image displayed and an image will show up. Does that
> help?

=============================
This sounds like it may be a resource issue.

Deleting temp files and doing some routine
maintenance might improve the situation.

Empty your Temporary Internet Files Folder.

(260897) How to Delete the Contents of the
Temporary Internet Files Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260897

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I've just downloaded and made a "story", aka .wmv and saved it, BUT the
saved movie does not play correctly. The slides do not transistion and the
video is a black screen. I'm using Media Player V10. If I "back-up" the
plaing video it will play the slides okay.

When I "Preview" the story during it's creation it seems fine, BUT after
saving there seems to be an issue.

I'm not using any custom transistions, I'm just taking the defaults when
making the story. The only added feature I have included is to add a music
file (.wav).

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for your help in advance!!!!

1. All the images are .jpg

2. By "back-up" I mean this ..... when I see that the video-display has gone
black and is not displaying a picture, but the music keeps playing, I move
the "play-slider" backwards to a point where there should be an image
displayed and an image will show up. Does that help?





"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
news:#ntuV#3rIHA.5576@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Ray Mooney wrote:

> ============================
> What is the format of the images you
> are using in the project?
>
> Please explain: "If I "back-up" the plaing
> video it will play the slides okay".
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>

Performance is not the issue, I don't have any problems playing many other
videos.

The issue only occurs with Photo Story 3 generated videos that I have
started making.




"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
news:ebqpES4rIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Ray Mooney wrote:

> =============================
> Okay...shouldn't be a problem.
> =============================

> =============================
> This sounds like it may be a resource issue.
>
> Deleting temp files and doing some routine
> maintenance might improve the situation.
>
> Empty your Temporary Internet Files Folder.
>
> (260897) How to Delete the Contents of the
> Temporary Internet Files Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260897
>
> Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
> Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.
>
> (310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
> Tool in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312
>
> (315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
> in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
> (check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
> system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
> recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
> the next time you restart your computer.
> (run error checking repeatedly until it finds
> no errors)
>
> (314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
> Drive Volumes in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>

Ray Mooney wrote:

> Performance is not the issue, I don't have any problems playing many
> other videos.
>
> The issue only occurs with Photo Story 3 generated videos that I have
> started making.

==================================
I still think it's a resource issue but you
might try removing the motion effects
and see if there is an improvement.

The following freebie may be useful:

TweakPS
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/TweakPS

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

There was a post on the PhotoStory.com website forum about this problem.

As soon as I changed the song from a .WAV file to an .MP3 the issue went
away. Photo Story must be having a problem when rendering WAV files ...... a
bug!!!



"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
news:OOXm175rIHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Ray Mooney wrote:

> ==================================
> I still think it's a resource issue but you
> might try removing the motion effects
> and see if there is an improvement.
>
> The following freebie may be useful:
>
> TweakPS
> http://www.windowsphotostory.com/TweakPS
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>

Ray Mooney wrote:

> There was a post on the PhotoStory.com website forum about this
> problem.
>
> As soon as I changed the song from a .WAV file to an .MP3 the issue
> went away. Photo Story must be having a problem when rendering WAV
> files ...... a bug!!!

======================
Thanks for the update.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Another update .....

I made another Photo-Story (.wmv). All .jpg images and the music was an MP3.
I saved the project and then used TweakPS to change the "duration" and
remove the motion. Then I went back to Photo Story and made the .wmv .....
it had the same problem as my first Photo Story, the music played but
screens went black on image displays.

I closed the project and Photo Story and I went back to TweakPS and "Removed
Transistions", even though I didn't use any and the problem went away.

....... just thought I'd pass this along




"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
news:#vJ70p8rIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Ray Mooney wrote:

> ======================
> Thanks for the update.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>

Ray Mooney wrote:

> Another update .....
>
> I made another Photo-Story (.wmv). All .jpg images and the music was
> an MP3. I saved the project and then used TweakPS to change the
> "duration" and remove the motion. Then I went back to Photo Story and
> made the .wmv ..... it had the same problem as my first Photo Story,
> the music played but screens went black on image displays.
>
> I closed the project and Photo Story and I went back to TweakPS and
> "Removed Transistions", even though I didn't use any and the problem
> went away.
>
> ...... just thought I'd pass this along

=================
Thanks for the update.

Probably not worth pursuing but guess
what? I still think the issue is resource
related.

And it's not impossible that it could
be an issue with your video driver.
I think I might reduce Graphics Hardware
Acceleration just to see it it would improve
the issue. If it does...you can bet the video
driver is at fault.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk