Cannot view video chapters before importing them from a dvd

PW333 · Post by **PW333** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:04 am

I am starting a new thread, only because I don't think I made it clear enough of the problem I am having in the first one, & it may be overlooked.

I am NOT having a problem importing a dvd in MovieMaker 6 Plus (correction: MovieFactory 6 Plus). It's when, after you parse a dvd from your dvd drive, there is a second step BEFORE importing, where you put a check mark next to the chapters that you WANT to import from your dvd. To the right, there is a video player, where you SHOULD be able to view your video that you want to import. This video player IS NOT working for me. I can still import the video, if I want to, but; it would be nice to see what I am importing before I import it. I don't know how else to explain it. Please, can someone help me with this problem? I would greatly appreciate it!!
Thanks~
Patti~

GregK · Post by **GregK** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:16 am

I only have Movie Factory 6 (not plus...and I assume you're referring to DVD Movie Factory? Or is there another program called MovieMaker that I'm not aware of?), but going to the point you're describing, I also assume you are left-clicking once on the Chapter you want to preview? You have to click on it in the Chapter listing when importing a DVD folder before you can preview it....it won't work without clicking once to highlight the chapter you're previewing.

PW333 · Post by **PW333** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:20 am

Greg, Hi!
Thanks for the reply! I'm sorry. I meant to say MovieFactory. I still don't think I am explaining it right. So I will start from the beginning.
I put a mini Dvd with a video that I recorded with my camcorder in my dvd drive on my computer. I open up MovieFactory 6 Plus, & start a new video project. There I add my video by clinking on my dvd drive to add it to the project. MovieFactory will parse the dvd in my drive & when it is done, it will show the chapters that are on my mini dvd. I must put a check mark next to the box of the chapters I want to import into the project. When I put the checkmark, on the right, there is a video player that is suppose to play the chapters that I selected, before I click import. This video player will not work. It will not play the chapters that I selected. I had MovieFactory 10 Plus installed on this same computer & the video player worked fine in it, so I don't know why 6 Plus won't work.
Thanks again to anyone who can help me with this problem.
Patti~

PW333 · Post by **PW333** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:15 am

Well, I just tried VideoStudeo 11 Plus & it does the same thing. The video player doesn't work on it either. I have DirectX10 installed on my computer & the latest updated video driver, so I don't have the slightest idea what the problem could be. I sure wish someone could help me out.
Patti~

Post by **Ron P.** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:34 am

You say that you have DirectX 10 installed, but is it current? The most current release is dated June 2008. These are not part of the standard windows update. You must manually download and install them from MicroSoft's website. The updates do not change the version number, so it is difficult to tell just by looking on your PC.

If you have not updated DirectX since June 2008, you do not have the most current drivers, and need to update them. It seems that some of the recent Windows updates cause problems with VS and DVDMF, and are fixed by updating DirectX.

GregK · Post by **GregK** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:59 am

Thanks for that bit of information, Vidoman, because I recently updated to Win XP SP3.....but I see nothing on the DirectX site about a version 10, only the most recent update from June 2008 which says it is version 9.23.1350 (which I went through, though). Is there actually a v10 somewhere, or are you rounding up numbers?

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:23 am

It's well hidden...

MS DirectX 10

GregK · Post by **GregK** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:49 am

vidoman wrote:It's well hidden...

MS DirectX 10

But that link is not to the Microsoft website...it's to a gaming page which has a link to Microsoft, and that version is 9.23.1350....are numbers being rounded up here? I was Googling for info regarding DirectX 10, and it reportedly is not officially released by Microsoft, but there are altered versions out there which non-Microsoft people have put online. Also read that the 10 version is supposed to be for Vista and not for XP users like myself.

Can I get a clarification, please? When I checked and updated to what Microsoft had on their site (version 9.23.1350), is that supposed to be version 10, or is it something else (still a version of 9), and is it compatible with XP?

PW333 · Post by **PW333** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:52 am

I have fiddled around all day today to try to get this software to run right. I uninstalled Ulead Videostudio 11 Plus TBYB, thinking maybe it was interferring with MovieFactory 6 Plus. I did a CLEAN uninstalled manually removing ALL FILES the way it was told to do so on Corels website. I also did a CLEAN uninstall of 6 Plus. I then reinstalled 6 Plus from my cd. After installing there was no finish screen. It went back to the welcome screen. I had to use the task manager to close the setup. I then parsed my dvd from my dvd drive & selected the chapters to be imported, & again, I received an error message.

I also want you to know that DirectX 10 is already installed on my computer. It states on their website that with Vista, service pack one includes DirectX 10. I also know it is not my video driver. Other programs & software run correctly. This is a brand new computer, so it can't be the computer. There is definitely a bug with this program.

I hate to say it, but I have given up trying to figure it out. I will difinitely be carefull when purchasing another one of these programs.

And, also; I had just purchased Ulead Videostudio 10 Plus, which wasn't cheap, before purchasing this new computer. And after purchasing this computer with Windows Vista, I find out that VS10P won't work with Vista. I have to download a patch, that can't be uninstalled, & not only that; but, with this patch I lose some of the transitions, & what not. Now I am stuck with two programs that don't work properly.

GregK · Post by **GregK** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:27 pm

PW, I hate to say this, but it sound like yet another one of those "not compatible with Vista" problems (why I'm staying away from Vista and sticking with XP). The patch you installed....does Ulead/Corel say it's supposed to make the program more compatible with Vista? Based on your latest reply, compatibility seems to be the issue here (but I'm sure a board moderator will step in and address that point

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etech6355 · Post by **etech6355** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:19 am

It's "DirectX 9.0C" latest version that's supposed to be installed, either for XP or Vista. You can install 9.0C and Vista handles it properly. Many programs still use DirectX 9.0C even in Vista.

I suggest installing the latest version of DirectX 9.0C and see if that helps.
I'm using March 2008 DirectX 9.0C. I think there has been another new release after March 2008, but even the March one will work IF your video card drivers were written Before March 2008.

If you update your video drivers to the most recent version then you usually must update DirectX 9.0C & 10 (for XP & Vista) to the latest release.

Some of the biggest problems is usually not having DirectX 9.0C latest release installed.

GregK,
MF6+ IS Vista compatible/Compliant.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:03 am

GregK wrote:Thanks for that bit of information, Vidoman, because I recently updated to Win XP SP3.....but I see nothing on the DirectX site about a version 10, only the most recent update from June 2008 which says it is version 9.23.1350 (which I went through, though). Is there actually a v10 somewhere, or are you rounding up numbers?

Possibly this might be the problem. I am currently investigating issues with
XP SP3 and MediaStudio Pro 8. It seems to be working fine on my partition containing XP SP2, but the copy on my partition containing XP SP3 keeps generating error messages.

Please view:
Anyone got a problem with XP SP3 and MSP8 ?

GregK · Post by **GregK** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:56 pm

sjj1805 wrote: Possibly this might be the problem. I am currently investigating issues with
XP SP3 and MediaStudio Pro 8. It seems to be working fine on my partition containing XP SP2, but the copy on my partition containing XP SP3 keeps generating error messages.[/url]

Etech and SJJ:

Thanks for that bit of info regarding XP SP3. It hasn't really occurred to me that the period little problems I have with DMF6 might be XP SP3-related. The other one here at home has a laptop with Vista (not sure which version of DirectX he has, though), and I don't believe he has any problems with DMF.

Also: Can someone please explain further and more fully regarding DirectX 10? Is the file version for it actually supposed to be numbered as version 10, and is it actually posted and supported by Microsoft for XP, or is it a Vista-only thing as i seem to keep reading online (based on a Google search I did about DirectX 10)?

etech6355 · Post by **etech6355** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:19 am

Here's some more information: ( from Microsoft )

Will DirectX 10 be available for Windows XP?

No. Windows Vista, which has DirectX 10, includes an updated DirectX runtime based on the runtime in Windows XP SP2 (DirectX 9.0c) with changes to work with the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and the new audio driver stack, and with other updates in the operating system. In addition to Direct3D 9, Windows Vista supports two new interfaces when the correct video hardware and drivers are present: Direct3D9Ex and Direct3D10.

Since these new interfaces rely on the WDDM technology, they will never be available on earlier versions of Windows. All the other changes made to DirectX technologies for Windows Vista are also specific to the new version of Windows. The name DirectX 10 is misleading in that many technologies shipping in the DirectX SDK (XACT, XINPUT, D3DX) are not encompassed by this version number. So, referring to the version number of the DirectX runtime as a whole has lost much of its meaning, even for 9.0c. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool (DXdiag.exe) on Windows Vista does report DirectX 10, but this really only refers to Direct3D 10.

Frequently Asked Questions about DirectX:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219721.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... Windows_XP