My problem occurs when I try to open a video file saved on my hard drive. The video is captured using ADS Tech DVD Xpress and their CapWiz software. I do eventually get the file open and am able to finish my project without any further glitches. But on an average of 10 attempts I’d say that 4 of those take 3 or more tries before the file opens; some a lot more.
I’m using MovieFactory 3SE, Running Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. I have used the both the MAIN Project Launcher and the DVDMF.exe methods to get to the Add Edit Media Page. I click the add video files button, (I’ve also tried the Alt+v shortcut), and opened the dialog box; I use the ‘browse’ button to locate the file, selected it and click open, (I’ve also pressed the Enter Key); and then various things happen: the dialog box will disappear, the dialog box will disappear leaving a cut-out hole in the Add Edit Media Page, the dialog box will disappear leaving the ‘working cursor’ running, a popup displaying program is not responding appears, which is in fact what they all mean. I’ve spent 30 to 40 minutes trying to open a file. I’ve tried different timings between selecting and opening the file, why? because sometimes the file opens the first time just like its supposed to. Sometimes it takes 12 tries or 2 or 33 or just 1. The problem is a frustrating puzzle of ‘why doesn’t it work?’ and ‘what made it start working now?’ Is it a random bug on the loose crashing the program or a key sequence that I’ve accidentally hit upon that made the file open? The file will open, but something will also shut the program down no matter what size the file is. Is there something about the Open Video File dialog box that I should know about?
curious Garrison
