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Black preview screen in Movie Maker
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    Black preview screen in Movie Maker

    Every time I try to play a video or audio clip, the preview screen is black
    and there is no sound. The same thing happens when I play videos I made in in
    past projects. Does anyone know why this may have happened. And if so, how do
    I fix this problem? Thanks in advance.



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    Re: Black preview screen in Movie Maker

    Open Movie Maker and have a look at the setings under Tools>Options >Advanced make sure they are correct for the typs of dvd you are palying

    Hope this helps

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    Re: Black preview screen in Movie Maker

    Thanks, but I don't think it's a DVD problem. My media player plays my DVDs
    fine.

    "SIW2" wrote:

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    > Open Movie Maker and have a look at the setings under Tools>Options

    > >Advanced make sure they are correct for the typs of dvd you are palying
    >
    > Hope this helps
    >
    > SIW2
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    Re: Black preview screen in Movie Maker

    Hi,

    Are you able to see the video clips in the left pane, then when you highlight one and click play at the top do you get the play clip option ?

    Or if you right click one of the video files in the left pane, do you get the play option ?


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    Re: Black preview screen in Movie Maker

    Hello,

    I see all the video and audio clips I had previously uploaded on Movie
    Maker. When I right click and press play on any of them, there is no video or
    sound in the preview screen.

    "SIW2" wrote:

    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > Are you able to see the video clips in the left pane, then when you
    > highlight one and click play at the top do you get the play clip option
    > ?
    >
    > Or if you right click one of the video files in the left pane, do you
    > get the play option ?
    >
    >
    > SIW2
    >
    >
    > --
    > SIW2
    >

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