What I suspect was going on before was there was some conflict between WMM 2.2 and one of the other video apps which was causing WWM 2.2 to crash every time I tried to import an. Hover your cursor over it and it’ll show you the input codec and output codec being used. AVI file you just imported and look down in the right side of your system tray and you should see the ffdshow icon. Uncheck ALL the other video apps listed EXCEPT those starting with Microsoft, ffdshow Audio Decoder and ffdshow Video Decoder.

Next, open WMM 2.2 and select Tools/Options/Compatibility.

Highlight DirectShow Control and check the box “Use ffdshow only in:' and check the box below it. First, download and install the K-Lite Codec Pack from Next, go to Programs/K-Lite Codec Pack/Configuration/ffdshow video decoder. I’M REALLY GETTING FED UP! please someone help me! it imports into windows movie maker but it doesn’t play the video only the audio. i did the gspot thing and it said i had the codeac for the movie. i want to use windows movie maker because i did it with twilight on my old laptop and it worked. the movie i am tryin to do is the proposal. i’m trying to put two parts of a movie together to make it one movie. can’t someone tell us what the hell to do!!!!! I’VE DOWNLOADED EVERY CODEAC AND NOTHING HELPS WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER TO PLAY THE VIDEO OF AN AVI MOVIE. the whatever decoder doesn’t show up and the only thing that does is the avi decompressor. Why hasn’t anyone answered this question!!! there’s so many of us that have this problem. I did what Bongos said, but when I went into the Tools>Options>Compatability, there was only ONE box, and it was already checked, it was called “AVI Decompressor”, I’ve clicked and unclicked it many times with no change, any suggestions?

Still.Solution - problem solved - happy days. It should now play and be 'editiable'Īll that was a breeze to do for me, I really am at a loss why so many were able to do the hard part and look for the codec and install but not the easy part 'looking for the check boxes to check' Restat Windows Movie Maker and import your clip that would not play before. Now you will see either several, or few 'codec filters' find the 'ffdshow' one and click the check box next to it. Once opened that look for the tab called 'Compatability' and click that. Once done, on the file menue look for 'Tools' you click that, and then go to 'Options' - it is at the bottom of the Tools menu. And notice that not all of the 'check boxes' are clicked. You download the K-Lite Codec Pack, for example from: I find it amazing from this and other Forums that people ask the same questions over and over which are clear for all to read and execute.Īn example here is a confusion as to the 'check all boxes' - What this means is very simple:

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