# Windows Movie Maker 2 question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-movie-maker-2-question/221818>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-movie-maker-2-question/221818 "2003-12-30T19:22:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-movie-maker-2-question/221818/1 "2003-12-30T19:22:26Z")

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So, I prepared a video (from camcorder footage) using Windows Movie Maker 2 and burned the same to a CD-ROM. When I view the film burned on to the CD on my home computer, it all looks great. However, when I go to play it on another computer, only the audio is displayed.

The video information is clearly there, but is just not getting picked up. Any thoughts? I tried it on my sister-in-law’s computer and on my office computer with the same results.

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-movie-maker-2-question/221818/2 "2003-12-30T21:01:03Z")

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The other computers are probably missing a codec. Can they view the [samples](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/videos/samples/default.asp) on Microsoft’s site? If not, and assuming your clips are in the same format, you’ll need the [Windows Media 9 codecs](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=06fcaab7-dcc9-466b-b0c4-04db144bb601&displaylang=en) or [Windows Media Player 9](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0175119-9a5b-44c3-b1de-9b2a9aa6cff6&displaylang=en). I recommend the former. I still use WMP 6.4.

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**Author:** ![jeevmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jeevmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevmon)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-movie-maker-2-question/221818/3 "2003-12-30T21:31:46Z")

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Well, the codecs don’t seem to fix it, at least not at the office.

I’ve got Windows Media Player 7 at the office. I’m leery of downloading 9 onto an office computer. We’re running 98, and I’m not 100% sure if we’re running first or second edition.

_sigh_ Thanks for the tips, **neutron star**. I’ll have to test the Media Player 9 theory somehow. Anyone else have any thoughts?