MAINEWOOD59 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I created a walkthrough which I saved to my computer and played several times using the windows player. I have lengthened and edited the walkthrough and now windows will not play it?? Chieftalk walkthru.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Maybe need to reboot the machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designers_Ink Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I get that on longer videos pretty often. The solution I found was to download free program from Anysoft called Any Video Converter. I then just convert the video file to a "custom .AVI" at the higher resolution (even if the file is already an .avi file. The file then opens fine for me. For some reason, if I keep the video under 29 seconds, it opens fine without having to go through these additional steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 What settings are you using to create the walkthrough? Which file format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisualDandD Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Check your file sizes. If they are big....like 500mg+, you have the wrong codec set. For some reason the program comes by default set to IYUV. This needs to be changed to "XVID" under Preferences>Render>Codec options. You may have to download and install the XVID codec. Just google and install. Once you use that I can make a 2min walk-through that is only about 60mb. They should make this more clear for people and I found it by accident somehow. I used to get 1gb vids and have to convert with Microsoft movie maker to get them to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electromen Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I recorded and played your walkthrough on my Mac and it plays fine. I used the Default for Apple which is QuickTime (.mov) The file size is 340 MB, codec is H.264, duration 3:15, and I used 30 frames per second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution MAINEWOOD59 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Solution Share Posted February 1, 2015 Check your file sizes. If they are big....like 500mg+, you have the wrong codec set. For some reason the program comes by default set to IYUV. This needs to be changed to "XVID" under Preferences>Render>Codec options. You may have to download and install the XVID codec. Just google and install. Once you use that I can make a 2min walk-through that is only about 60mb. They should make this more clear for people and I found it by accident somehow. I used to get 1gb vids and have to convert with Microsoft movie maker to get them to play. This worked! Thank you! I tried the convert video download but the resulting conversion was not of the same viewing quality. Thanks to all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I have been working on walkthroughs recently on an exterior project basically using an arc as the path. I just downloaded and installed the xvid codec and have a problem on the first walkthrough I have done using it. See attached.. Main preview pane is screwed up. THe other panes look fine. It plays fine in Windows media player but this is what I get in movie maker. Others I have done in movie maker are all fine. Could it be the codec? IF so why only in movie maker and not media player as they are both Microsoft? The only other difference is that I converted the arc to a spline and made some adjustments. I will have to play with some settings to see what is causing this. THe whole movie has that skewed look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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