PD not showing all of the imported video clip

Time

Newbie Joined: May 22, 2012 09:32 Messages: 20 Offline

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Feb 19, 2013 06:40

I have been trying to edit a film, it is a Windows Media Player (.VRO) file. When I paly it in Windows Media Player and other software it plays the entire clip which is about 1hr long. When I import it into PD it only shows about half of it and it has various bits missing. I have tried, out of curiosity, editing it in Windows Live Movie Maker and it will not even allow it to be impoted.

PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Feb 19, 2013 07:45

Quote: I have been trying to edit a film, it is a Windows Media Player (.VRO) file. When I paly it in Windows Media Player and other software it plays the entire clip which is about 1hr long. When I import it into PD it only shows about half of it and it has various bits missing. I have tried, out of curiosity, editing it in Windows Live Movie Maker and it will not even allow it to be impoted.

I try to install K-Lite_Codec_Pack can resolve in some cases.
http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
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Time

Newbie Joined: May 22, 2012 09:32 Messages: 20 Offline

Feb 19, 2013 09:19

Thanks for the advice, however I am not that technicaly adept and when I tried downloading from your link my screening software (Malwarebytes) detected adware and quarantined it. Is this site/software ok, am I alright to overide it?

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Feb 19, 2013 09:36

Quote: I have been trying to edit a film, it is a Windows Media Player (.VRO) file. When I paly it in Windows Media Player and other software it plays the entire clip which is about 1hr long. When I import it into PD it only shows about half of it and it has various bits missing. I have tried, out of curiosity, editing it in Windows Live Movie Maker and it will not even allow it to be impoted.

Before you install the codec pack, search the web for a VRO to mpg2 converter. There should be some free ones available. I use "Any Video Converter" (free). It says it will convert the file. No need to buy the pay for version.

Go here: http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

I fhtta doesn't work, you can try the codec pack. .
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PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Feb 20, 2013 11:03

Quote: Thanks for the advice, however I am not that technicaly adept and when I tried downloading from your link my screening software (Malwarebytes) detected adware and quarantined it. Is this site/software ok, am I alright to overide it?

Actually this increasingly complicated but downloading certain applications, is full of pitfalls, we must act as a detective in some cases, I refined the search and found this link that leads straight to the download.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/KLite-Codec-Pack_Full/1094057842/3 AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
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AMD Radeon R9 270 / AOC M2470SWD
Windows 7-64 / PD16 Ultimate

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Feb 20, 2013 13:39

Hi Time -

Even though VRO is listed as a compatible format for PD10, here are some links that may help explain why PD isn't reading them properly...

http://www.womble.com/support/FAQ10.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-VR - under VRO sub-heading

Steve's suggestion of converting to MPEG-2 (I think) would get you the result you're after.

Cheers - Tony
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