Why Windows Live Movie Maker won't play wmv?

Posted by Cory Engebretson on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Cory Engebretson
Published on 2010-05-18T03:25:03Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 3:31 UTC
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I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with Windows Live Movie Maker. The wmv files play find in Windows Media player, but I only get audio in Movie Maker. Movie Maker plays avi's just fine.

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