OFF97: Camcorder Movie Appears Clipped When Played
Article ID: 161138
Article Last Modified on 11/22/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q161138
SYMPTOMS
When you play an Audio-Video Interleaved (.avi) file, a portion of the
movie may be clipped or truncated.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you record the .avi file with Microsoft Camcorder,
and then play the movie on a computer that uses a lower video resolution
compared to the resolution on the computer on which you recorded the file.
Microsoft Camcorder plays an .avi file using the same screen resolution
with which you record it. For example, if you record the .avi file on a
computer that uses a video resolution of 1,024x768 pixels, and then play
the .avi file on a computer that uses a (lower) video resolution of 640x480
pixels, only the upper-left 640x480 pixels appear.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, either play the movie with the same video
resolution with which you record it, or record the movie with the lowest
video resolution.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 97 OFF97 clip monitor upper left recording cut off cutoff
Keywords: KB161138