Womble Mpeg Editor help, please. Thanks.

[seymoria]

Hi all.

I am using Womble's Mpeg Video Editor v4.0. Imported two mpeg videos in the timeline to join together. Fig-1.

Earlier, I could drag them in the timeline to wherever I wanted (e.g. swap their positions etc.). But now, I cant do that. A 'NO' sign appears, (the one that resembles a donut with a slash across it).

Please help.

Thanks.
Amer

[Brainiac]

Hi

Make sure that the track isn't locked. Right click on the camerra to the left of the track and choose unlock.

Brainiac

[seymoria]

Hi.

Thank you for your response.

Its not locked. I think when you have it locked it displays a 'lock' symbol there.

Amer

[Brainiac]

I cannot duplicate your problem. Have you tried the latest version? It's worth a try if not.

Brainiac

[loster]

donut with a slash? I think that means the file referenced has been moved or deleted.

[Brainiac]

If the file were deleted or moved there would be an x on the lower right corner of the file on the timeline and in the browser. But I did notice that there is no video showing on either of the monitors. Try another file on the timeline and see what happens.

Brainiac

[tmw]

I haven't had that issue either, but you can try right clicking on a gap, and select "Clear All Gaps". That would effectively join them, if that's your goal, albeit in a work-around. I'm not sure what is going on for you.

[seymoria]

Hi all friends.

Thanks very much for all your kind suggestions.

The problem got solved by reinstallation.

Best Regards,
Amer

[David5]

I had the same problem, but it did not solve by re-installing alone.
I had to delete some of the files in the settings directory which is hidden somewhere in
\Users\...\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (86)\Womble Multimedia\MPEG Video Wizard DVD\Configs
I seem to remember that I had the same effect before, and I solved it by deleting several of the entries
in the Project - Clip - Video window...

[David5]

Update:
Stop MVW
Search for the file TimeLine.cfg in the above mentioned directory or whereever MVW stores its config.
Edit this file and change the entry
InfoBox= 0 0 0 1
into
InfoBox= 0 0 0 0
Save the file and restart MVW.
The clips can be moved by drag and drop again.
Greetings
David