At the beginning of the holiday I made two short video clips of my Spanish friend Cristina and I chatting, the conversations were designed for my Spanish Continuation course at RFDC. I copied the clips from my camera onto both my own laptop and the AdEd laptop. I was hoping to use the very useful software Movie Maker, which I used a year ago quite successfully. I now have a different laptop from the one I used last year.
Unfortunately the video clips on the AdEd laptop aren't usable - when I try to open them I am told "The drive or network is unavailable". I'm perplexed - I copied them the same way as I always have done. I'd been hoping to edit them and use them in class next Monday - now I need to find out whether I can use the projector with my own laptop, which unfortunately doesn't have the editing soft ware, but shows the video clips very well.
Has anyone else come across similar problems and able to advise?
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Oh Lizzie, how very frustrating for you.
Sadly, I'm not sure I can help beyond providing sympathy and that's not much use. But I'll ask around and if I can come up with an answer I will.
I wonder if importing the video files by a different means will hekp. I assume you still have the original file son the camera card?
Thanks Gill, yes it was frustrating. So using the memory stick I copied the video clips from my laptop to the AdEd laptop and they now show very well.
Wow is me! Despite following Jane's very clear instructions on using the projector with the laptop, I've been unable to project the video from the laptop. I'm going to give up trying now. I have a small class tomorrow, only 7 and 2 have let me know they'll be away, we'll be able to watch the clips on the laptop.
Lizzie - fantastic! REally good to hear that you got it (partly) sorted. But you're right that there are occasional and ongoing problems with getting a laptop and projector to work together. It seems that some combinations just do not speak to one another and I have no idea why. Some say it could be to do with the Codec - the language of "conversation" between the two machines....but I am so poor with techy stuff that I can't explain any more. A colleague who was using her own kit telephoned the tech support at Toshiba or wherever and got a useful answer - perhaps we need to do the same?
Glad it's part solved anyway...and even better, as a result of your own workaround. That's satisfying isn't it?!
(applause) for you!
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