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Cooter
23rd of January 2004 (Fri), 06:50
Hi all, as you can see I'm new here and I am also new to digi photography. I purchased the ixus 400 a couple of days ago and so far I love it, easy to use and takes great pics. However yesterday I took a couple of short movie clips with it, they replayed fine on the camera but after downloading to PC they played very jerky and at 3 or 4 times the speed. Any ideas or simple solutions please. Thanx in advance :)

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mike j
23rd of January 2004 (Fri), 07:46
It could be a codec problem - what player are you using to play them on your PC ?

Try a couple of different ones (eg. QuickTime and Media Player) and see if you get the same problem on each.

PC spec may also be an issue (eg. processor speed, hard-drive speed etc) although my old 700MHz Pentium III machine never had any problems !

I've never had a problem with the movies from my IXUS400.
Bear in mind that they won't look as smooth as movies taken on a camcorder.

Mike.
Cooter
23rd of January 2004 (Fri), 09:13
thanx mike, i have been playing them on windows media. I realise the pic quality wont be crisp but the speed they play at make them unwatchable. And PC speeds are right up to date so shouldnt be a problem.
stopbath
23rd of January 2004 (Fri), 11:52
I've never had any trouble with my still camera movies (various viewers). Try another viewer, or check the settings for the viewer, perhaps it's overriding the clips frame speed. :?
Cooter
23rd of January 2004 (Fri), 12:15
and yet more problems! my hp printer card slot has decided not to read my CF cards anymore. keeps coming up with "error on card". any ideas? guess i may need to start another thread on this one.
UK_Terry
23rd of January 2004 (Fri), 14:57
and yet more problems! my hp printer card slot has decided not to read my CF cards anymore. keeps coming up with "error on card". any ideas? guess i may need to start another thread on this one.

Reformat the card, that should cure the problem
Cooter
25th of January 2004 (Sun), 06:15
and yet more problems! my hp printer card slot has decided not to read my CF cards anymore. keeps coming up with "error on card". any ideas? guess i may need to start another thread on this one.

Reformat the card, that should cure the problem

thanx Terry but after trying several cards I narrowed the problem down to the card slot. After alot of delicate fiddling around with a chopstick and a torch I have now realigned one of the pins in the slot that I had bent over. Thanx for all your replies but I'm still getting the speedy movies, only on pc, not tv or cam screen.
Cooter
1st of February 2004 (Sun), 10:43
just to let everyone know i have solved this problem by downloading and using Quicktime rather than windows media player. Though I still dont know why my clips wouldnt play through windows media when everyone elses seem to :?
UK_Terry
1st of February 2004 (Sun), 10:57
just to let everyone know i have solved this problem by downloading and using Quicktime rather than windows media player. Though I still dont know why my clips wouldnt play through windows media when everyone elses seem to :?


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platinumdoc
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 04:46
I have a program called Videofactory that I used for my Mini DV Camcorder but it doesn't recognize the Avi's of the the Canon S400. Does anyone have a suggestion?
UK_Terry
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 11:02
I have a program called Videofactory that I used for my Mini DV Camcorder but it doesn't recognize the Avi's of the the Canon S400. Does anyone have a suggestion?

I use Pinnacle Expression, and it recognises the Canon AVI from my S45.

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