Ok, so you're healing, right? About the "'showing 7 seconds": Sometimes people don't join little clips together in the right way, but just copy the clips together with the "copy /b" DOS command, like HJSplit do. In that case there are several file headers in the whole clip which show the runtime of the independent clips, instead of the time of the one whole movie. I don't say that this is the origin of your "7 secs problem", especially in every time, but maybe, sometimes. Not to mention the movies with incorrect extension. Usually, it's not a big deal, because the programs handle them according by their header, not by extension. You can check the correct codec/header/extension with special programs like MediaInfo or G-Spot. Or with Total Commander's built in viewer (Lister), if you have experienced with recognizing movie headers with the naked eye. BTW, I've attached this pic with common movie headers, viewed with TC: "I am able to join some wmv files but not split them...." Well, it could be a codec problem too, but more likely a problem affected by the splitting program. (Cutting is far harder issue than joining for the programs.) As I've said above: "For example Easy Video Splitter not works well with all kind of files for me, especially wmv, often freezes, but Easy Video Joiner is fine. Boilsoft Video Splitter does the splitting well, but don't shows the right colors for wmvs (only ca. 4 strange negative colors), it's hard to navigate in the movie, so I've picked Xilisoft Video Editor for wmvs, which seems to be fine in every aspect... Life is a bitch, especially at video editing. So there is no absolute solution." I'm not able to cut from all kind of vids either... Especially some rm, mov, wmv and flv. So, if I really need a cut, and the vid is not so long, then I convert it to an easily handled form, like mpeg or divx, then do the cut on it. But usually I give up. About Roxio: Ok, you got this error message, but Roxio runs or not? I think not. (Because if it runs, there is no big problem, right? I'm smart... ) I can't imagine what a DVD burner want with your video card. (Actually, it seems to me an integrated video chipset on the motherboard, not an independent video card in a slot.) Maybe Roxio is wrestling with the directx drivers (which serves the video chipset and the DVD burner, like every program which have visualisation), and not with the driver of the video chipset. It seems quite logical... My advice is that you should install the newest directx first. That's easy and harmless. (maybe ) Then, if it still not works, try to install a newer driver for your video card (motherboard). But it's quite hard to find drivers sometimes on the internet. Intel has a good site, but you must know your chipset type exactly. So, I'm not really recommend this, but... Try to install Nero instead. I recommend you to install the micro version or the lite, not the full. But it just burns, nothing else. Can't convert and such, but install the fewest drivers and codecs. And I heard a few bad things about the 8.xx versions (especially about the cracked ones, it's hard to crack), so I recommend the micro version 7.xx I use it too, without problems. (There were some problems with 6.xx for me.) Good luck!
