Moth3r said:

I suggest you try and find out more details about the file - load it into VirtualDub, or try GSpot/MediaInfo on it.

Thank you so much! I analyzed it with MediaInfo and it told me that I needed the XViD codec. Once I downloaded that, it worked like a charm. For some reason, I thought the XViD codec came with ffdshow.

Sorry to bother you again, but I'm having a similar problem with another file. This time it doesn't show a picture, but instead of being solid black, it's black with a greenish tint. Again, the audio works fine. According to MediaInfo, the file uses the DivX 5 codec, which I installed. Still nothing. I even re-downloaded the file to make sure it was correct. Any suggestions?

Transcode it before working with it.  XviD and DivX are terrible formats to edit with anyway.

Then again, I know nothing about how Womble works, so that might not matter so much.

Womble does not like editing anything other than MPEG-2 files.  That is more or less what I would expect to see.  I agree with ChainsawAsh: don't edit DivX or XviD, if that is what you have.  If you encode the files to MPEG-2, edit and smart render, you might achieve passable quality, but I would hate to resort to this.  Is the original source of your video unavailable?

I'm almost ashamed to say it, but I'm a huge Power Rangers fan. Basically, I've got the highest quality encodes available (some are DVD-quality, others are just above passable) for a certain set of episodes and I wanted to make an edit of just the fight scenes. I'll try converting to MPEG2 and see if that helps. Is there a recommended program for that?