Why are my Windows MovieMaker videos in Black and White?

[ShadowMystDK]

Guys,

I got an odd bit of technical difficulty that has me baffled and I'm hoping one of y'all know what is going wrong and how to fix it.

Lately, when I record a movie in Windows MovieMaker, once the full movie is saved in WMV format to my hard drive, it is in black and white. It doesn't matter what player I use (Windows Media Player, Winamp, Itunes) - they all show in B&W; however when the movie is uploaded to YouTube, it's back in color.

Any idea what's wrong with my settings or comp?

Thanks,
ShadowMystDK

[HardCorePawn]

Sounds like your wmv codec is stuffed and configged to display in B&W... whereas the Flash Video Codec (ie. YouTube vids) are configged to show in colour...

Have you installed one of the codec packs like CCCP or K-Lite??

I can highly recommend CCCP.

[ShadowMystDK]

Thanks,
I tried the CCCP codec pack, installed it, and even used their player, and it still don't work . I had installed Windows Media 9 earlier to fix it as well.
I'm not sure what it is doing it, but even movies I know were recorded in color are showing up in B&W - in all 3 players.