This is my first attempt at using the Movie Maker that came with my Windows 8 computer.
I have a .mpg file that I created using a video capture device to get the file from a VHS machine.
The file is visible with other software, but when I load it into Movie Maker, I get the audio, but the video is black.

Just for test purposes, I tried loading a .wmv and a .mp4 file, and they both work.

What's the problem with the .mpg?
I'd really like to work with it without have to run it through a conversion program (I'm afraid it will be degraded beyond its VHS quality).

UPDATE:   I found another .mpg file on my system that came with the computer (nature.mpg).
I works.  Seems that it's just the file from the VHS tape.