MikeJ
Fri Sep 01 21:54:01 CDT 2006
Freen,
Thanks. I spent a couple of hours debugging after posting here. I ran it
down to Music Match, which gave me trouble about a year ago whe I updated it.
It blocked ALL music from Media Player, incuding my own recorded music. It
would tell me I didn't have the proper license.
I removed Music Match, reinstalled it and then upgraded Media Player. All
worked fine after.
I updated Music Match this afternoon and now Movie Maker is working. Wierd
as I hadn't done any updates before Movie Maker quit.
What ticks me off is MS and their so called support. Their support is users
like you and I who spend hours and hours begugging their software and then
letting other know the fix. To think I alpha tested sveral DOS versions and
Windows platforms just to get currect versions.
Thanks!
Mike
"Freen" wrote:
> Hi Mike J.
>
> I can feel your pain since I myself have spent countless hours trying
> to figure out what the problem was.
>
> I have used Windows Movie Maker many times with no problems.
>
> Just recently (last month or two), I have been receiving the error
> message "Window Movie Maker cannot save....".
>
> I was trying to use the software with more disk space (NTFS) and RAM
> than I did when the software operated properly and I still was getting
> the error message.
>
> The problem was not associated with size of the project, the size or
> location of the source file(s), or the type of the source file(s).
>
> I was getting the error message every time I tried to save the movie
> off to my computer and it made absolutely no difference what I did to
> attempt to fix the problem.
>
> I then read the following on this website:
>
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html
>
> "A number of users reported their issues resolved by reinstalling the
> Windows Media Player... I don't undertand the relationship, but want to
> pass it along."
>
> I reinstalled Microsoft Windows Media Player:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download
>
> Go figure!
> It fixed the problem for me and I am thrilled!
> I hope it works for you, too.
>
> Good Luck,
> Freen
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike J wrote:
> > Why? I have three computers runing XP.x This one that is having the same
> > problem as the original poster. I can not save any movie of any length. Pent
> > 4, 1 gig ram, 75 gig free on HD. NTFS file system. I have a desktop, Pent 4,
> > 1 gig ram, 80 gig available on HD and Movie Maker works fine.
> >
> > I have a 3rd older Pent 4, 1 gig Ram, 40 gig available on the HD, FAT32 file
> > system and Movie Maker works fine.
> >
> > So what is the point of what file system he has as I can tell you they both
> > work with moviemaker?
> >
> > I see nowhere on MS's site where you can download moviemaker to reload it
> > let alone remove it from your computer as it is part of the operating system.
> > Unless you had an older XP that you needed to load SP2, I guess you could
> > delete SP2 and reinstall it. This is only a guess as it seems like a lot of
> > work and could be disasterous to the computer as well.
> >
> > MS tells me I have to call HP. HP tells me it is a MS problem. As with the
> > original poster, we are between a rock and a hard place.
> >
> > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
> >
> > > What file system do you have on the hard drive, fat32 or ntfs.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Graham Hughes
> > > MVP Digital Media
> > > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > > www.simplydv.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Louxor34" <Louxor34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ADEE2F28-31EA-40F4-8085-2008DAB14DA3@microsoft.com...
> > > > Same problem to me.
> > > > My film was one hour long, i cant record it whatever i do.
> > > > I have 512 Mo DDR , DD Space Free is 25 Go.
> > > > I 've cut my project in two pieces of about one hundred scenes each.
> > > > So it make a fil of 30 minutes long.
> > > > It start to save in avi but stops at about 30 % of the file.
> > > > I've cut again in two pieces of 15 minutes.
> > > > its hang again at about 60 % of file.
> > > > Does that meens that WMM is not able to make more than 7 minutes of film
> > > in
> > > > avi ?
> > > > My PC is the average machine : AMD XP 2000 512 MO DDR , 2 HDD ( 80 Go for
> > > > System / 50 Go for video )
> > > > Thaks
> > > >
> > > > "kgregg" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > How much RAM does your machine have? I had the same problem, although
> > > my
> > > > > movie was considerably longer than 14 minutes, on my 256MB RAM machine.
> > > I
> > > > > tried it on a machine with 512MB and it saved without a problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ken Gregg
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "khizzle" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > My movie is only 14 minutes long, and is 176 mb. I have 29 gb of free
> > > space
> > > > > > on my drive. I'll check out that site right now.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Although your disc space may be half free, if your movie is an hour
> > > long and
> > > > > > > you have only 10gb left it is not enough.
> > > > > > > How large is the movie? how much space do you have? Check out
> > > > > > > www.papajohn.org problem solving > can't save a movie
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Graham Hughes
> > > > > > > MVP Digital Media
> > > > > > > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > > > > > > www.simplydv.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "khizzle" <khizzle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > > news:0ADF5416-1B84-4E50-A3F1-AADF182E3BE9@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > > > In windows movie maker, when I try to save my movie, it gives me
> > > the
> > > > > > > > following message:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > "Windows Movie Maker cannot save the movie to the specified
> > > location.
> > > > > > > Verify
> > > > > > > > that the original source files used in your movie are still
> > > available,
> > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > the saving location is still available, and that there is enough
> > > free disk
> > > > > > > > space available, and then try again."
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > However, all my files that are used in the movie are still in
> > > place, and
> > > > > > > my
> > > > > > > > disk space is half free. Does anyone have a suggestion for my
> > > problem?
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > > in advance.
> > > > > > >
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