First time Movie Maker user

Created my first movie (mixture of photos, clips from digi cam) with
MovieMaker.
I saved movie to pc first. After viewing it I then saved to a DVD +R.
Attempted to view it off the disc on a pc and a dvd player but with no
success. Where did I go wrong? Anyone have any tips please.

I will try later today to save movie directly onto a DVD +R, rather than
onto pc initially.

Graham
Wed Nov 02 06:10:48 CST 2005

What authoring software have you used to make the dvd?
To make a dvd you need to save the movie from MM as a dv-avi file to your
pc. Import this into the dvd authoring software, and run through the steps
to make a dvd. This is make the menu, encode the avi file to mpeg and
author as vobs before burning.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"LavaLavaLady" <LavaLavaLady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:22D892E2-390C-468A-81FD-E0F1D7E987C5@microsoft.com...
> Created my first movie (mixture of photos, clips from digi cam) with
> MovieMaker.
> I saved movie to pc first. After viewing it I then saved to a DVD +R.
> Attempted to view it off the disc on a pc and a dvd player but with no
> success. Where did I go wrong? Anyone have any tips please.
>
> I will try later today to save movie directly onto a DVD +R, rather than
> onto pc initially.

leen
Wed Nov 02 10:00:08 CST 2005

When you say "authoring software" do you mean like NERO??? I'm having a heck
of a time as well. I plug in my camcorder....with firewire
cable...import...make my slides etc then "save to CD" because that is what it
says...CD...I'd like to save to DVD so that I can play in my DVD
player....what do I do from here. I'm sorry not technical here at
all...trying to get my way through this ...any help would be appreciated. I
go into media center...either "my videos" and create a CD/DVD or "create a
CD/DVD" under more programs it lets me do it but will not play in my sony
multiformat DVD player.

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> What authoring software have you used to make the dvd?
> To make a dvd you need to save the movie from MM as a dv-avi file to your
> pc. Import this into the dvd authoring software, and run through the steps
> to make a dvd. This is make the menu, encode the avi file to mpeg and
> author as vobs before burning.
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "LavaLavaLady" <LavaLavaLady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:22D892E2-390C-468A-81FD-E0F1D7E987C5@microsoft.com...
> > Created my first movie (mixture of photos, clips from digi cam) with
> > MovieMaker.
> > I saved movie to pc first. After viewing it I then saved to a DVD +R.
> > Attempted to view it off the disc on a pc and a dvd player but with no
> > success. Where did I go wrong? Anyone have any tips please.
> >
> > I will try later today to save movie directly onto a DVD +R, rather than
> > onto pc initially.
>
>
>

John
Wed Nov 02 11:29:01 CST 2005

leen wrote:
> When you say "authoring software" do you mean like
> NERO??? I'm having a heck of a time as well. I plug in my
> camcorder....with firewire cable...import...make my
> slides etc then "save to CD" because that is what it
> says...CD...I'd like to save to DVD so that I can play in
> my DVD player....what do I do from here. I'm sorry not
> technical here at all...trying to get my way through this
> ...any help would be appreciated. I go into media
> center...either "my videos" and create a CD/DVD or
> "create a CD/DVD" under more programs it lets me do it
> but will not play in my sony multiformat DVD player.

========================================

Maybe these links will get you started:

You mentioned Media Center?
Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software -
Media Center Edition 2005
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD-MCE.html

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

leen
Wed Nov 02 12:02:03 CST 2005

Using the Media Center 2005, Movie Maker version 5.1 and Nero 6

"John Inzer" wrote:

> leen wrote:
> > When you say "authoring software" do you mean like
> > NERO??? I'm having a heck of a time as well. I plug in my
> > camcorder....with firewire cable...import...make my
> > slides etc then "save to CD" because that is what it
> > says...CD...I'd like to save to DVD so that I can play in
> > my DVD player....what do I do from here. I'm sorry not
> > technical here at all...trying to get my way through this
> > ...any help would be appreciated. I go into media
> > center...either "my videos" and create a CD/DVD or
> > "create a CD/DVD" under more programs it lets me do it
> > but will not play in my sony multiformat DVD player.
>
> ========================================
>
> Maybe these links will get you started:
>
> You mentioned Media Center?
> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software -
> Media Center Edition 2005
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD-MCE.html
>
> Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
> http://tinyurl.com/644me
>
> How do I make a DVD
> http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm
>
> Windows Movie Maker Forums
> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/
>
> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html
>
> Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
> http://tinyurl.com/jqfz
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>
>

leen
Wed Nov 02 12:05:09 CST 2005

Using Media Center 2005, Movie Maker version 5.1 and Nero 6

"John Inzer" wrote:

> leen wrote:
> > When you say "authoring software" do you mean like
> > NERO??? I'm having a heck of a time as well. I plug in my
> > camcorder....with firewire cable...import...make my
> > slides etc then "save to CD" because that is what it
> > says...CD...I'd like to save to DVD so that I can play in
> > my DVD player....what do I do from here. I'm sorry not
> > technical here at all...trying to get my way through this
> > ...any help would be appreciated. I go into media
> > center...either "my videos" and create a CD/DVD or
> > "create a CD/DVD" under more programs it lets me do it
> > but will not play in my sony multiformat DVD player.
>
> ========================================
>
> Maybe these links will get you started:
>
> You mentioned Media Center?
> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software -
> Media Center Edition 2005
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD-MCE.html
>
> Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
> http://tinyurl.com/644me
>
> How do I make a DVD
> http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm
>
> Windows Movie Maker Forums
> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/
>
> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html
>
> Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
> http://tinyurl.com/jqfz
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>
>

bobh
Fri Nov 04 15:30:04 CST 2005

I have a two hour movie in *.wmv format, from which you cannot directly burn
DVDs. I understand that I can save to dv-avi, but my wo-hr movie will be
about 25 gigabytes, nearly all my available disc space. I am leery about
working with files this big. Regrettable situation, since MM is really good
software. There must be some burning software that handles *.wmv directly?

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> What authoring software have you used to make the dvd?
> To make a dvd you need to save the movie from MM as a dv-avi file to your
> pc. Import this into the dvd authoring software, and run through the steps
> to make a dvd. This is make the menu, encode the avi file to mpeg and
> author as vobs before burning.
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "LavaLavaLady" <LavaLavaLady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:22D892E2-390C-468A-81FD-E0F1D7E987C5@microsoft.com...
> > Created my first movie (mixture of photos, clips from digi cam) with
> > MovieMaker.
> > I saved movie to pc first. After viewing it I then saved to a DVD +R.
> > Attempted to view it off the disc on a pc and a dvd player but with no
> > success. Where did I go wrong? Anyone have any tips please.
> >
> > I will try later today to save movie directly onto a DVD +R, rather than
> > onto pc initially.
>
>
>

PapaJohn
Fri Nov 04 15:44:38 CST 2005

Sonic's DVD software handles WMV files as inputs, some others do also.

--
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"bob h" <bobh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E7622CB-3356-4CB2-B035-CB64A2F0CC47@microsoft.com...
>I have a two hour movie in *.wmv format, from which you cannot directly
>burn
> DVDs. I understand that I can save to dv-avi, but my wo-hr movie will be
> about 25 gigabytes, nearly all my available disc space. I am leery about
> working with files this big. Regrettable situation, since MM is really
> good
> software. There must be some burning software that handles *.wmv
> directly?
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> What authoring software have you used to make the dvd?
>> To make a dvd you need to save the movie from MM as a dv-avi file to your
>> pc. Import this into the dvd authoring software, and run through the
>> steps
>> to make a dvd. This is make the menu, encode the avi file to mpeg and
>> author as vobs before burning.
>>
>> --
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
>> www.dvds2treasure.com
>> www.simplydv.com
>>
>>
>> "LavaLavaLady" <LavaLavaLady@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:22D892E2-390C-468A-81FD-E0F1D7E987C5@microsoft.com...
>> > Created my first movie (mixture of photos, clips from digi cam) with
>> > MovieMaker.
>> > I saved movie to pc first. After viewing it I then saved to a DVD +R.
>> > Attempted to view it off the disc on a pc and a dvd player but with no
>> > success. Where did I go wrong? Anyone have any tips please.
>> >
>> > I will try later today to save movie directly onto a DVD +R, rather
>> > than
>> > onto pc initially.
>>
>>
>>

Amy
Mon Nov 07 03:09:15 CST 2005

Add this link to your list.

http://www.newcyberian.com/howto/dvdauthoring.html

You can use Windows Movie Maker to capture the video into DV-AVI, then use
free software suggested in the article to do the editing, encoding,
authoring, and mastering.

Amy



"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
news:efkgrL93FHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> leen wrote:
> > When you say "authoring software" do you mean like
> > NERO??? I'm having a heck of a time as well. I plug in my
> > camcorder....with firewire cable...import...make my
> > slides etc then "save to CD" because that is what it
> > says...CD...I'd like to save to DVD so that I can play in
> > my DVD player....what do I do from here. I'm sorry not
> > technical here at all...trying to get my way through this
> > ...any help would be appreciated. I go into media
> > center...either "my videos" and create a CD/DVD or
> > "create a CD/DVD" under more programs it lets me do it
> > but will not play in my sony multiformat DVD player.
>
> ========================================
>
> Maybe these links will get you started:
>
> You mentioned Media Center?
> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software -
> Media Center Edition 2005
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD-MCE.html
>
> Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
> http://tinyurl.com/644me
>
> How do I make a DVD
> http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm
>
> Windows Movie Maker Forums
> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/
>
> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html
>
> Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
> http://tinyurl.com/jqfz
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
> How to ask a newsgroup question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
>
>

Wojo
Mon Nov 07 09:08:28 CST 2005

But you do get what you pay for in DVD authoring.
The free options on that list are good ones but I wouldn't recommend them to
a DVD hobbiest.
I would recommend them to somebody that just has a project or two to do and
that's it because why spend the money for something you won't use.
If you plan to do a lot of movies however I would recommend something a
little more high-end that can give you more DVD features and options such as
Ulead's products or something similar.
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"Amy Wes" <a.wes@unforgetablewedding.com> wrote in message
news:%QEbf.10475$7h7.6110@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> Add this link to your list.
>
> http://www.newcyberian.com/howto/dvdauthoring.html
>
> You can use Windows Movie Maker to capture the video into DV-AVI, then use
> free software suggested in the article to do the editing, encoding,
> authoring, and mastering.
>
> Amy
>
>
>
> "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
> news:efkgrL93FHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> leen wrote:
>> > When you say "authoring software" do you mean like
>> > NERO??? I'm having a heck of a time as well. I plug in my
>> > camcorder....with firewire cable...import...make my
>> > slides etc then "save to CD" because that is what it
>> > says...CD...I'd like to save to DVD so that I can play in
>> > my DVD player....what do I do from here. I'm sorry not
>> > technical here at all...trying to get my way through this
>> > ...any help would be appreciated. I go into media
>> > center...either "my videos" and create a CD/DVD or
>> > "create a CD/DVD" under more programs it lets me do it
>> > but will not play in my sony multiformat DVD player.
>>
>> ========================================
>>
>> Maybe these links will get you started:
>>
>> You mentioned Media Center?
>> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software -
>> Media Center Edition 2005
>> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD-MCE.html
>>
>> Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
>> http://tinyurl.com/644me
>>
>> How do I make a DVD
>> http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm
>>
>> Windows Movie Maker Forums
>> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
>> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html
>>
>> Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
>> http://tinyurl.com/jqfz
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer
>> MS Picture It! MVP
>> How to ask a newsgroup question:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>