Help to Save Movie to computer

Read many past posts and still I cannot save my movie to desktop and then
eventually to disc. I have cut my movie down from 20 minutes to 3 minutes (
17.5 MB) and still cannot save it. I have a new computer with approx. 125 GB
free space right now and have deleted much of the background activity. What
am I doing wrong??????

John
Fri May 02 17:50:07 PDT 2008

inai wrote:
> Read many past posts and still I cannot save my movie to desktop and
> then eventually to disc. I have cut my movie down from 20 minutes to
> 3 minutes (
> 17.5 MB) and still cannot save it. I have a new computer with
> approx. 125 GB free space right now and have deleted much of the
> background activity. What am I doing wrong??????
==================================
Your answer may be in the following articles...
file compatibility may be the issue...

Movie Maker 2 - Problem Solving -
'Can't Save A Movie'
http://tinyurl.com/yjvztz
or
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
or...
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Also:

How do I convert an mpeg to WMV
with Windows Media Encoder?
http://tinyurl.com/2m4gob
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/ConvertMpeg2wmv.html

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

inai
Fri May 02 18:46:00 PDT 2008

I have already read papa john and tinyurl info. and movie maker help topics
on this problem. It does not seem that I have any memory quota problems.
Already uninstalled, reinstalled W media Player. That did not help. As I
mentioned my movie in only 17 MBs (3 minutes)and my current memory is at 125
GBs. Any suggestions? I am also a newbie and do not understand much of this
computer language, but am learning quickly. Any other information would be
greatly appreciated.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> inai wrote:
> > Read many past posts and still I cannot save my movie to desktop and
> > then eventually to disc. I have cut my movie down from 20 minutes to
> > 3 minutes (
> > 17.5 MB) and still cannot save it. I have a new computer with
> > approx. 125 GB free space right now and have deleted much of the
> > background activity. What am I doing wrong??????
> ==================================
> Your answer may be in the following articles...
> file compatibility may be the issue...
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Problem Solving -
> 'Can't Save A Movie'
> http://tinyurl.com/yjvztz
> or
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
> http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
> or...
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html
>
> File type compatibility with Movie Maker
> http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
> or...
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm
>
> Also:
>
> How do I convert an mpeg to WMV
> with Windows Media Encoder?
> http://tinyurl.com/2m4gob
> or...
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/ConvertMpeg2wmv.html
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John
Fri May 02 19:18:40 PDT 2008

inai wrote:
> I have already read papa john and tinyurl info. and movie maker help
> topics on this problem. It does not seem that I have any memory
> quota problems. Already uninstalled, reinstalled W media Player.
> That did not help. As I mentioned my movie in only 17 MBs (3
> minutes)and my current memory is at 125 GBs. Any suggestions? I am
> also a newbie and do not understand much of this computer language,
> but am learning quickly. Any other information would be greatly
> appreciated.
================================
I don't know what you read and am not
having fun trying to guess...but incompatible
source files may be at the heart of the issue.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

inai
Sat May 03 06:07:00 PDT 2008

Thank you for trying to help me with this problem.
I am not sure it is a conversion issue, since I have been able to save 4
short movies from WMM onto my desktop (approx. size 20-30 MBs) as WMV. Do
you have any suggestions what I could try?

"John Inzer" wrote:

> inai wrote:
> > I have already read papa john and tinyurl info. and movie maker help
> > topics on this problem. It does not seem that I have any memory
> > quota problems. Already uninstalled, reinstalled W media Player.
> > That did not help. As I mentioned my movie in only 17 MBs (3
> > minutes)and my current memory is at 125 GBs. Any suggestions? I am
> > also a newbie and do not understand much of this computer language,
> > but am learning quickly. Any other information would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> ================================
> I don't know what you read and am not
> having fun trying to guess...but incompatible
> source files may be at the heart of the issue.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John
Sat May 03 06:18:18 PDT 2008

inai wrote:
> Thank you for trying to help me with this problem.
> I am not sure it is a conversion issue, since I have been able to
> save 4 short movies from WMM onto my desktop (approx. size 20-30 MBs)
> as WMV. Do you have any suggestions what I could try?
================================
What are the formats of your source files?

The articles I previously posted for you should
offer some useful info.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

inai
Sat May 03 08:45:01 PDT 2008

Thank you for responding so quickly.
I have spent countless hours on this problem.
This is what I have:
XP2, movie maker 2.1, wmv, jpeg, mpg, 125GB free space, went from a 47MB
size to 17.5MB movie size and still will not save,
have just downloaded XP codec pkg. which did not help, reinstalled Windows
Media Player 11 which did not help
all files and folders are still intact in their original location and all
pictures are my own.
Thank you for your help.
"John Inzer" wrote:

> inai wrote:
> > Thank you for trying to help me with this problem.
> > I am not sure it is a conversion issue, since I have been able to
> > save 4 short movies from WMM onto my desktop (approx. size 20-30 MBs)
> > as WMV. Do you have any suggestions what I could try?
> ================================
> What are the formats of your source files?
>
> The articles I previously posted for you should
> offer some useful info.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John
Sat May 03 11:25:25 PDT 2008

inai wrote:
> Thank you for responding so quickly.
> I have spent countless hours on this problem.
> This is what I have:
> XP2, movie maker 2.1, wmv, jpeg, mpg, 125GB free space, went from a
> 47MB size to 17.5MB movie size and still will not save,
> have just downloaded XP codec pkg. which did not help, reinstalled
> Windows Media Player 11 which did not help
> all files and folders are still intact in their original location and
> all pictures are my own.
> Thank you for your help.
====================================
Ok...you are using jpegs and mpgs
and the article clearly states that JPEG
and MPEG files can have compatibility
issues.

Please read the following articles.

Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
or...
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Also:

How do I convert an mpeg to WMV
with Windows Media Encoder?
http://tinyurl.com/2m4gob
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/ConvertMpeg2wmv.html


--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

inai
Sun May 04 16:00:01 PDT 2008

Thank you for your assistance. I downloaded a codec converter and everything
went smoothly, and now I also have audio!!!! I finally was able to create
movies!!

Thanks,

"John Inzer" wrote:

> inai wrote:
> > Thank you for responding so quickly.
> > I have spent countless hours on this problem.
> > This is what I have:
> > XP2, movie maker 2.1, wmv, jpeg, mpg, 125GB free space, went from a
> > 47MB size to 17.5MB movie size and still will not save,
> > have just downloaded XP codec pkg. which did not help, reinstalled
> > Windows Media Player 11 which did not help
> > all files and folders are still intact in their original location and
> > all pictures are my own.
> > Thank you for your help.
> ====================================
> Ok...you are using jpegs and mpgs
> and the article clearly states that JPEG
> and MPEG files can have compatibility
> issues.
>
> Please read the following articles.
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Importing MPEG Files
> http://tinyurl.com/eajjh
> or...
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html
>
> File type compatibility with Movie Maker
> http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
> or...
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm
>
> Also:
>
> How do I convert an mpeg to WMV
> with Windows Media Encoder?
> http://tinyurl.com/2m4gob
> or...
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/ConvertMpeg2wmv.html
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

John
Sun May 04 16:41:49 PDT 2008

inai wrote:
> Thank you for your assistance. I downloaded a codec converter and
> everything went smoothly, and now I also have audio!!!! I finally
> was able to create movies!!
>
> Thanks,
==========================
You're welcome.

I'm glad you found a solution.


--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk