Must be something better than WMM

Can someone please recommend a program that is as easy to use as WMM, but
doesn't have ALL the problems this program does? My WMM 2.1 shuts down,
freezes, the whole nine yards! It's horrible, and I need to put together a
DVD for a sport highlight........

I can't take all the problems this program has any more !

Emily

Mark
Thu Dec 07 21:52:00 CST 2006

Google Pinnacle video software. I think they have three versions, topping out
at around a $100. Very similar to WMM, MUCH more powerful.

"Emily" wrote:

> Can someone please recommend a program that is as easy to use as WMM, but
> doesn't have ALL the problems this program does? My WMM 2.1 shuts down,
> freezes, the whole nine yards! It's horrible, and I need to put together a
> DVD for a sport highlight........
>
> I can't take all the problems this program has any more !
>
> Emily

New
Fri Dec 08 00:16:00 CST 2006

1. Increase your RAM chips to 1024
2. Restart everyday

3. Run all MS Windows Updates
4. DL and install Startup Cop or something similar and stop all those
other programs running in the background.

5. Click | Start | Run | %temp% | and delete the temp files
6. After every 10 edits test by closing / saving / your WMM program then
reopen.

7. Bestbuy had Pinnacle 10 for $29 Thanksgiving week. It is back up to
$100

Are these WMM movies about Katrina too sad? Should I delete them?

You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/lsuedu

Best regards, Gary in New Orleans

New
Fri Dec 08 10:22:02 CST 2006

<<My system says I have 3.19 GHz, 480 MB RAM>>

You probably have 512 RAM with 32 M used by onboard video.

Everyone uses at least 1024 RAM. CompUSA and Bestbuy and other national
chains run it on sale after rebate every month and it only takes 1 minute to
stick a RAM chip inside of your PC.

What is your make and model PC ?

KDE
Fri Dec 08 10:49:29 CST 2006

everyone does NOT run 1024 ram, and suggesting that simply updating your ram
will magically fix all of WMM's stability problems is absurd !!
Movie maker is a very unstable program. most of the problems with crashes
and hangs are caused by codec and compatibility issues with file types, NOT
MEMORY !!!

most who use WMM successfully have learned to adapt their projects around
WMM's weaknesses. (i.e. convert music to .wav rather than .mp3, convert
photos to .bmp rather than .jpg, convert video to .wmv rather that .mpg
etc...)

Pinnacle is OK but still limited. If you really want to get serious, try
Sony Vegas Movie Studio. It is amazing. the learning curve is quite a bit
higher, but once you get it, "sky's the limit". Since Sony just released
Version 7, you an pick up Version 6 for around $100


"New Orleans Novice" <katrinafamilysupport@groups.msn.com> wrote in message
news:ewly7TuGHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| <<My system says I have 3.19 GHz, 480 MB RAM>>
|
| You probably have 512 RAM with 32 M used by onboard video.
|
| Everyone uses at least 1024 RAM. CompUSA and Bestbuy and other national
| chains run it on sale after rebate every month and it only takes 1 minute
to
| stick a RAM chip inside of your PC.
|
| What is your make and model PC ?
|
|

Kenny
Fri Dec 08 13:27:03 CST 2006

I thought Pinnacle was awful, crashes and hangs.
Would have returned it for refund except it was bundled with a Firewire card
and cable which I do need.
For basic DVD creation I use Ulead DVD Movie Factory and for more advanced
use Adobe Premiere Elements although I'm still learning with that.

--
Kenny Cargill

"Emily" <Emily@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F45737A5-E9FD-46F9-BC82-BF9B39F10A0A@microsoft.com...
> My system says I have 3.19 GHz, 480 MB RAM. Your saying I need to
> increase
> that? I did delete the temp files like you said, maybe that might help.
> I
> pretty much save my project even more frequently than you suggested, but
> it
> seems to shut down when I go from a still to a video clip. I've removed
> transititons, it helped a little, but I'm wondering if I just need to
> stick
> to the stills and remove the video clips.
>
> I'm downloading Pinnacle 10 trial version.
>
>
>
> "New Orleans Novice" wrote:
>
>> 1. Increase your RAM chips to 1024
>> 2. Restart everyday
>>
>> 3. Run all MS Windows Updates
>> 4. DL and install Startup Cop or something similar and stop all those
>> other programs running in the background.
>>
>> 5. Click | Start | Run | %temp% | and delete the temp files
>> 6. After every 10 edits test by closing / saving / your WMM program
>> then
>> reopen.
>>
>> 7. Bestbuy had Pinnacle 10 for $29 Thanksgiving week. It is back up
>> to
>> $100
>>
>> Are these WMM movies about Katrina too sad? Should I delete them?
>>
>> You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/lsuedu
>>
>> Best regards, Gary in New Orleans
>>
>>
>>

New
Fri Dec 08 21:45:50 CST 2006

Sometimes I burn the MP4 to a audio disk then rip back to mp3 or wma.

Or at other times the Digital Media Converter works fine.

Digital Media Converter v2.72

http://www.deskshare.com

New
Fri Dec 08 22:00:41 CST 2006

Also I am buying a new AGP VIdeo Card because everyone has a Video Card with
128m of RAM or more.

The video card is needed for Pinnacle v.10 to make movies about Katrina in
New Orleans.

Added September 22, 2006
From lsuedu
Video Owner Options: Edit Your Video
New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish and Katr New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish and
Katrina in Louisiana 2005 ... (more) (less)
Category Travel & Places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAYh9JyMNK4

New Orleans, St. Bernard - Katrina
03:35
New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish and Katrina in Louisiana 2005
Tags: atchafalaya orleans bernard katrina hurricane louisiana
cajun gumbo

Luke
Sun Dec 10 17:57:00 CST 2006

i have a 3ghz processor on my computer and 512mb RAM. my computer handles
video quite nicely in movie maker because it is Penium 4 with hyper-threading
technology. if you are really serious you should upgrade to a Pentium D or
Core 2 Duo processor for dual core support which will allow you to do more
than one task or more power for one task. also have a graphics card
deffinately helps. i aslo increased the paging file on my computer to a
massive 6gb. it really helps sometimes.

hope this helps

"Emily" wrote:

> My system says I have 3.19 GHz, 480 MB RAM. Your saying I need to increase
> that? I did delete the temp files like you said, maybe that might help. I
> pretty much save my project even more frequently than you suggested, but it
> seems to shut down when I go from a still to a video clip. I've removed
> transititons, it helped a little, but I'm wondering if I just need to stick
> to the stills and remove the video clips.
>
> I'm downloading Pinnacle 10 trial version.
>
>
>
> "New Orleans Novice" wrote:
>
> > 1. Increase your RAM chips to 1024
> > 2. Restart everyday
> >
> > 3. Run all MS Windows Updates
> > 4. DL and install Startup Cop or something similar and stop all those
> > other programs running in the background.
> >
> > 5. Click | Start | Run | %temp% | and delete the temp files
> > 6. After every 10 edits test by closing / saving / your WMM program then
> > reopen.
> >
> > 7. Bestbuy had Pinnacle 10 for $29 Thanksgiving week. It is back up to
> > $100
> >
> > Are these WMM movies about Katrina too sad? Should I delete them?
> >
> > You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/lsuedu
> >
> > Best regards, Gary in New Orleans
> >
> >
> >

KDE
Wed Dec 13 09:06:05 CST 2006

"iMovie is the easiest and by far best movie editing program for any
computer" PLEASE... iMovie isn't even the best movie editing software for a
mac.

"tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6868C81-E737-48E9-96C9-804DA796BB94@microsoft.com...
| iMovie is the easiest and by far best movie editing program for any
computer.
| it works great on any mac. no errors and it has many many features not
| available in windows
|
| "Emily" wrote:
|
| > Can someone please recommend a program that is as easy to use as WMM,
but
| > doesn't have ALL the problems this program does? My WMM 2.1 shuts down,
| > freezes, the whole nine yards! It's horrible, and I need to put
together a
| > DVD for a sport highlight........
| >
| > I can't take all the problems this program has any more !
| >
| > Emily