Movie Maker
1) . How do I find out what version of Movie Maker I have on my computer?
2). I have made movies in the past with Movie Maker, and have burned them
to a CD/DVD format. Suddenly, the last time I did this, my movie cut out
half-way through, but the sound/music continued. The last video clip shown
was also inverted up-side-down! Now I have lost several hours of work and
can't seem to get it back! What gives?
Randy Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62025
No audio on saved movie HELP
I need to save this movie convert it and burn in the next 12 hrs but it will
not let me save in dvavi format because of the size it goes for 25 mins and
is only photos and song. I have windows xp. So i saved it is wmv format but
on playback will only play pictures and no audio. I also considered changing
from fat32 to nsfc (or whatever it is) but weary that i could lose valuble
files if i do so. Dont know a great deal about coputers. So if anyone has a
suggestion about the audio problem or changing partitians please help, thanks. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62021
Playing DVD
I created a slideshow and burned it to a CD-R. The cd will play back on my
computer but when I put it into a DVD player it says the cd doesnt have a
playback mode? Does anyone know how to fix this? Please help!!!!! Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62020
Movie Maker doesn't recognize my mini DV camera
Movie Maker doesn't recognize my mini DV camera SONY DCR-HC28. The problem is
that sometimes when I have that problem I restart camera or PC but today it
doesn't recognized the camera at all. What should I do?
Thank you in advance!
P.S. I don't have any software with the camera and from SONY suggested me to
use Windows Movie Maker Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62019
import video from a DVD
How can I import video from a DVD into Movie Maker? (I would like to edit the
part of the video). Any help is appreciated. Thx. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62015
Movie Maker 5.1 video clip problem
I am trying to drop a short video clip on top of an existing clip which is
already on my storyboard. I want the video only, I need the original audio
track to stay there unchanged. I can't figure out how to insert the video
only. Someone told me that in later versions of MOvie Maker they have
multiple video tracts on the storyboard, but my version only has one. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62013
Movie Maker Crashing
I converted some standard PAL DVD footage to mpeg1 for use with MM, it allows
me to import the video clip but when I try to put it into my timeline MM
crashes out with no specific error message.
Would it be better if I converted to Mpeg2? Any help gratefully received. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62012
Importing from Sony HVR-A1U
I have Movie Maker 2.1 installed. I just purchased a Sony HVR-A1U/A1N and
set it into stardard DV mode and made a small test tape.
the Sony supplied cable into the HDV/DV socket and the other end into a USB
port and powered up the camera putting it into playback mode.
Then I started Movie Maker and attempted "capture video" but was told that
MM could find no capture device.
The Sony literature is a bit sketchy but perhaps it is saying that the USB
cable is only for still pictures. It might be saying that an optional iLink
cable is necessary to import video. If this is the case, would Movie Maker
find the camera if I had an iLink cable? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62011
Black screen when using playback
I have made several movies in the past successfully using WMM but last time I
tried, the playback screen showed nothing but the music still played. Can
anyone give me VERY specific instructions on how to fix this? I do not know
much about it. Thanks in advance! Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62010
Why is all my video appearing as black images after saving?
Hello,
When I open my Windows Movie Maker file after saving and closing it, the
music plays but all pictures and images come up as black. What do I do? Help! Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62009
Best codec to use for reliability
Im just wondering what the best format to encode into is.
I plan on doing low compression formats or maybe raw data, for the actual
recording sessions, but for editing, I want to cut it down to a high
compression format.
I've tried DivX, but for some reason, Movie Maker seems to have a LOT of
problems with that. Is there a way to either get DivX to co-operate, or is
there a similarly size-reduced codec that could allow me to make a pretty
decent length movie, that could say, fit Youtube's 10minute 100MB rule.
Thanks. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62008
Removing original soundtrack
Having imported clips, I wish to completely remove the original soundtrack
from those and add a fresh one recorded by myself. How do I turn off the
original soundtrack?
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No naked jacuzzi-ness Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62005
Importing Videos
I am new to using Moviemaker and I taped using a DVD camcorder. I formatted
the disc to VR which seems to be the problem. I found software that took the
.vro that I uploaded from the camera and turned it into a .mpg. I saved it
to my flash drive. I am at work, trying to edit the material from my flash
drive, but I cannot import the file. I can view the video with Windows Media
Player. When I try to import the video, the message says, "E:\PepRally.mpg
could not be imported. An interface has too many methods to fire events from"
Also, I am running on XP Professional (moviemaker version 5.1) and at home I
have Vista (moviemaker 6.0), which does allow me to import the video. I need
to work on it from here at work.
Can anyone help?
Thank you in advance! Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62004
Dragging
I'm wondering, first of all, if I'm in the wrong discussion group, as this
one is listed under Windows XP and I'm using Vista and MM 6.0.
I'll just ask my question anyways, if someone can hopefully answer.
A technique that I used on my old (now broken) XP laptop when movie editing
was to drag a video clip I wanted into the Audio track so I could use its
sound on top of my existing shot. However, my new Vista machine has MM 6.0
freezing up every single time I do this.
Does anybody else have this problem and, if so, is there a solution or patch
I'm unaware of? Or is a way to circumvate this problem?
System specs:
Windows Vista Home Premium
HP Intel Duo-Core processor @ 1.86 GHz
1 GB RAM
That should be enough to handle MM, don't you think? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62003
Playing movie maker on dvd-r
help. i have edited two tapes from a sony hc96 camcorder. i added titles etc.
when i come to burn it it cd i did. it took 6 hours(is that right) once it
had finished i tried the dvd-r on at least 3 dvd players and none of them
worked. on one it came up does not recognise this type of file. the only time
the disc works is when i play it through a laptop. any help would be grateful Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62002
movie maker not publishing previous video
I imported a movie clip (formatted on moviemaker) into a new movie published
on moviemaker. The finished product has great audio, but no video. You
can't see the old video, nor can you see the new photos imported.
Any advice? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 62001
Seeking advice to import music file for WMM
Hi:
I just purchased a song that I'd like put put into a WMM file I'm creating.
I paid for the download on Zune and it says it won't allow me to download it
to WMM as it's right management protected. I also had the same song
purchased through iTunes and that won't upload either. I thought it was a
codec issue so downloaded various codec but that didn't fix the issue -- I
noticed that there is a lock icon on the MP4 icon so I think it's rights
protected. My only purpose for purchasing the songs was to put it into the
WMM file.
Is my only option to purchase the music CD at the store? I am concerned that
I
will right into the rights management issue again. Usually when I have
created WMM files, I've burned the music CD to my PC and uploaded the song to
WMM. These have typically been older CDs where there may be fewer
restrictions on content protection.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Annette Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61999
Adding sound to DVD of 8 mm Home Movies I copied to DVD
Ihave been unable to find a way to add music to old silent 8 mm movies that I
transfered to DVD using the new Sony DVD-VR30. I have been able to copy
them on my hard drive but where do I go from here? I am hoping to use Movie
Maker on my Windows XP. Roxio My DVD is installed on my computer but
whenever I try to do something with that it says there is a problem and MSN
has to shut down. Any help any of you can give me will be greatly
appreciated. Thank you. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61998
importing music
when i click the "import audio or music" button, nothing happens. I have
watched tutorials and there should be a list of folders but there isn't.
There are no errors it just seems to ignore the command.
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dan Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61991
Sony Hi8 Handycam movies won't download
I have an older Sony Hi8 camcorder that only has composite RCA and S video
outputs. My older Sony Vio computer has composite RCA and S video inputs. I
can view my movies through the computer as a T.V. input so I know that the
computer can detect and read the camcorder signals. For some reason, movie
maker does not recognize that my camcorder is plugged into the computer and I
just get the message, no capture device detected. I have tried everything I
know. I have Windows XT home version with all patches. My camcorder is
CCD-TRV75 NTSC.
Please help and thanks.
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kpace Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61990
Movie Maker did not work!
I had someone who scanned about 100 pictures for me on their movie maker.
She burned to DVD and nothing happened. She E-mailed them to me and they
came up with red Xs. I was able to get it to my hard drive, but unable to
edit it. I went out and bought a new computer and had my old files put on
the new computer. The movie has changed to 18 clips and I cannot seperate
them to put in the correct order. Any suggestions???
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Linda Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61986
Blurry pictures and texts on the storyboard and avi file
I imported my pictures to the collection pane. When I look at them using the
viewer, they look sharp and no blurriness.
However, when I drag the pictures to storyboard and play the video, they are
blurry.
I also created dv-avi file, and the quality of pictures are as bad as the
ones that I saw on storyboard.
Could someone explain how I can fix this problem?
The size of pictures are 720x540 and 640x480.
I saved the pictures with BMP.
Thank you,
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Amy Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61981
help with windows movie maker
hello
I was wondering how would you have 1 slide spilt up into 4 categories so
each category in the single slide shows different running clips .So the slide
is spilt up into 4 parts with each part showing runing clips . I was
wondering how you would do this
thanks
help is aprreciated Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61968
Music
Does anyone know how to tell me how to import music from my computer to my
movie? I have Limewire Pro and Itunes on my computer Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61965
capturing from a panasonic nv-gs120
Hi,
I am using windows xp sp2 version, on a compaq laptop and am unable to
capture video from my panasonic nv-gs120. The computer recognises the
camera, i.e it pings when it is plugged in, and the version of MMV is
2.1.4026.0
When i start MMV and hit capture it comes with with the usual wizard box
and shows the panasonic as the dv camera, however after i continue on through
the wizard, choose the file name for the download and go on, it comes up
with the following message
"the video device cannot be used at this time because there has been an
error when starting the device"
I am using a dv cable direct from the camera to the laptop.
What is driving me crazy is that when i use another program, i.e muvee
autoproducer 4.5 it has absolutley no problem detecting and downloading the
video from this camera.
I also have a desktop, a dell running xp professional, and MMV on that
computer has no problems at all downloading from the panasonic.
So whilst i can get by, its frustrating the hell out of as to why MMV will
not download the files from the camera onto the laptop.
any help would be appreciated
regards
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freddy Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61964
Play Storyboard/timeline has frozen! HELP!
I've working editing my photos and a few videos and regularly saving. All of
a sudden the play feature has frozen. I restarted my computer and still the
same!
I'm using Vista. This is a new computer bought in March.
Thanks for your help! Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61959
When I play back my movie I find that it has doubled.
When I created my movie I added a title and some ending credits. When I
played the movie back I saw my title and ending credits but then the movie
played again with a title and ending credits that movie maker had inserted.
What is the problem? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61954
Still Image
Hi. I am trying to create a movie that can be played on TV screen (DVD format).
I am currently working on creating still images.
Do I have to consider tv screen safety area (about 10 percent from the edge
of pictures) when I create still images?
I am referring to this site:
http://stream.uen.org/medsol/dvd/pages/dvdvid_work_graphics.html#3
Also, what is the best size to fill the screen? I do not want to have any
distortion in my still images. Can I create them with the size 720X540 or the
images have to be shrink into 720x480???
I would appreciate if if somebody can answer to this question.
Thanks,
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Amy Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61951
Tranisition Problems
I have made my story board and am trying to insert transitions between each
picture. For some reason it will only allow me to insert a transition
between every 2 pictures. Can anyone point me in the right direction???? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61947
photostory 3 quality using movie maker?
I have made many photostory3 projects using high quality images. I save them
at the highest quality setting to the WMV format.
As i'm sure you are all aware, this does not allow me to play these files on
macs, as the codec is not available.
I was told and read many websites about important my photostory3 project
into moviemaker and then resaving it. I have done this 3 times, each
selecting different formats (DV-AVI, high quality WMV, VBR WMV). Some of
these have taken 12 hours to save (the DV-AVI was 8gigs). But none had the
same quality as the photostory saved WMV. In fact, I was very dissapointed
with the poor quality of the MM2 saved file.
So is there a way , using MM2 or any other software you could recommend, to
convert a WMV made with photostory, to a same quality format that could be
played on a mac?
thanks so much
Mike Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61944
MMV 6.0 project to MMV 2.1
Is it possible to take a project started in MMV 6.0 under Vista Business x64
and open it with MMV 2.1 from XP Pro? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61920
Trying to copy from pc > CD to play on normal player
I recently created a movie file in both moviemaker & photostory. Both files
play fine on the pc. Had trouble putting them on DVD. Was able to copy them
both to CD. Again on the pc both files are fine. But how do I get them to
play on a regular CD/DVD player? My DVD player just comes up w/msg Data
disc, then nothing. CD player basically does nothing. TIA Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61911
Video but no audio from mpg
Why I transfer videos taken from my Sony DVD video camera they are in mpg
format and run fine on real player or windows media player.
When i load them into movie maker to split and combine them, the video is
working fine but there is no audio sound track and so the final wmv that i
save has no audio at all - what do i need to do to make the audio work? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61909
WMM will open buts gives 'Fatal Error' message and closes
Have had this problem for some time. Not sure at what point it started. Not
even sure if it ever worked as I use InterVideo WinDVD. I have Windows Media
on an HP Media Center Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61907
Transfer from hard drive
I am having my 16 mm film digitally transferred to hard drive. Will I be able
to edit using movie maker? With what file type should I have the transfer
made? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61905
is it possible to edit a dvd recorded from tv?
hello, is it possible to edit a dvd recorded from tv? i have been recording
various programmes on my dvd recorder and now wish to edit them but I can't
work out how!!! (the files on the disc when i look at the drive are Video_RM
& Video_TS): any help will be appreciated. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61895
Suggestion for duration of fade?
Does anybody have a good time for a nice looking transition (fade) between
clips? I was thinking around 48sec - 0.64sec or am I way off. I am new to
this.
Is there a standard time limit that seems to work well?
I'm putting together a rock climbing movie and some footage on the way
there.
Thanks
Stewart Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61892
Vista Movie Maker doesn't want to run due to the graphic card
Hello,
I have a Matrox Parhelia AVPe card and Vista's Movie Maker refuses to
run, saying the card is not good enough (lacks hardware acceleration I
think). Well... I mean come on, this is professional video editing card, why
MM can't do with it?
Or at least, any way how to run it without hw acceleration?
Thanks for any hints,
Jan Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61891
Graham Hughes
You asked me how they got me to uninstall WMM. They sent me to a website of
mvlite.notlong and walked me through it. WMM was not working before IE7 was
installed. IT HAS NEVER WORKED!! Should I give up and purchase a different
movie maker software???? Since I don't have DVD burner Windows Photo 3
doesn't help me since I want my movies on DVD. It is soooooo frustrating.
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cds Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61890
Importing MPEG - MM says 'empty file'
Just opened MovieMaker 2 and tried to import a 24 MB DVD-ready MPEG
file. But got message "The file xxxx is an empty file." Yet it
certainly is not! Plays fine in all my players and in
VirtualDub-MPEG2. GSpot doesn't show any errors either.
Anyone have any ideas please?
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Terry, West Sussex, UK Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61887
Quality of video is very poor
Can someone tell me why the quality of the photos in a WMM video I made are
so poor? The original photos are of very good quality (2048 x 1536 - 24 bit)
and were taken with a digital camera. I found working with the program a lot
of fun, but was very disappointed with the photos. The sound is fine; the
transitions and effects worked fine. It seems very inconsistent. Any help
would ve appreciated. Thanks.
Walter Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61883
Help! Colors change to negatives when saving to movie
When i save my project as a movie, doesn't matter if i use the recommended
format, NTSC, or whatever, when the movie plays in Windows media player, all
the pictures i have on my video are basically negatives. Everything plays
fine in windows movie maker, but when it's in Windows media player, the
pictures are not even recognizable. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61882
Saving Large Window Movie Maker Project - Wont' Save!!!!
Please Help!
My husband spent over 200 hours creating a windows movie maker production of
our son's summer traveling with his basketball team.
The production is 26 minutes long and contains photos, video footage,
transitions, text overlays and music.
When we go to save it, it says the file size is too large. I have tried
saving it in different formats, and tried increasing the paging file size
(although I do not know if I have done this correctly.
Can you help us finish this project so we can make copies for the team?? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61875
MM2 will not play clips.
I imported a camcorder moving into MM. I can view the clips in the middle
section of the display but when I select a clip the majority of clips will
not play in the preview pane. I click play and nothing happens at first,
then the audio will play but the video remains frozen. A few clips play
correctly.
When I first starting using the problem this was not a problem but I can't
tie the beginning of the problem to any changes made to my system. This is
the case with old and new files imported into collections.
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Thanks, Lee Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61874
codec not installed message
I was able to use Virtual Dub to change my MPG2 file to AVI using the
panasonic codec, but when I try to import, I get the same error message that
the codec needed to play the file isn't installed. I played around with
turning off the filters, but I never could get that to make a difference.
What am I missing? Anyone know what else I can try?
Thanks! Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61873
HDV on Windows Movie Maker (Win XP Pro)
I have a Sony HDR-HC3 HDV video camera and I can import via firewire Standard
Defintion video footage just fine with this camera into Movie Maker (Windows
XP Professional), but not 1080i footage??
I can't import the 1080i using my LG DVD recorder (with firewire) either???
If this is not possible with MM and Windows XP, are there any software
suggestions to get this done? Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61869
home movie
i have two mini dv tapes (50 mins each) from a recent holiday. i want to get
these two onto one dvd. can i import them both into WMM at once (obviously
one after another) to edit and save into one PC file and then burn, or is
there another way??
any help is much appreciated.
thanks.
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lakey Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61866
WMM doesn't allow me to capture in DV-AVI
When I use capture video this option is not active. I can only choose Best
Quality for playback or Other Options.
Any idea how to activate this option?
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kelsey Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61863
Movie Maker will not function
Everytime I start movie maker, I get a mess that it has encountered a problem
and needs to close. I tried reloading sp2 (even got a disc from ms). Hitting
debug closes the program.
Please let me know if you have any tips. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61859
Unspecified error
Whenever I try to Import a video , I always get an unspecified error message.
The videos that I am trying to import are mpeg2 videos from already made
dvds. Like the dvds are minidvds that are finalized from the camcorder, which
I uploaded onto the computer using the provided software from the camcorder. Tag: OxOODIB83 Tag: 61858
Using WMENC, tells me that codec OxOODIB83 is missing, where can I find
it to install?