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    - Saving as DV-AVI When I try to save file as a DV-AVI it says I do not have enough space. Do I need to buy an external hard drive to add more space or do I need to split my movie? -- Am Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63315
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    - Video capture device was not detected - but its there in device When I connect my panasonic camcorder via firewire it appears in imaging devices in device manager. Funnily though, it pops up the autoplay box but its completely empty. Anyway, movie maker says video capture device not detected. Any ideas? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63314
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    - Rendered Video Crop Cuts Off Top of Frame Hello, I am importing .avi format video 512x384 30fps into MovieMaker from a GoPro Hero3 camera. I have a clip in which most of the relevant detail is at the very top of the frame. Whenever I render to .wmv file (NTSC 4:3), the frame is cropped so that I lose the data I am trying to follow. I have tried no effects and also the Pixelan A1 Hold effect. Both have the same problem. I also tried most of the available output format options in MovieMaker (High Res Video, NTSC, etc.), all result in same crop/clip problem. Does anyone know why my rendered video is getting cropped so that the top ~5% of the frame is lost? Related question: Available output formats for NTSC 4:3 seem to support very small 160 pixels wide, small 320x240, larger 640x480, and 720x480. I am sure there are a few more options for PAL and 16:9. However, I cannot find a way to render to output 512x384 to match my input resolution. Is there a way to render 512x384 resolution? What is the standard way of dealing with this input format? - Thanks, David Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63313
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    - Clips I have a family DVD I have done, is there a way to go in now and add numbers (clips -i assume is how it is termed) so that I can seperate the 10 families on this DVD, for example my great grandparents as Clip 1 and then my great uncles' family as clip 2 and so on, so that there is a number seperation, like when you are watching movie DVD's, so that if you wanted to skip to a particular family, you could do that?? -- becca Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63310
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    - Can't save as a movie file OK, I am pretty adept at WMM. I got a newer computer to be able to handle the requirements of video editing etc. However, after a few months of success (also having converted analog to digital and edited it, movie maker will no longer allow me to save my projects (long OR short--and I mean even 2 minutes here) as an AVI-DV file. I refuse to save as anything else as I want to keep the quality (especially of my DV stuff). I have spent HOURS with MS support and am on level 3 at present but STILL they cannot figure out the problem. When I save as AVI-DV, it starts to save and the minutes count down, but then they stop and begin to count up to infinity if I'd let them. HELP!!! The whole reason I bought this new computer was so I could do these videos of family footage to give as Christmas presents. PLEASE help! Mr. Inzer---I've seen a lot of your replies and hope you have some ideas. And yes, I have Explorer 7 but have always had it on this machine even when MMaker was working fine. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63306
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    - Making a movie for an .aspx.page I'm trying to built up a movie to be included in to an aspx page. The problem I'm encountering is that when the movie is played on the browser it doesn't start back again automatically. I couldn't find any option, in WMM whereby I can specify the ciclyc replay once the movie has riched its end. Any suggestion will be fully appreciated. Thank's in advance. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63303
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    - Transistion noise I am using Window Vista Ultimate with GeForce Go 7400 graphics card. I have trouble in transition quality. The transitions affects video slighty with some noisy lines. These noisy line occurs only during transitions in the video other than that everything else seems to be good. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63302
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    - Saving movie after editing..Long Time!?? Hi, After editing I saved my movie (24 mins) as project and it saved very quickly to MY VIdeos.... but I then saved as movie and it took over 50 mins to MY Videos. Is that normal?? Thank you in advance. Gogero. -- Gerard Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63300
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    - Editing/Trimming-Can you delete portions?? First time using Windows Movie Maker and I am hoping to delete portions of my 28 min clip but I am not sure I can do this with MovieMaker. Simply put I would like to trim my movie by removing portions. But the clip trimming seems to just allow me to keep the portion that I trim and not the opposite. Do you follow what I am attemping to explain? Is there a way to just take out, for example, five or more 2-minute portions or eliminate portions that I wish to? Thanks and appreciate any clarification.-Gogero. -- Gerard Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63291
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    - importing a ".MOI" file created on a JVC Everio My video camera creates .MOI files. The camera came with an introductory version of Power Producer but I want to use Movie Maker. Movie Maker doesn't recognize the .MOI extension. Is there a plug in from Microsoft to add the .MOI file conversion? What would you recommend? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63287
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    - pictures I created a movie on movie maker. I attached it and sent it to a classmate but he could not view the pictures. He could see everything else but the pictures that were on there. What am I doing wrong Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63285
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    - Overlaying clips possible? Hello. I want to be able to display a picture in my videos digitally without losing the video in the original clip. I create a public access tv shows on real estate in my area and I want to be able to edit the videos on my desktop. I use graphs about the region and I want to display them but not lose the audio of the clips when I am talking about the graphs. Is this PIP? You can do this with Apple software but I use Vista at home and I need to do this with Movie Maker. Possible? THANKS FOR READING THIS! -- Thomas M. Madden FULL TIME REALTOR Middletown CT Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63281
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    - Copyright I want to know if there is a way for me to set up my movie so that it can't be burnt by others after I make copies -- becca Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63277
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    - WMM project! Urgent !!! Hello, last night I was creating a movie for a birthdaygift. It was after midnight that i decided to save it and go to bed. Today i wanted to continue my movie, but i got a poppin' screen that says: Niet geÃ¯mplementeerd (in Dutch), in English i think it's: non implemented All my pictures and songs are still in the large box, but not in the timeline!! I worked so hard and now it's al gone, how is this possible? I'm working with WMM version 6.0 Please help me! PS: I'm sorry for my bad English, but it isn't simple to translate from dutch to english! Thx, Evi Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63276
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    - Can't import .MPG files anymore Many times I imported .MPG files from my Sony DSC-T9 photo camera in Movie Maker (version 5.1 build 2600.xpxp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300:ServicePack 2), vs. 2.1.4026.0). Suddenly it didn't work anymore. After selecting the .MPG file I get a message that an error occured and that Movie Maker shuts down. It also occurs with older .MPG files which I imported successfully in the past. I still can import .AVI files, but I don't like to convert all my .MPG files into .AVI files since this was not necessary in the past. I hope someone can help me. EZWB Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63275
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    - Capture From DVDs Using a JVC DVD recorder I have transferred all of my VHS and Video 8 tapes to DVDs and subsequently to the hard drive. Now I would like to edit the films in Movie Maker. The files have a .C00 and .C01 extension and I cannot find software that will read it. Is it possible to edit these films after transferring the data to my hard drive or should I have captured them onto the hard drive using some other hardware and software? -- Michael Q Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63273
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    - Making audio speed up? I don't know how to make audio speed up like with video. Is there something I nedd to download? Or I'm just not looking hard enough??? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63272
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    - Movie will not play on other PC I took some movies with my digital camera. Put them on the computer using > Windows Movie Maker. Worked well. Then I used Windows Media Player and > saved my project. I tried to put the movie on a CD to show to some > friends but it was the wrong extension. How do I save the project so it can be > used by all from the CD and open up immediately from it. > > I tried the CD on another computer with all the windows applications I had > used and could not open it and also tried QuickTime. > > Would appreciate an answer as to what I am doing incorrectly. > > Thank you. Mary C. Lydon Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63271
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    - Adjusting audio fade in/out durations I'm using Movie Maker 6.0 from my Vista.. I'm adjusting the audio on my video clips and music files to fade in and out but the time that the program takes to fade out a song from full volume to silence is very short - so short that it's not far from sounding like I'm not using the fade at all. I know I can adjust how long the video Fades are in the Transitions menu, but can I do this with audio fades? How can I adjust the fade length to be longer than what it sounds like (less than 1 second)? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63256
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    - Movie Maker keeps closing down Hi, as the title says my MM keeps closing down on me, I don't even get an error message when it happens. Ive restarted my comp, tried it again, same thing happens. I was gonna uninstall it to reinstall it again, but I cant find it in the remove programs list, so I tried to just reinstall over it, but still the same problem. It will let me on it for a few moments before it closes and I tried to view the codecs through WMM in case they where causing the problem, but for some reason I cant even get the option to do that anymore. I was going to do a system restore, but I have too many important documents on my computer to do that. Can someone please help me? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63254
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    - Shuts off without notice Hi! I'm in desperate need of some help here. Checked papaJohn's site but it all flew over my head, really. So if anyone could explain this to me in a way I can understand I'd be eternally grateful! Didn't have so much trouble with Movie Maker in the beginning, but starting a few months ago it crashed whenever I imported a too large file and cut out some scenes. Lately it'd freeze even if the imported file was a small one. Now it's started to shut down (without any notice of error) when saving the file as a film or mp3. It saves half-way, then shuts down. I really need some help with this! (And my english isn't too good neither, maybe that's why I can't really understand PapaJohn's site) Thanks, Psy Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63253
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    - Burning to DVD Using Vista, Windows Movie Maker. Have all avi clips, photos, transitions, effects and music put together. I click to burn a dvd. 54% of the way through the system gathering the files, I receive and "Unspecified Error" and am notified the dvd cannot be burned. Does this mean I have some sort of a corrupt file, or is there another issue here? -- JsN Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63252
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    - reinstall moviemaker help please Hi. some of the files on my PC in c:\program fileszmovie maker got corrupted and movie maker will now not run. I cannot find out how to reinstall this anywhere. I have SP2 already installed before the problem occured. How can I reinstall movie maker??? Andrew C Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63251
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    - DV-AVI capture option under 'Other settings' Until recently Iâ??ve successfully captured analogue video as DV-AVI files under â??Other settingsâ??. However this option is no longer available; just the .WMV settings. But it is there when I â??Save a movieâ??. Iâ??m still using WinFast TV20000 Expert WDM Video Capture with XP. The video settings are PAL_B, RGB 24 & Output Size is 720 x 576. Any ideas please? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63246
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    - Using B Roll - (Seperate Audio from Video) I would like to use some of my clips as b roll to accompany just the audio portion of another clip. Is it possible to seperate the video and audio from a clip and use them seperately? For example, use narration from one clip, but use other clips as the video portion you see during the narration. Thanks very much in advance for the help! -- LD Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63241
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    - First time opening Movie Maker doesn't initialize Hi-- Can anyone help? I've just tried to open Movie Maker for the first time, and every time I try I get the error message that the program "has encountered a problem and needs to close." So it isn't initializing correctly. I've gone to Windows Update to download the program again, but it isn't available as a single download and I can't find it anywhere on the site. Any suggestions? Thanks. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63236
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    - Opening Projects WMM 5.1 will show the name of the file opened in the very top left hand corner ("file name" - Windows Movie Maker.) When I open a project with Version 6.0 it does not show the project name. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Steve Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63231
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    - Editing clip names When I sort clips by NAME which is the date and time (2/21/2002 9:23 AM) I get clips out of time sequence because of the way the dates and time are created. It would have to be 2002/02/21 03:04:37 AM or yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:33 ap to sort in the correct time sequence. Can I go to some file and correct this or do I have to rename each clip? Or, is the a way to set the NAME to the correct format before importing? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63228
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    - Titles In my Windows XP version of MM I had more choices of title animations. I was able to put titles on the clips in different locations and there were many more effects. Now that I have Windows Vista MM 6.0, the title animations are very limited. The titles only display in the middle of the clip, and there are very few animations. Is there a way to get more title animations? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63226
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    - Highest Resolution for Slides? Hi, I used MM a year ago to make a slide show in .wmv format (with great results) and am trying to relearn some of the finer points I've forgotten. (I prefer MM to PS mainly because I find it easier to synch the images to music.) I am making another slide show of about 300 digital photos. All of my images were taken with a 4mp digicam and edited in Photoshop, but left at their native resolution of 2272x1704x72dpi. I did a trial run and tried to save my project as a .wmv file, using a profile I think I downloaded from PapaJohn's site last year: SlideShow-1024x768WMV9. (I am aiming for the absolute highest quality possible.) When I went to create the .wmv file, I got an error message about the file size being too big or something to that effect. Is this the FAT-32 issue that I've read about in other posts on this forum? If using the above profile, should I downsize my images to 1024x768? Will that affect final output quality? I ran another test with the images at 800x600, but while it wrote the .wmv file, the image quality was noticeably less. I then did a third test, using only about 60 images - but still at 2272x1704 - and it turned out fabulous. So I guess my question is: Are the images sized at 2272x1704 wasting pixels and increasing the file size unnecessarily, given the limitations of the 1024x768 output? And if this isn't a FAT-32 issue, are there any other workarounds? I was thinking I could break the project into 5 or 6 smaller increments and reassemble (I have BlazeMediaPro which can do this) but am unsure of how the stitch points will look, and would have to separate them by musical piece. Additionally, I would not be able to put transitions at those points, either, and between songs are some of the more obvious places to have transitions. Sorry for the long-winded post. Any ideas or advice would be welcome! Thanks! Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63211
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    - WAIT AND WAIT When I import videos from my hard drive, I must wait and wait and wait for the first video to show up my collection as the importing file message lingers along endlessly. After that others import quickly. Is that normal? Is there a newer version than 2.1 or are there any patches? Should I remove the program and then reinstall it? Have Service Pack disk, or I could download it I see. Help please. Peter in S.L.C.. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63208
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    - Help! WMM2.1 crashing - blue screen My system: Windows XP, Home Edition, Version 2002, SP2 - AMD Athalon 64 Processor, 3400+, 2.20 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM, Physical Address Extension. I've been using WMM2.1 without problems. Recently it started to hang/freeze up when I was capturing video (from my Sony Digtal Handycam via firewire). Now it is just crashing. I come back to it and the computer has restarted - recovered from "serious error." The Windows error reporting displays a page that says it's a device driver problem. I don't know what this could be. I've tried a number of things I've seen online, including unchecking, moving the temp file to my recently defragmented "D" drive, I don't display preview during capture. I don't understand codecs, but I have a lot of .ax files show up (81) when I search for them in My Computer. Only two come up in the compatibility window of WMM2.1 (both from Nero). I've tried unchecking them, but that doesn't help. Please help me. I have video of my baby boy that I want to edit and share. I don't understand why this stopped working. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63202
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    - video grainy When I capture video from my camcorder it shows up very grainy like square pixel boxes on computer. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63201
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    - Movie Maker will not initialize When I try to start Movie Maker, I get the message: The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application. Movie Maker did run successfully in the past. Windows XP SP2. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63198
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    - Windows Movie Maker I have updated my SP2, which is supposed to include Windows movie maker, hower, whenever I look for it I can't seem to find it, where should it be for me to be able to use it? -- Pam Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63194
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    - Movie Maker 6.0 for Vista I'm trying to save a movie sildeshow I did in movie maker 6.0 for Vista and want to put it on my website. Only thing is, what bitrate should I save it so that the pictures in the don't look pixelated? Saving videos isn't the same as it was in the XP version. I made a video slideshow using the XP version using XP home on my old pc...I then uploaded it to a video hosting service SplashCast so I could put it on my website. That's what I want to do again, but the closest way to save it that's like the previous xp version in the new Movie Maker is by clicking on Publish movie, This Computer, and then click on File Size and changing the file size changes the bitrate, movie and file size....not sure what bitrate to use? Hope someone can help. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63186
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    - Compatibility List (Codecs/Filters) in MM2.1 Here's a sideline note about Movie Maker 2.1, something I found when working on my latest project... a 4-1/2 minute flick about Chicago. Source files were DV-AVI files, about 6 WMA music files, and a WMV Photo Story. The project and source files were on an external USB drive. My laptop's Tools > Options > compatiblity tab codec/filter list had 62 line items. By default all but one or two were checked, which lets the unchecked ones 'work with' with Movie Maker. - With the default settings it took a full 4 minutes to open the project file - With all line items unchecked it took 5 seconds to open... and project editing worked snappier and fine This sets the stage for a change in routine use of Movie Maker - I tend to let software work with its defaults until I have an issue to resolve or a specific setting to change... so 60 codecs were allowed to interface. - I'm now going to leave all the line items unchecked and turn them on one at a time as needed... such as the ffdshow codec to be able to use Motion JPEG video files. It also makes me wonder what's happening during the project opening. Why with the 60 codecs checked does it take so long? More to ponder. -- website references are to www.papajohn.org PapaJohn Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63184
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    - music skips music skips durning playback Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63183
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    - playback songs skips during playback, mainly during transitions. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63182
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    - Video in Video Good Morning Folks I know about and use PIP (Picture in Picture) I have used it to put a talking head in a corner of a still picture. I guess it really sould be called VIP (Video in Picture) What I would really like is VIV (Video in Video) I want a talking head in the corner of a video clip (a commentator !!) Can it be done in Windows Movie Maker ?? If so how ?? (I am running on XP Pro - dont have, dont want Vista) Best regards Pete (Northolt UK) Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63177
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    - Completing Project I have always had problems with Movie Maker but recently I was attempting to make a short movie from Video clips and eventually managed this including Titles and transitions. I wanted to add music. (something I have done successfully before ) but now every time I open the Project ,Movie Maker freezes and I can do nothing. I have to use ctrl/alt/del to end task and try again but the same thing happens. I have even tried a completely new Project but the whole thing freezes within a minute or two . Any suggestions please? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63175
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    - playing / publishing problems Hello, I have started using WMM, uploaded videos (AVI), music, Jpegs added effects and transitions etc. The first movie worked fine, published correctly etc, then when I came to use the same material as in the first movie, but with minor changes (such as video muted etc, music fades etc), the file will no longer publish, it starts the process but then crashes the project. I have worked backward and tried again to publish my successful first publication (to computer) and it will not do it, crashing as on other attempts. Any help would greatly be appreciated. It worked the first time but just wont do it anymore!!!!!, very frustrating. Any help? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63173
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    - WMV import error - codecs When I try to import a wmv file from my hard drive into wmm, I get an error about not having thte proper codecs. The wmv will play fine in WMP 10.0, but will not play in wmm. On some occasions it will play as an audio file only, black screen only. I have tried this with multiple different wmv files - same result. Help! Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63171
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    - Context menu command Is there a command to open wmv , wma , asf and other files types directly from context menu because the variable "%1" doesn't work. Windows Movie Maker see only it's project MSWMM file type. Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63169
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    - Narrate I am trying to narate a clip by using a microphone that is plugged into my computer. The "narrate timeline" tool will not allow me to adjust the input level. The input level is set at it's lowest setting and the narration is extremely quiet. Also the Narrate timmline tool does not allow me to iddentify the audio input source. The only available choice is "none" Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63168
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    - dowloand EventType : BEX P1 : P2 : 0.0.0.0 P3 : 00000000 P4 : unknown P5 : 0.0.0.0 P6 : 00000000 P7 : 7742c82c P8 : c0000409 P9 : 00000000 url:http://www.ureader.com/gp/1282-1.aspx Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63167
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    - Best Software for Photo Slideshow (MM / PhotoStory) I'm trying to create a slideshow with music (MP3) background. I have about 30 pictures or so and the MP3 song duration is about 3 minutes. The photos are from a 3.2MP Sony digital camera and also have a few scanned snapshots. I was trying the above programs but was getting varied results. Mostly subpar picture quality even when saved as dvi-avi format. (I saved the project as dv-avi and viewed on my pc monitor) I intend to finally burn the project to DVD (possibly NERO) and show it via a video projector (4' x 4' screen). Can you provide any suggestions for software including tips & tricks to get the best 'professional looking' projected slideshow? Thanks in advance!! Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63165
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    - Raw Bytes Computer News project about Movie Maker... I'm working with Frank Delaney. producer of Raw Bytes Computer News at KPBX FM 91.1 Spokane Public Radio NPR (National Public Radio). The station reaches the states in the northwest, along with the southwest part of Canada. We kicked off the project today with this website page... KPBX Radio Project as I think about how best to work with him on a radio show project.... -- website references are to www.papajohn.org PapaJohn Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63163
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    - file types I am only able to save movies as .wswmm, what good is windows movie maker if you can not save movie files as .wmv, .avi, .mpeg, etc. .wswmm files are not even compatable with windows media player, where is the logic in that? -- â??Opera 9.24b - build 8816â?? Tango CL v. 0.091 â?? â??512 MB Ram, 80GB HD â?? WinXP Home SP2 â?? â??2.26GHz Intel Pentium 4 â?? Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63160
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    - movie maker options menu when i go to the options menu and make changes i can't see the bottom of the window so i can click ok or cancel....PLEASE HELP!!! Tag: Problems with Windows Movie Maker Tag: 63159

Hi,

I experienced problems while working with Windows Movie Maker. When I
drag 'transitions', I can't watch the movie anymore.

I have Windows Vista Premium - is this the source of my problem?

Thanks in advance & regards,

Yoav

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