Turning off WMM Compression

I've had a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2. Every time I save my movie
file, it always compresses the file to death. If I set the compression
settings high, it sets the output size to 640 x 480; I need it to be 320 x
240. Is there anywhere a "Full Frames, Uncompressed" compression option?

Thanks.

PapaJohn
Wed Dec 07 22:25:21 CST 2005

Yes, you can make a custom profile that saves it as an uncompressed WMV
file... one of the downsides is there's a bug in the code of Movie Maker
that won't let you import it back into MM2 for editing... you'll get a
message that the needed codec is missing....
--
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"Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C715932-EC48-4349-8028-D7616981DA8E@microsoft.com...
> I've had a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2. Every time I save my movie
> file, it always compresses the file to death. If I set the compression
> settings high, it sets the output size to 640 x 480; I need it to be 320 x
> 240. Is there anywhere a "Full Frames, Uncompressed" compression option?
>
> Thanks.

Mechanco
Thu Dec 08 21:19:01 CST 2005

Thanks!

How do you make a custom profile? I'm not finding anything about it in the
Help section.

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> Yes, you can make a custom profile that saves it as an uncompressed WMV
> file... one of the downsides is there's a bug in the code of Movie Maker
> that won't let you import it back into MM2 for editing... you'll get a
> message that the needed codec is missing....
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C715932-EC48-4349-8028-D7616981DA8E@microsoft.com...
> > I've had a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2. Every time I save my movie
> > file, it always compresses the file to death. If I set the compression
> > settings high, it sets the output size to 640 x 480; I need it to be 320 x
> > 240. Is there anywhere a "Full Frames, Uncompressed" compression option?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

PapaJohn
Thu Dec 08 22:53:17 CST 2005

See the Saving Movies > Custom WMV Profiles page of my website... it's not
in the Help file because it's an 'unsupported feature'.... :)
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
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"Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks!
>
> How do you make a custom profile? I'm not finding anything about it in
> the
> Help section.
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can make a custom profile that saves it as an uncompressed WMV
>> file... one of the downsides is there's a bug in the code of Movie Maker
>> that won't let you import it back into MM2 for editing... you'll get a
>> message that the needed codec is missing....
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
>> "Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6C715932-EC48-4349-8028-D7616981DA8E@microsoft.com...
>> > I've had a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2. Every time I save my
>> > movie
>> > file, it always compresses the file to death. If I set the compression
>> > settings high, it sets the output size to 640 x 480; I need it to be
>> > 320 x
>> > 240. Is there anywhere a "Full Frames, Uncompressed" compression
>> > option?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

Mechanco
Sat Dec 10 08:18:02 CST 2005

After a conversion, it worked!

At first, when I "Saved Movie File" under my profile (with video and audio
settings to "None" and "Full Frames, Uncompressed"), it still compressed the
file to half its size (with a slight quality loss), but when I then converted
the file back to .avi (the file's original format), the quality and file size
returned. Do you know how to fix this so that I might be able to also export
full quality .wmvs?

Thank you very much for your help.

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> See the Saving Movies > Custom WMV Profiles page of my website... it's not
> in the Help file because it's an 'unsupported feature'.... :)
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
> "Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D0BF0AA3-75AE-4EDD-9591-A284E0982957@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks!
> >
> > How do you make a custom profile? I'm not finding anything about it in
> > the
> > Help section.
> >
> > "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, you can make a custom profile that saves it as an uncompressed WMV
> >> file... one of the downsides is there's a bug in the code of Movie Maker
> >> that won't let you import it back into MM2 for editing... you'll get a
> >> message that the needed codec is missing....
> >> --
> >> PapaJohn
> >>
> >> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> >> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
> >> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> >> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >> "Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6C715932-EC48-4349-8028-D7616981DA8E@microsoft.com...
> >> > I've had a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2. Every time I save my
> >> > movie
> >> > file, it always compresses the file to death. If I set the compression
> >> > settings high, it sets the output size to 640 x 480; I need it to be
> >> > 320 x
> >> > 240. Is there anywhere a "Full Frames, Uncompressed" compression
> >> > option?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Jeff
Sat Dec 10 10:19:26 CST 2005

Try saving as "DV-AVI". Should be as un-compressed as you can get.

JPR

"Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C715932-EC48-4349-8028-D7616981DA8E@microsoft.com...
> I've had a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2. Every time I save my movie
> file, it always compresses the file to death. If I set the compression
> settings high, it sets the output size to 640 x 480; I need it to be 320 x
> 240. Is there anywhere a "Full Frames, Uncompressed" compression option?
>
> Thanks.

Mechanco
Sun Dec 11 16:04:01 CST 2005

That would work, but then it would be in AVI format. I also need it in WMV
format.

"Jeff Rice" wrote:

> Try saving as "DV-AVI". Should be as un-compressed as you can get.
>
> JPR
>
> "Mechanco" <Mechanco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C715932-EC48-4349-8028-D7616981DA8E@microsoft.com...
> > I've had a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2. Every time I save my movie
> > file, it always compresses the file to death. If I set the compression
> > settings high, it sets the output size to 640 x 480; I need it to be 320 x
> > 240. Is there anywhere a "Full Frames, Uncompressed" compression option?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>