Video lost during "Save Movie File"

I have (what I thought was) a complex project (until I read some of these posts) where - after a "successful" save to my local machine/disc, the compiled video "slides," transitions and Title Overlays just halt at some point, though the audio/Music continues as laid out. My first reaction was I had reached some undocumented max for MM2. After perusing several bulletin boards, I have since learned that there are numerous completed projects much more complex than mine. I believe the next logical place to look is at my hardware(?). I have a Compaq EVO Laptop (Mobile CPU 1.70GHz) running Windows XP Professional Version 2002 w/ Service Pack 1. There is 512MB RAM and 15.2MB available disc space

My Project is 0:24:18.40 long and contains approximately 357 images used for slides, each with one of the canned transitions (I use every transition numerous times throughout). There are title overlays on about 1/3 of the slides in addition to approximately 24 minutes worth of miscellaneous music clips

I can play the Project in it's entirety using the preview pane in Full-Screen mode, but it obviously does not give me a finished product in which to share

Any genuine insight will be most appreciated

Rick

PapaJohn
Mon May 31 16:37:36 CDT 2004

Rick,

It's not the length of the timeline, but the complexity of the project. It's
a memory-related constraint.

Yours sounds like a good candidate to warrant splitting into sub-projects
and adding them together after rendering the parts....

.... see the Problem Solving > Can't Save a Movie page of my site for some
other comments.

--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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"scubaxric" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AAB6A975-38E0-4427-90AF-CDA082DA9A86@microsoft.com...
> I have (what I thought was) a complex project (until I read some of these
posts) where - after a "successful" save to my local machine/disc, the
compiled video "slides," transitions and Title Overlays just halt at some
point, though the audio/Music continues as laid out. My first reaction was I
had reached some undocumented max for MM2. After perusing several bulletin
boards, I have since learned that there are numerous completed projects much
more complex than mine. I believe the next logical place to look is at my
hardware(?). I have a Compaq EVO Laptop (Mobile CPU 1.70GHz) running Windows
XP Professional Version 2002 w/ Service Pack 1. There is 512MB RAM and
15.2MB available disc space.
>
> My Project is 0:24:18.40 long and contains approximately 357 images used
for slides, each with one of the canned transitions (I use every transition
numerous times throughout). There are title overlays on about 1/3 of the
slides in addition to approximately 24 minutes worth of miscellaneous music
clips.
>
> I can play the Project in it's entirety using the preview pane in
Full-Screen mode, but it obviously does not give me a finished product in
which to share.
>
> Any genuine insight will be most appreciated!
>
> Rick

Johnny
Mon May 31 17:13:58 CDT 2004

can't really help you, but wonder if you could direct me
to a place where I can figure out why all the dozen images
(jpg) when added to the end of my 22-minute movie [from a
floppy disk] end up with Red X's. The images appear OK as
long as the floppy disk is in the A-drive but as soon as I
take it out, red X's appear.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have (what I thought was) a complex project (until I
read some of these posts) where - after a "successful"
save to my local machine/disc, the compiled
video "slides," transitions and Title Overlays just halt
at some point, though the audio/Music continues as laid
out. My first reaction was I had reached some undocumented
max for MM2. After perusing several bulletin boards, I
have since learned that there are numerous completed
projects much more complex than mine. I believe the next
logical place to look is at my hardware(?). I have a
Compaq EVO Laptop (Mobile CPU 1.70GHz) running Windows XP
Professional Version 2002 w/ Service Pack 1. There is
512MB RAM and 15.2MB available disc space.
>
>My Project is 0:24:18.40 long and contains approximately
357 images used for slides, each with one of the canned
transitions (I use every transition numerous times
throughout). There are title overlays on about 1/3 of the
slides in addition to approximately 24 minutes worth of
miscellaneous music clips.
>
>I can play the Project in it's entirety using the preview
pane in Full-Screen mode, but it obviously does not give
me a finished product in which to share.
>
>Any genuine insight will be most appreciated!
>
>Rick
>.
>

Dave
Mon May 31 20:10:39 CDT 2004

Hi,

The red X's appear because MM2 cannot access the files
used in your project when you remove the floppy disk
where they are located. MM2 needs to have access to the
jpeg files used in your project while you are working on
the project, and during the final rendering of your
movie, i.e. save to your computer or DV camcorder.

You could move the files from your floppy to your HD, and
relocate them in MM2. Or you could just use your floppy
until you complete the saving process for your movie.

Dave W.



>-----Original Message-----
>can't really help you, but wonder if you could direct me
>to a place where I can figure out why all the dozen
images
>(jpg) when added to the end of my 22-minute movie [from
a
>floppy disk] end up with Red X's. The images appear OK
as
>long as the floppy disk is in the A-drive but as soon as
I
>take it out, red X's appear.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have (what I thought was) a complex project (until I
>read some of these posts) where - after a "successful"
>save to my local machine/disc, the compiled
>video "slides," transitions and Title Overlays just halt
>at some point, though the audio/Music continues as laid
>out. My first reaction was I had reached some
undocumented
>max for MM2. After perusing several bulletin boards, I
>have since learned that there are numerous completed
>projects much more complex than mine. I believe the next
>logical place to look is at my hardware(?). I have a
>Compaq EVO Laptop (Mobile CPU 1.70GHz) running Windows
XP
>Professional Version 2002 w/ Service Pack 1. There is
>512MB RAM and 15.2MB available disc space.
>>
>>My Project is 0:24:18.40 long and contains
approximately
>357 images used for slides, each with one of the canned
>transitions (I use every transition numerous times
>throughout). There are title overlays on about 1/3 of
the
>slides in addition to approximately 24 minutes worth of
>miscellaneous music clips.
>>
>>I can play the Project in it's entirety using the
preview
>pane in Full-Screen mode, but it obviously does not give
>me a finished product in which to share.
>>
>>Any genuine insight will be most appreciated!
>>
>>Rick
>>.
>>
>.
>

anonymous
Fri Jun 04 16:11:02 CDT 2004

I don't feel this "green" but apparently I am.... If I split the project into, say three parts, and save them each as a .wmv file, will MM2 allow me to join those three parts into one .wmv file or will I have come full circle and be struggling with size now versus complexity?

PapaJohn
Fri Jun 04 18:29:07 CDT 2004

3 big clips (in length of time) are probably about the same complexity as 3
short clips.... so the issues won't be the same at all when combining the
parts.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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"scubaxric" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A635D1E-400B-4114-851D-AD0AB1E7F07A@microsoft.com...
> I don't feel this "green" but apparently I am.... If I split the project
into, say three parts, and save them each as a .wmv file, will MM2 allow me
to join those three parts into one .wmv file or will I have come full circle
and be struggling with size now versus complexity?