Hey! So i had never used windows movie maker or anything before, and i opened
it and got the hang of it, i made a movie for my american class! However when
i tried to get it onto a dvd i had no idea what to do! I saw all of the save
to email/web/cd things on the side and i tried all of them none of them work
even if I wanted them to. i keep getting:
"windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specific location. verify
that the original source file used in you movie are still available. that
saying the location is still available, and that there is enough free disk
space available. and then try again"

My movie is about seven minutes long and includes both pictures and video
clips.
I have no idea what a source file is and i find myself getting increasingly
frustrated! =( oh dear!
can anyone help me please?
I'm not even sure that if i could save it to a cd if thats what i need! ahhh!

Re: I have never been so lost! WMM2.1 by Saga

Saga
Wed Jun 11 14:16:37 PDT 2008

Maybe this past thread on this group will help you:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker/browse_thread/thread/68498c2be31094ca/a07ba1dd89212070?hl=en&lnk=st&q=new+to+wmm#a07ba1dd89212070

Saga
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"Lizzy" <Lizzy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A290C6F-1718-439D-9630-8248E862D7C2@microsoft.com...
> Hey! So i had never used windows movie maker or anything before, and i opened
> it and got the hang of it, i made a movie for my american class! However when
> i tried to get it onto a dvd i had no idea what to do! I saw all of the save
> to email/web/cd things on the side and i tried all of them none of them work
> even if I wanted them to. i keep getting:
> "windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specific location. verify
> that the original source file used in you movie are still available. that
> saying the location is still available, and that there is enough free disk
> space available. and then try again"
>
> My movie is about seven minutes long and includes both pictures and video
> clips.
> I have no idea what a source file is and i find myself getting increasingly
> frustrated! =( oh dear!
> can anyone help me please?
> I'm not even sure that if i could save it to a cd if thats what i need! ahhh!



Re: I have never been so lost! WMM2.1 by Lizzy

Lizzy
Wed Jun 11 16:01:02 PDT 2008

thank you, i love you, so much! =] however, that still didnt work. =(=/=/
It needs 1506MB and i have 112GB free so space shouldnt be a problem ?!?!!
and i still have no idea who to verify a source file, what ever a source
file is. lol
what a horrid thing.


Re: I have never been so lost! WMM2.1 by John

John
Wed Jun 11 19:27:33 PDT 2008

Lizzy wrote:
> Hey! So i had never used windows movie maker or anything before, and
> i opened it and got the hang of it, i made a movie for my american
> class! However when i tried to get it onto a dvd i had no idea what
> to do! I saw all of the save to email/web/cd things on the side and i
> tried all of them none of them work even if I wanted them to. i keep
> getting: "windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specific
> location. verify that the original source file used in you movie are
> still available. that saying the location is still available, and
> that there is enough free disk space available. and then try again"
>
> My movie is about seven minutes long and includes both pictures and
> video clips.
> I have no idea what a source file is and i find myself getting
> increasingly frustrated! =( oh dear!
> can anyone help me please?
> I'm not even sure that if i could save it to a cd if thats what i
> need! ahhh!
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A source file is simply any file that
you choose to add to your project...
pictures, video clips, music files...

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

Movie Maker 2 - Problem Solving -
'Can't Save A Movie'
http://tinyurl.com/yjvztz
or
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm


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