movie maker in XP

i downloaded some footage which i took with a SONY DIGI
CAM ..and i success fully got them into my system which is
PIV,128 MB RAM,60 GB hdd 1.7 ghz mpc...
till now i have been taking experimental footage with
creative web cam and just trying to learn how to edit
movies etc which has never given me any problems...but the
footage that came from the SONY DIGI CAM...i have multiple
issues to report..
1.the footage take's a whole lot of time to run.
2.the footage takes life time to get edited.
and..
3.when i finally get the footage edited and open choose
the option save movie it give's me an error - to check if
the source file location is valid (which it is )and check
if there is enough disk space(60 GB'S!!)
--I need to know if there id any thing wrong with my
PC...AND IF i need to upgrade ram etc ...
i am getting a handy cam soon so please guide me...

rgrds
iqbal yaqub

Ray
Thu Jan 08 16:46:44 CST 2004

Are you using MM1 or MM2?

Ray

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"iqbal yaqub" <iqbal_yaqub@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> i downloaded some footage which i took with a SONY DIGI
> CAM ..and i success fully got them into my system which is
> PIV,128 MB RAM,60 GB hdd 1.7 ghz mpc...
> till now i have been taking experimental footage with
> creative web cam and just trying to learn how to edit
> movies etc which has never given me any problems...but the
> footage that came from the SONY DIGI CAM...i have multiple
> issues to report..
> 1.the footage take's a whole lot of time to run.
> 2.the footage takes life time to get edited.
> and..
> 3.when i finally get the footage edited and open choose
> the option save movie it give's me an error - to check if
> the source file location is valid (which it is )and check
> if there is enough disk space(60 GB'S!!)
> --I need to know if there id any thing wrong with my
> PC...AND IF i need to upgrade ram etc ...
> i am getting a handy cam soon so please guide me...
>
> rgrds
> iqbal yaqub
>

invest1993
Thu Jan 08 19:31:10 CST 2004

How can you tell if your are using MM1 or MM2? I downloaded MM2 from MS website and its looks no different but does say "version 2.0.0.33120" I am not sure that really indicated the "version" for it also states "copyrighted 1999-2001". My thought the upgrade would change the copyright date to 2003 (the date of the file I downloaded. Let me know??

Thanks

Mike

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Are you using MM1 or MM2?

Ray

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"iqbal yaqub" <iqbal_yaqub@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> i downloaded some footage which i took with a SONY DIGI
> CAM ..and i success fully got them into my system which is
> PIV,128 MB RAM,60 GB hdd 1.7 ghz mpc...
> till now i have been taking experimental footage with
> creative web cam and just trying to learn how to edit
> movies etc which has never given me any problems...but the
> footage that came from the SONY DIGI CAM...i have multiple
> issues to report..
> 1.the footage take's a whole lot of time to run.
> 2.the footage takes life time to get edited.
> and..
> 3.when i finally get the footage edited and open choose
> the option save movie it give's me an error - to check if
> the source file location is valid (which it is )and check
> if there is enough disk space(60 GB'S!!)
> --I need to know if there id any thing wrong with my
> PC...AND IF i need to upgrade ram etc ...
> i am getting a handy cam soon so please guide me...
>> rgrds
> iqbal yaqub
>

anonymous
Thu Jan 08 19:36:08 CST 2004

Hello
I think you need some additional upgrades to your hardware. You should have at least 512MB if you want your times to improve. Also, you shared you had a 60BG drive. Is it a 5200rpm or 7200rpm? That can make a huge difference in how fast (or slow) you get back your results. Hard drives have gotten very cheap, so if you do not have a 7200rpm. I would buy one and make the existing 60gb a slave drive

Mike