Re: MM2 quits at end of loading mswmm

From: PapaJohn \(MVP\) (PapaJohn_at_CharterMI.net)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:44:56 -0500

At this point, I agree with John Kelly.... seems like a codec issue and not
a corrupt project file.

I usually make WMV files from Divx or MPEG2 files and then use the WMV files
in my projects. If you don't, then something could bite you at any time.

PapaJohn

"Ewout Wierda" <ewoutwierda@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:43c401c3ff06$554d6cd0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> With many thanks for the replies already received, I
> should add some diagnostic information I partly forgot
> and partly could not know yet:
>
> I started the project anew three times, and all three
> times it resulted in being able to import files but not
> being able to re-open the project after it had been
> closed.
>
> Just now, I actually got the error message and program
> termination when I was not opening or working on the
> project, but importing files. This happened with
> downloading files in the format as downloaded from
> camera.
>
> I will try converting the files from avi DivX 5.0.5 to
> avi Microsoft MPEG 4 v1.
> Also, I will try to see what happens if I make projects
> of different sizes with the files I used.
>
> Hope this helps helping me!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ewout
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hopefully someone can help with this:
> >
> >When I want to re-open the project I am working on, MM2
> >loads much or the whole of the file, but before opening
> >it, I get a pop-up saying:
> >"Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
> >Runtime Error!
> >Program: C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\moviemk.exe
> >abnormal program termination
> >OK"
> >After pressing OK, MM2 quits.
> >
> >I tried to open an older project I still have, one which
> >refers to pics and vids no longer there, and that file
> >opens faultlessly.
> >
> >I also went on PapaJohn's excellent site, and following
> >suggestions there, I increased the page file size, I cut
> >down hardware acceleration to level 3, and I renamed
> >all .ax files I found listed on the site. Unfortunately,
> >nothing of that helped.
> >
> >Admittedly, this time my project is much larger than
> >previous projects have been. It includes some 275 jpeg's
> >and about 150 avi's.
> >
> >My computer has 2000Mhz, 512Mb and MSI NVIDIA Gforce 4,
> >DirectX 9 and Mediaplayer 9.
> >
> >Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> >Many thanks in advance!
> >
> >Ewout
> >.
> >