Re: WMM 2 Locks up when dragging bar on timeline

From: technicare (technicare_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:53:01 -0700

Dean - I tried the registry fix. No success. My project has about five 1
minute .AVI video clips, 50 jpeg still shots, 20 effects, 20 transitions, 2
.mp3 audio files, beginning title, ending credits, and 1 newspaper overlay in
the beginning. Is this too much for WMM to handle?

Read my original post again for issue #1 that describes the symptom. It is
not hanging or crashing. It just disengages from the video and audio.

As for issue #2 - still a problem.

"Dean Rowe [MS]" wrote:

> Sorry to hear you're having so many problems. Here are a couple of things to
> try.
>
> If you want to upgrade to SP2. Windows MovieMaker 2.1 has a new
> compatibility tab which will allow you to turn off DirectShow filters that
> could be causing a problem. (see my blog entry
> http://blogs.msdn.com/deanro/archive/2004/08/22/218501.aspx for further
> details).
>
> There is a registry setting which can potentially help with the hangs. See
> the FAQ at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/21/faq.mspx#EAAAA. I've
> copied the question and answer below for convenience. Note that this will
> decrease the performance when editing large timelines but it's certainly
> worth a try.
>
> Q.What can I do if Windows Movie Maker stops responding when I drag the
> playback indicator on the timeline for a project that has a lot of audio,
> video, images, or titles on the storyboard/timeline?A.
> You can prevent this from happening by adding a new value in Registry
> Editor.
>
> Note Before making any changes in Registry Editor, you should back up
> valuable files on your computer and the Windows Registry itself. For more
> information about Windows Registry, see the Windows Help and Support Center.
>
> To add a new registry key for Windows Movie Maker to prevent the timeline
> from not responding
>
> 1.
> Click Start, and then click Run.
>
> 2.
> In the Run dialog box, type regedit.exe, and then click OK.
>
> 3.
> In Registry Editor, navigate to the following location:
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MM20]
>
> 4.
> Click anywhere in the pane on the right that contains the different
> registry keys and corresponding values.
>
> 5.
> On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value.
>
> 6.
> For the new registry key name, type DynamicSourcesforPreview, and enter
> the value 0.
>
> 7.
> Close Registry Editor and restart Windows Movie Maker.
>
>
> Windows Movie Maker should no longer stop responding when you drag the
> playback indicator on the timeline.
>
> Important This change can decrease the performance of Windows Movie Maker.
>
> Regards
> Dean Rowe
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "technicare" <technicare@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:419A857E-83EB-400A-8715-CB11081294EF@microsoft.com...
> >I have a project containing video, overlays, and music. I have worked on
> > this project in the past, and have done so successfully. I have upgraded
> > my
> > PC to a Dell 4600, 1 GB RAM, Pent 2.8, etc... WinXP SP1. I have not been
> > able to run WMM without problems.
> >
> > I have read many of the posts, visited Papa John's website (read and tried
> > almost all of it), and still no success.
> >
> > 1. My current problem is this: When I open my project, everything opens
> > O.K. If I move my mouse down to the timeline and click on the play
> > button,
> > the video and music works fine. If I then press pause, then play again,
> > it
> > works O.K. However, if I drag the position bar (the thin blue verical bar
> > which shows where you are on the timeline) to a different starting point
> > on
> > the timeline - then press play to continue from that point, the video
> > preview
> > window says its playing, but the frame either shows the last image from my
> > last position on the timeline, or the video just disappears to a black
> > screen. I also get no sound. Why would everything disengage when
> > dragging
> > the timeline position bar to another part of the movie?
> >
> > 2. Whenever I try to lengthen my still images by dragging the right side
> > of
> > the still image from say 3 seconds to 5 seconds, I can do this
> > successfully
> > about 2 or 3 times. But when it is more than that, the project locks up
> > and
> > I have to kill it with Task Manager?
> >
> > I have spent the past 3 days reinstalling WMM 2, Media Player 9, Direct X,
> > etc... I have renamed codecs, adjusted accelerator options, etc...
> >
> > Nothing is working - Is using a software program supposed to be this
> > hard????
>
>
>