Re: Problem burning movie to CD
From: Cheerful Charlie (CheerfulCharlie_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/11/04
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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:47:01 -0800
PapaJohn, Thanks for you prompt and helpful response. I must admit that I'm
pretty depressed about the whole thing.
I can still view my edited project in MM2 and I like it. Where is it saved
in MM2 and how do I go about importing it as a new project into MM2? Also, it
seems as if saving captures as AVI files is preferable. Can I change the file
format to AVI when I import my current project as a new project. If this
doesn't make sense to you, it's because I have absolutely no idea what I'm
saying.
Any comments upon Roxio Easy Creator 7?
"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
> Hi Charlie,
>
> A few comments:
>
> Only Movie Maker can use it's project file so you need to work it out there.
>
> When you capture or import a video file into Movie Maker, a new collection
> is automatically created and the clip(s) put into it... but the other
> collections are still there with their clips... you're OK if you move the
> source file but not if you delete it... the clips in the collection are
> linked to the source file.
>
> If you deleted the source file(s), try your salvage bin and see if you can
> recover them... capturing again from the camcorder won't give you an exact
> matching file and wouldn't work in your first project.
>
> If you saved the movie to your hard drive (as a WMV or DV-AVI file) and
> watched it in the Windows Media Player... and you can't work with the
> original project file, maybe importing the movie and editing it as a new
> project would work easier and better, even if there's some loss of quality
> because of the extra rendering.
>
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 3 - use the menu branch at www.papajohn.org
>
> ..
> "Cheerful Charlie" <CheerfulCharlie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:0999DA43-78B1-44D3-AFE0-C7684041475A@microsoft.com...
> > Rehan, Papajohn & the Kellys,
> >
> > Thanks for your help! I am very new to both using help forums and creating
> > a
> > movie from my videotapes. I recently purchased a DELL 8400 with 1.83 Gb.
> > of
> > RAM and a dual 160 Gb hardive(s) in order to prepare movies from my
> > Panasonic
> > CCD videocamera and some pictures that I digitized with my scanner. Thanks
> > to
> > you, I now know to save as .bmps.
> >
> > In addition, because I did not know that MM2 was part of my XP
> > Professional
> > operating system or Office XP 2003 (I am not a techie.), I purchased Roxio
> > Easy Media Creator version 7 at the same time as I purchased my new
> > computer.
> > I captured both tapes from my video camera successfully into the Roxio
> > program, but never discovered how to import them into the Roxio
> > storyboard.
> > Then, completely by luck, I opened MM@ and proceeded to use it. Everything
> > went well and after I had impoted digital still pictures, narrated most of
> > them, added titles, etc., I saved the "project" as a movie to my hard
> > drive
> > (My Documents/videos). I then played the movie and it was wonderful. As we
> > watched the movie, I felt that some parts were duplicates and others too
> > long. I then re-opened the project and proceeded to split some clips and
> > delete the unwanted part, add more titles, etc. My goal was to shorten the
> > project so that I could burn it to disk and share it with friends whom we
> > had
> > met on our cruise. When I attempted to save the newly edited, much shorter
> > 603 MB, project as a movie, I received an error message that some of the
> > original source files were missing, deleted, renamed, etc, and that I
> > should
> > replace them. When I went to My Documents/Videos, the VideoCap1 file was
> > missing, so I recaptured it. I thought that I was on my way.
> >
> > I then returned to the project and imported VideoCap1. It took six minutes
> > but ended up in the clip box above the final copy of my project below. I
> > then
> > tried to save as a movie again and received the same missing source files
> > message. I looked at the clip box? above and noted that VideoCap1 had
> > displaced VideoCap2 and also that all the still pictures that I had
> > imported
> > were gone from the box.
> >
> > I have spent two weeks editing this project. The final version is still in
> > MM2 as a project, but I can not save it as a movie. Do I have to start
> > from
> > scratch again? Can I import the MM2 project into Roxio Easy Media Creator
> > 7
> > and save the project as a movie. Should I switch to the Roxio program or
> > stay
> > with MM2. I would really appreciate your advice. I have logged papjohn and
> > the kelleys in my favourites folder. I look forward to your reply.
> >
> > Not-so-Cheerful Charlie
> >
> > "Rehan" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi CheerfulCharlie
> >>
> >> Btw, you dont come out a very cheerful right now :-) But things can
> >> change
> >> to better if you spend some time on www.papajohn.org especially the
> >> Problem
> >> Solving section.
> >>
> >> Normal culprits for your problem (Cant save a movie..) are:
> >>
> >> * Fragmented hard disk (need defragmenting)
> >> * Use of MP3 audio or MPEG clips (need converting to WAV and AVI / WMV)
> >> * Overly complicated project (need splitting into smaller sub-projects)
> >>
> >> There are other possibilities as well so go check the site.
> >>
> >> Goodluck.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rehan
> >> www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for Windows Movie
> >> Maker
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Cheerful Charlie" <Cheerful Charlie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:756A8548-CAB7-47E6-922C-4C2266611838@microsoft.com...
> >> > This is my first time in a help forum and I am not a techie. I didn't
> >> > know
> >> > how to post a question, so have replied to something related to my
> >> > problem.
> >> >
> >> > Like other posts, I am having a problem saving/creating a movie from a
> >> > project in MM2. I captured two tapes from my panasonic CCD digital
> >> > video
> >> > camera, used them to start a new project and the videos went into my
> >> > storyboard with no trouble. I imported a number of digital pictures
> >> > (jpg)
> >> > onto the storyboard, added some titles and narrated several stills. The
> >> > first
> >> > time that I saved the project as a movie, everything went well except
> >> > that
> >> > it
> >> > was too big to save to disk, so I saved to "My Videos" folder on my
> >> > hard
> >> > drive. I played the movie and it went well. I had a great feeling of
> >> > accomplishment, but wanted to reduce the size of the movie so I could
> >> > save
> >> > it
> >> > on a CD and share it with fellow travelers.
> >> >
> >> > I returned to MM2, opened the project and proceed to delete clips,
> >> > split
> >> > clips and delete one of the splits, etc., until it should have been
> >> > small
> >> > enough to save to a CD. (I know nothing about different kinds of CDs. I
> >> > am
> >> > currently using an R CD.)
> >> >
> >> > I tried to save the project as a movie to CD and my computer kept
> >> > telling
> >> > me
> >> > that there was no CD in my CD burner. There was and I could open it by
> >> > going
> >> > to My Computer and clicking on D drive.
> >> >
> >> > I then decided to save the project as a movie to my hard drive. MM2
> >> > informed
> >> > me that there were things missing from the original or samething like
> >> > that. I
> >> > am very frustrated. I have spend many hours over two weeks editing the
> >> > project. I can play it on the MM@ viewer and like the final result. I
> >> > want
> >> > to
> >> > make the project into a movie. Can anybody recommend a solution?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance! Chuck
> >> >
> >> > "Stephen" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>
> >> >> I have a problem burning my movie to a CDRW disc and then having it
> >> >> play
> >> >> back. It seems that the burning part is done okay, but when I try to
> >> >> play
> >> >> it
> >> >> back in a viewer only the music has recorded fully but the collection
> >> >> of
> >> >> still pictures used in the movie are not all showing up. It usually
> >> >> freezes
> >> >> at a point somewhere in the movie, while the music keeps playing. I
> >> >> know
> >> >> all
> >> >> the pictures have been placed properly because when I go in to check
> >> >> in
> >> >> movie
> >> >> maker, they are all still there.
> >> >>
> >> >> The movie file is 20 minutes long. Is this too long? Too big for WMM
> >> >> to
> >> >> handle? Are their settings which will allow WMM to compile and burn a
> >> >> large
> >> >> movie easier?
> >> >>
> >> >> I've tried burning about 6 times now and each time the movie plays
> >> >> pictures
> >> >> for a different length of time, then freezes at different points
> >> >> throughout
> >> >> the movie, leaving only the music playing.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have a Gigabyte of memory, so I know that's not the problem. I have
> >> >> a
> >> >> 1.3
> >> >> Gigahertz processor, ATI Radeon 6800 video card. I think my computer
> >> >> should
> >> >> be able to handle this. I believe it's WMM where the problem lies. I
> >> >> suspect
> >> >> it's something to do with the settings. The help file is currently no
> >> >> help,
> >> >> it just seems to be either too vague or just confusing.
> >> >>
> >> >> Please help. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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