Re: Multiple collections

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I guess I thought you had source files on DVDs that work in Movie Maker....
which wouldn't be normal DVD video files (vobs)...

For vobs, you need to rip and convert to get them to AVI files, and then use
the AVIs. Is that more what you're trying to do?
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"yuhuditu" <yuhuditu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3400DE88-FD10-4460-BDAE-589B63FA1915@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sad to say, I haven't been able to make additional collections on DVDs
> resident because I get an error message that there is not enough space in
> any file I attempt to use. However, I have 44.9 GB of free space overall
> and each DVD has about 4.2 GB of data. Do I have to expand a file size
> and
> then copy into that file? If so, how do I do this?
>
> "yuhuditu" wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for your help. BAsed on your advice, I'm going to try to make
>> about
>> 40 Giga-bytes of old movies resident in order to combine clips from these
>> collections into a series of family movies. I'm now in the process of
>> "cleaning house" to facilitate that.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>> > if you're importing clips directly from a DVD... you'll have red-Xs as
>> > soon
>> > as you remove the DVD from your computer....
>> >
>> > the importing process isn't one that copies the files... they are only
>> > linked to, so the originals need to stay in place... copy them from the
>> > DVDs
>> > and then import them from your hard drive locations.
>> >
>> > --
>> > PapaJohn
>> >
>> > Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
>> > Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>> > ..
>> > "yuhuditu" <yuhuditu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:35D2892A-5E54-4DE0-9E9F-A82FF597DFF1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Thanks for your response. However, I'm finding when I try to include
>> > > a
>> > > clip
>> > > from a second collection on the story board, the thumbnail pictures
>> > > from
>> > > the
>> > > 1st collection are replaced by an "X" onthe story board. (Note that
>> > > each
>> > > collection is imported from a separate DVD.)
>> > >
>> > > "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> yes, drag whatever clips you want from your collections into the
>> > >> project..
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> PapaJohn
>> > >>
>> > >> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
>> > >> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>> > >> ..
>> > >> "yuhuditu" <yuhuditu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > >> news:98C69D91-D07B-4AFA-9E8A-4C96D7A69361@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >> >I want to use clips from more than one collection in a movie. Is
>> > >> >it
>> > >> >possible
>> > >> > to do this with Movie Maker?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> >


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