Re: Can't save as a movie file


I run WinXP, it's a media center edition
You name it; I've tried it. I could make +1 hour movies before...now I'm
lucky if I can get it to save a 1:20 clip in movie mode. It all focuses on
the DVI-AV setting. Any other setting is fine...but then the quality is
garbage. About the only thing I have NOT tried is cleaning out my
computer/wiping everything out and reloading...I simply have too much stuff
that it would take DAYS to save to DVD as backup. I have plenty of space
+156G, a very high speed processor, a video card specific for doing just
this, etc. I have some video on this computer that is no where else and I
guess that is my main reason for not wanting to wipe it all out to try on a
clean computer. I've tried the windowsmoviemaker forum and tried things
they've recommended...removing excess footage from the collection, etc.
"John Inzer" wrote:

sher wrote:
OK, I am pretty adept at WMM. I got a newer computer to be able to
handle the requirements of video editing etc. However, after a few
months of success (also having converted analog to digital and edited
it, movie maker will no longer allow me to save my projects (long OR
short--and I mean even 2 minutes here) as an AVI-DV file. I refuse to
save as anything else as I want to keep the quality (especially of my
DV stuff). I have spent HOURS with MS support and am on level 3 at
present but STILL they cannot figure out the problem. When I save as
AVI-DV, it starts to save and the minutes count down, but then they
stop and begin to count up to infinity if I'd let them. HELP!!! The
whole reason I bought this new computer was so I could do these
videos of family footage to give as Christmas presents. PLEASE help!
Mr. Inzer---I've seen a lot of your replies and hope you have some
ideas. And yes, I have Explorer 7 but have always had it on this
machine even when MMaker was working fine.
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Is your newer computer running WinXP
or Vista?

Have you tried doing a system restore to
a time before the issue began?

It may help if we had some idea of what
you tried already.

The following links may be useful.

MM2 - Problem Solving -
'Can't Save A Movie'
http://tinyurl.com/yjvztz

File type compatibility
with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk



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