Re: Windows Movie Maker will not save to AVI format

From: Randy (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:09:08 -0700

Graham,

To set the record straight and hopefully save someone
else the pain I've experienced- PLEASE READ:

1) I had to divide my 10.5GB Windows Movie Maker file
into 3 seperate files or clips in order to save all of
the information to DV-AVI format.

2) Click to DVD (a Sony DVD authoring tool taht shipped
free on my new Sony Vaio) burned the DVD but did not
record the audio- no sound. Upon exploring the Sony
support site, I quickly learned that Sony Click to DVD
DOES NOT SUPPORT Windows Movie Maker created files.

Right now I am checking reviews about new DVD authoring
tools that I can purchase.

Comment: I am more than frustrated with the
incompatibility of the bundled applications on my new
Sony computer. It is hard enough to learn basic video and
audio editing and authoring on the fly, but the
application problems and application mismatch has wasted
a great deal of my time. Shame on Sony for not eddressing
compatibility with Microsoft's native video editing
application.

Thank you and good luck!

project file
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried all the suggestions On John's site.
>Have you got all other apps turned off, included in that
>internet/anti-virus/firewall/screenaver etc.
>Defrag before saving.
>there is enough hdd space.
>Graham
>
>--
>Graham Hughes
>MVP
>www.simplydv.co.uk
>www.dvds2treasure.com
>"Randy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:04fd01c46e22$edb03cb0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Graham,
>>
>> Windows Movie Maker projects are saved as .mswmm
>> extension. When you are ready to save as a movie file,
it
>> gives you an array of options for .WMV files, and
>> one .AVI option. Every time I try to save as a .AVI
file,
>> the application chugs along and after about 10 minutes
or
>> so crashes and prompts me to send an error report to
>> Microsoft.
>>
>> My DVD authoring software (Click to DVD) will accept
>> either .AVI or .MPG imported clips, so needless to say
I
>> am frustrated.
>>
>> I just seperated my movie file into two parts to reduce
>> the size to about 4.5GB each, and it still crashes when
>> trying to write to .AVI format.
>>
>> Any clues???
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >How did you get the video on to the pc?
>> >Which format is it in?
>> >Also try www.papajohn.org problem solving cannot save
a
>> movie
>> >
>> >--
>> >Graham Hughes
>> >MVP
>> >www.simplydv.co.uk
>> >www.dvds2treasure.com
>> >"Randy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:2fa9e01c46d24$c79c5c60$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I've created a project in WMM that I would like to
burn
>> >> to a DVD on my system, which came to "Click to DVD
>> >> software. This software can only import MPG or AVI
>> >> formats.
>> >>
>> >> Every time I try and save to "DV-AVI" format, the
>> >> software crashes. I tried to get around this
problem by
>> >> saving as a WMF and I downloaded a trial version of
>> >> TMPGEnt ( a software that converts WMF to MPG.
>> >> I can import the MPG I conferted from the WMF
format,
>> but
>> >> it errors out each time it tries to create the DVD
>> files.
>> >>
>> >> Is there some way to export or write my project to
AVI
>> or
>> >> MPG within Windows Movie Maker? Any clues???
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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