Movie Maker is making my hair fall out please help

kez · #1 (**permalink**) 12-24-2009

I have searched through the threads to see if I can find help but no luck.

I have a year of small home video clips all Avi. I imported them to windows movie maker and made a story board. I can watch the movie. When I hit publish to dvd it takes me to windows dvd movie maker. I hit burn. The latest video which works in a dvd player only did the first three frames then the whole dvd was black with no sound. I did a windows update today, still the same

I have also tried to publish the movie to my computer it always crashes. I do not have an option to save as and place it elsewhere its always a movie maker file prompt.

I tried using nero but my videos are all over the place where as windows movie maker there all in sequence as I imported them there.

I know this sounds confusing , my video gift is two weeks late already

I do not understand codecs etc ....

so if anyone who can help me in basic terms that would be appreciated

#2 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009

For starters, if you make a new project with just a couple of your avi
files, can you sucessfully save it to a movie (wmv file) and play it?
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PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

"kez" <kez.43pzk3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have searched through the threads to see if I can find help but no
> luck.
>
> I have a year of small home video clips all Avi. I imported them to
> windows movie maker and made a story board. I can watch the movie. When
> I hit publish to dvd it takes me to windows dvd movie maker. I hit burn.
> The latest video which works in a dvd player only did the first three
> frames then the whole dvd was black with no sound. I did a windows
> update today, still the same
>
> I have also tried to publish the movie to my computer it always
> crashes. I do not have an option to save as and place it elsewhere its
> always a movie maker file prompt.
>
> I tried using nero but my videos are all over the place where as
> windows movie maker there all in sequence as I imported them there.
>
> I know this sounds confusing , my video gift is two weeks late
> already

>
> I do not understand codecs etc ....
>
> so if anyone who can help me in basic terms that would be appreciated
>
>
> --
> kez
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

kez · #3 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by PapaJohn

For starters, if you make a new project with just a couple of your avi
files, can you sucessfully save it to a movie (wmv file) and play it?
--
PapaJohn
PapaJohn.org

"kez" <kez.43pzk3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have searched through the threads to see if I can find help but no
> luck.
>
> I have a year of small home video clips all Avi. I imported them to
> windows movie maker and made a story board. I can watch the movie. When
> I hit publish to dvd it takes me to windows dvd movie maker. I hit burn.
> The latest video which works in a dvd player only did the first three
> frames then the whole dvd was black with no sound. I did a windows
> update today, still the same
>
> I have also tried to publish the movie to my computer it always
> crashes. I do not have an option to save as and place it elsewhere its
> always a movie maker file prompt.
>
> I tried using nero but my videos are all over the place where as
> windows movie maker there all in sequence as I imported them there.
>
> I know this sounds confusing , my video gift is two weeks late
> already

>
> I do not understand codecs etc ....
>
> so if anyone who can help me in basic terms that would be appreciated
>
>
> --
> kez
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

thanks Papa Jon for quick response

I opened up a new project and hit save as, it only allows me to save it as a windows movie maker project- there is no option for other formats such as wmv.
The problem I have in my wmm the film is in order ,to use another software such as nero etc... I will have to sort through all my videos again which was extremely time consuming.

I tried to make another dvd with a smaller film and the same thing happened first two minutes was fine thent he screen was black with no sound. so it is burning but then stops.

How can I change the whole wmm project which is approc 60 minutes long? Can it be copied and pasted into another program (not nero tried that)

any help is thankful

happy holidays

#4 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009

In Vista's Movie Maker 6, you use the publish option to make a movie from
your project, not the save one.

--
PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

"kez" <kez.43qc0h@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> PapaJohn;1626472 Wrote:
>> For starters, if you make a new project with just a couple of your avi
>> files, can you sucessfully save it to a movie (wmv file) and play it?
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>> 'PapaJohn.org' (http://www.papajohn.org)
>>
>>
>> "kez" <kez.43pzk3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
>> news:kez.43pzk3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>> >
>> > I have searched through the threads to see if I can find help but
>> no
>> > luck.
>> >
>> > I have a year of small home video clips all Avi. I imported them to
>> > windows movie maker and made a story board. I can watch the movie.
>> When
>> > I hit publish to dvd it takes me to windows dvd movie maker. I hit
>> burn.
>> > The latest video which works in a dvd player only did the first
>> three
>> > frames then the whole dvd was black with no sound. I did a windows
>> > update today, still the same
>> >
>> > I have also tried to publish the movie to my computer it always
>> > crashes. I do not have an option to save as and place it elsewhere
>> its
>> > always a movie maker file prompt.
>> >
>> > I tried using nero but my videos are all over the place where as
>> > windows movie maker there all in sequence as I imported them there.
>> >
>> > I know this sounds confusing , my video gift is two weeks late
>> > already

>> >
>> > I do not understand codecs etc ....
>> >
>> > so if anyone who can help me in basic terms that would be
>> appreciated
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > kez
>> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>> >
>
> thanks Papa Jon for quick response
>
> I opened up a new project and hit save as, it only allows me to save it
> as a windows movie maker project- there is no option for other formats
> such as wmv.
> The problem I have in my wmm the film is in order ,to use another
> software such as nero etc... I will have to sort through all my videos
> again which was extremely time consuming.
>
> I tried to make another dvd with a smaller film and the same thing
> happened first two minutes was fine thent he screen was black with no
> sound. so it is burning but then stops.
>
> How can I change the whole wmm project which is approc 60 minutes long?
> Can it be copied and pasted into another program (not nero tried that)
>
> any help is thankful
>
> happy holidays
>
>
> --
> kez
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

kez · #5 (**permalink**) 12-25-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by PapaJohn

In Vista's Movie Maker 6, you use the publish option to make a movie from
your project, not the save one.

--
PapaJohn
PapaJohn.org

"kez" <kez.43qc0h@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> PapaJohn;1626472 Wrote:
>> For starters, if you make a new project with just a couple of your avi
>> files, can you sucessfully save it to a movie (wmv file) and play it?
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>> 'PapaJohn.org' (PapaJohn.org)
>>
>>
>> "kez" <kez.43pzk3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
>> news:kez.43pzk3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>> >
>> > I have searched through the threads to see if I can find help but
>> no
>> > luck.
>> >
>> > I have a year of small home video clips all Avi. I imported them to
>> > windows movie maker and made a story board. I can watch the movie.
>> When
>> > I hit publish to dvd it takes me to windows dvd movie maker. I hit
>> burn.
>> > The latest video which works in a dvd player only did the first
>> three
>> > frames then the whole dvd was black with no sound. I did a windows
>> > update today, still the same
>> >
>> > I have also tried to publish the movie to my computer it always
>> > crashes. I do not have an option to save as and place it elsewhere
>> its
>> > always a movie maker file prompt.
>> >
>> > I tried using nero but my videos are all over the place where as
>> > windows movie maker there all in sequence as I imported them there.
>> >
>> > I know this sounds confusing , my video gift is two weeks late
>> > already

>> >
>> > I do not understand codecs etc ....
>> >
>> > so if anyone who can help me in basic terms that would be
>> appreciated
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > kez
>> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>> >
>
> thanks Papa Jon for quick response
>
> I opened up a new project and hit save as, it only allows me to save it
> as a windows movie maker project- there is no option for other formats
> such as wmv.
> The problem I have in my wmm the film is in order ,to use another
> software such as nero etc... I will have to sort through all my videos
> again which was extremely time consuming.
>
> I tried to make another dvd with a smaller film and the same thing
> happened first two minutes was fine thent he screen was black with no
> sound. so it is burning but then stops.
>
> How can I change the whole wmm project which is approc 60 minutes long?
> Can it be copied and pasted into another program (not nero tried that)
>
> any help is thankful
>
> happy holidays
>
>
> --
> kez
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Hi Jon,
I have published it to my computer as well as published to a dvd to no avail. I am not sure what vista movie maker it is it came with my laptop Hp 2 years ago
thanks
Kez

Movie Maker is making my hair fall out please help

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