I have spent hours creating this movie of me and my friends. It is about 3
minutes long, has a lot of the "titles" add in after shots of movies, and has
a song playing in the backround. I try to save it as a movie so I can post it
on my website, but it does not work. The reasons stated do not make sense as
all my files are where they should be and MM can see them. I have WAY more
than enough free space. I am a little bit confused as to saving location, but
I am trying to save it in it's own folder so there should be space. I am
saving on the C drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can go to
sleep before school in the morning.

I'm a novice, but try this - are you going to "save movie file"? It's more
than just saving the project you are working on - it actually changes it into
another file type. Once you hit that, you should have options that will
direct you as to where you want to save it (my computer, etc).

"FU Studios" wrote:

> I have spent hours creating this movie of me and my friends. It is about 3
> minutes long, has a lot of the "titles" add in after shots of movies, and has
> a song playing in the backround. I try to save it as a movie so I can post it
> on my website, but it does not work. The reasons stated do not make sense as
> all my files are where they should be and MM can see them. I have WAY more
> than enough free space. I am a little bit confused as to saving location, but
> I am trying to save it in it's own folder so there should be space. I am
> saving on the C drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can go to
> sleep before school in the morning.

1. What are the reasons stated? - Is it 'cant save movie due to
isufficient space or missing files?
2. Are you saving as DV-AVI (try WMV)
3. Is the sound file mp3 - if so convert to avi using something like
windows media encoder....
4. Sometimes, if you have a lot of edits the complexity is very high.
This includes stuff you have edited then gotten rid of altogether - it
all adds to the mm project file. In this case I have had success in
copying the files to a new project - you 'select all' copy open the new
project file and paste. Then save the new file. You need to do this once
each for the video, music, titles and transitions.
I have experienced similar problems - usually when I have done a lot of
edits, even short movies can have difficulties. 2 and 3 have given me
the greatest success for the least effort.


Hope this helps



Eeyore

FU Studios wrote:
> I have spent hours creating this movie of me and my friends. It is about 3
> minutes long, has a lot of the "titles" add in after shots of movies, and has
> a song playing in the backround. I try to save it as a movie so I can post it
> on my website, but it does not work. The reasons stated do not make sense as
> all my files are where they should be and MM can see them. I have WAY more
> than enough free space. I am a little bit confused as to saving location, but
> I am trying to save it in it's own folder so there should be space. I am
> saving on the C drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can go to
> sleep before school in the morning.

Where do I find how to convert to a wmv file?
--
Jim


"eeyore <"rob.pugh"@" <" wrote:

> 1. What are the reasons stated? - Is it 'cant save movie due to
> isufficient space or missing files?
> 2. Are you saving as DV-AVI (try WMV)
> 3. Is the sound file mp3 - if so convert to avi using something like
> windows media encoder....
> 4. Sometimes, if you have a lot of edits the complexity is very high.
> This includes stuff you have edited then gotten rid of altogether - it
> all adds to the mm project file. In this case I have had success in
> copying the files to a new project - you 'select all' copy open the new
> project file and paste. Then save the new file. You need to do this once
> each for the video, music, titles and transitions.
> I have experienced similar problems - usually when I have done a lot of
> edits, even short movies can have difficulties. 2 and 3 have given me
> the greatest success for the least effort.
>
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
>
> Eeyore
>
> FU Studios wrote:
> > I have spent hours creating this movie of me and my friends. It is about 3
> > minutes long, has a lot of the "titles" add in after shots of movies, and has
> > a song playing in the backround. I try to save it as a movie so I can post it
> > on my website, but it does not work. The reasons stated do not make sense as
> > all my files are where they should be and MM can see them. I have WAY more
> > than enough free space. I am a little bit confused as to saving location, but
> > I am trying to save it in it's own folder so there should be space. I am
> > saving on the C drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can go to
> > sleep before school in the morning.
>

jimcamper wrote:
> Where do I find how to convert to a wmv file?
===================================
Convert what to a .wmv file?

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jimcamper wrote:
> Where do I find how to convert to a wmv file?
3. should have said convert to a WMA file. I use the product windows
mwedia encoder from Microsoft - its a freebie -
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/default.aspx

Eeyore

Eeyore is on the right track here.
It could be a filetype issue or it could be a complexity issue.
Filetype issue is more likely since with a complexity issue what usually
happens is that it tries to save but the time just keeps going up and in
your case it is giving an error message.
Take a look at the types of files you are using.
Movie Maker doesn't work well with MP3, MPG, and reportedly JPG files.
Convert these
MP3 to WAV or WMA
MPG to AVI
JPG to BMP
I use AVS Converter for video files:
www.avsmedia.com
I use Click and Convert for Audio Files:
http://www.iburn.net/wma-to-mp3.html
Or for conversion info and other programs see this site:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
--
Wojo
--------------------
Wojo's Web:
http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/


"FU Studios" <FU (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:41A0AF98-2737-480E-9884-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have spent hours creating this movie of me and my friends. It is about 3
> minutes long, has a lot of the "titles" add in after shots of movies, and
> has
> a song playing in the backround. I try to save it as a movie so I can post
> it
> on my website, but it does not work. The reasons stated do not make sense
> as
> all my files are where they should be and MM can see them. I have WAY more
> than enough free space. I am a little bit confused as to saving location,
> but
> I am trying to save it in it's own folder so there should be space. I am
> saving on the C drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can go
> to
> sleep before school in the morning.

Out of the blue, my "save as" options are all greyed out!!!!!! I am
****XXX88 out of luck, when finishing my movie. Any suggestions???? I have
used this program a million times. I use option 3 Finish Movie and
save my file to my computer, and use MY DVD to burn a dvd. HELP! PLEASE!!!
Thank you, hehe.

"Wojo" wrote:

> Eeyore is on the right track here.
> It could be a filetype issue or it could be a complexity issue.
> Filetype issue is more likely since with a complexity issue what usually
> happens is that it tries to save but the time just keeps going up and in
> your case it is giving an error message.
> Take a look at the types of files you are using.
> Movie Maker doesn't work well with MP3, MPG, and reportedly JPG files.
> Convert these
> MP3 to WAV or WMA
> MPG to AVI
> JPG to BMP
> I use AVS Converter for video files:
> www.avsmedia.com
> I use Click and Convert for Audio Files:
> http://www.iburn.net/wma-to-mp3.html
> Or for conversion info and other programs see this site:
> http://www.videohelp.com/convert
> --
> Wojo
> --------------------
> Wojo's Web:
> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/
>
>
> "FU Studios" <FU (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:41A0AF98-2737-480E-9884-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have spent hours creating this movie of me and my friends. It is about 3
> > minutes long, has a lot of the "titles" add in after shots of movies, and
> > has
> > a song playing in the backround. I try to save it as a movie so I can post
> > it
> > on my website, but it does not work. The reasons stated do not make sense
> > as
> > all my files are where they should be and MM can see them. I have WAY more
> > than enough free space. I am a little bit confused as to saving location,
> > but
> > I am trying to save it in it's own folder so there should be space. I am
> > saving on the C drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can go
> > to
> > sleep before school in the morning.
>
>
>

Hi Terri
Well since this apparently JUST happened take a look at any programs you
recently installed as one of them could be the culprit. You can then either
try uninstalling them one by one to see if that works or you can, as I would
do, use Windows Restore to restore your computer back to when WMM was
working properly.
-Wojo

"Terri" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:61915EC1-14AA-4C92-A32C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Out of the blue, my "save as" options are all greyed out!!!!!! I am
> ****XXX88 out of luck, when finishing my movie. Any suggestions???? I
> have
> used this program a million times. I use option 3 Finish Movie and
> save my file to my computer, and use MY DVD to burn a dvd. HELP!
> PLEASE!!!
> Thank you, hehe.
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> Eeyore is on the right track here.
>> It could be a filetype issue or it could be a complexity issue.
>> Filetype issue is more likely since with a complexity issue what usually
>> happens is that it tries to save but the time just keeps going up and in
>> your case it is giving an error message.
>> Take a look at the types of files you are using.
>> Movie Maker doesn't work well with MP3, MPG, and reportedly JPG files.
>> Convert these
>> MP3 to WAV or WMA
>> MPG to AVI
>> JPG to BMP
>> I use AVS Converter for video files:
>> www.avsmedia.com
>> I use Click and Convert for Audio Files:
>> http://www.iburn.net/wma-to-mp3.html
>> Or for conversion info and other programs see this site:
>> http://www.videohelp.com/convert
>> --
>> Wojo
>> --------------------
>> Wojo's Web:
>> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/
>>
>>
>> "FU Studios" <FU (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:41A0AF98-2737-480E-9884-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have spent hours creating this movie of me and my friends. It is about
>> >3
>> > minutes long, has a lot of the "titles" add in after shots of movies,
>> > and
>> > has
>> > a song playing in the backround. I try to save it as a movie so I can
>> > post
>> > it
>> > on my website, but it does not work. The reasons stated do not make
>> > sense
>> > as
>> > all my files are where they should be and MM can see them. I have WAY
>> > more
>> > than enough free space. I am a little bit confused as to saving
>> > location,
>> > but
>> > I am trying to save it in it's own folder so there should be space. I
>> > am
>> > saving on the C drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can
>> > go
>> > to
>> > sleep before school in the morning.
>>
>>
>>