Re: Need help saving movie

Jim,

See the Problem Solving > Can't Save a Movie page of my site.
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Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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"Jim S." <JimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have created a 45 min video for my son's baseball team but I wasn't able
to save the movie file. I was unable to complete before the year end party,
but the team is still waiting for the movie.
>
> I captured video from my Sony DV camera in Movie Maker 2. I have a saved
project that includes titles, transition effects & music but I have been
unsuccessful in saving the movie file. I have tried saving movie to my
computer using different setting without success and also could not save the
movie back to my DV camera. The project file looks great in Movie Maker, but
I need to create a movie file so I can create DVD's or VHS tapes to give to
the team. I am not sure if my project is too big or whether I need better
software like Adobe Premiere?
>
> Here are the specs for my computer:
> Dell Dimension 4600, Intel Pentium 4 at 2.60GHz with HT
Technology
> 1280 MB DDR SDRAM at 400 MHZ
> 80 GB 7200 RPM ATA hard drive with 36 GB available
> 200 GB external hard drive with 189 GB available
> 4x DVD+R/RW CD-RW
> 128MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
>
> I have spent far more time trying to save this movie than it took to
create the project. I am frustrated and would like to find the easiest
solution as I am at the end of my rope and ready to tie a noose.
> Thanks!

PapaJohn,
I have been to your website and it has alot of useful information that I actually used as I created my project. Thanks! However, when I go to save the movie to my computer and choose other settings, I can see a setting for DV-AVI (PAL) but I don't see the setting for DV-AVI (NTSC) as described in the saving a movie section on your website. I have been told that (PAL) relates to formats in Europe and (NTSC) is a format for the U.S. Are these settings the same or do I need to get the (NTSC) setting in my program. I downloaded Movie Maker 2 from Microsoft from the U.S. so I'm not exactly sure why I have settings for Europe.

Thanks for your help!!
Jim S.

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> Jim,
>
> See the Problem Solving > Can't Save a Movie page of my site.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>
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> "Jim S." <JimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8BCC5707-2E9D-4F58-81AF-AB333D21F262@microsoft.com...
> > I have created a 45 min video for my son's baseball team but I wasn't able
> to save the movie file. I was unable to complete before the year end party,
> but the team is still waiting for the movie.
> >
> > I captured video from my Sony DV camera in Movie Maker 2. I have a saved
> project that includes titles, transition effects & music but I have been
> unsuccessful in saving the movie file. I have tried saving movie to my
> computer using different setting without success and also could not save the
> movie back to my DV camera. The project file looks great in Movie Maker, but
> I need to create a movie file so I can create DVD's or VHS tapes to give to
> the team. I am not sure if my project is too big or whether I need better
> software like Adobe Premiere?
> >
> > Here are the specs for my computer:
> > Dell Dimension 4600, Intel Pentium 4 at 2.60GHz with HT
> Technology
> > 1280 MB DDR SDRAM at 400 MHZ
> > 80 GB 7200 RPM ATA hard drive with 36 GB available
> > 200 GB external hard drive with 189 GB available
> > 4x DVD+R/RW CD-RW
> > 128MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
> >
> > I have spent far more time trying to save this movie than it took to
> create the project. I am frustrated and would like to find the easiest
> solution as I am at the end of my rope and ready to tie a noose.
> > Thanks!
>
>
>

Try the Tools > Options > Advanced > Video format
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PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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"Jim S." <JimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FAC8F7CC-1F06-457E-92E1-CBEDB9F60D5E@microsoft.com...
> PapaJohn,
> I have been to your website and it has alot of useful information that I
actually used as I created my project. Thanks! However, when I go to save
the movie to my computer and choose other settings, I can see a setting for
DV-AVI (PAL) but I don't see the setting for DV-AVI (NTSC) as described in
the saving a movie section on your website. I have been told that (PAL)
relates to formats in Europe and (NTSC) is a format for the U.S. Are these
settings the same or do I need to get the (NTSC) setting in my program. I
downloaded Movie Maker 2 from Microsoft from the U.S. so I'm not exactly
sure why I have settings for Europe.
>
> Thanks for your help!!
> Jim S.
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Jim,
> >
> > See the Problem Solving > Can't Save a Movie page of my site.
> > --
> > PapaJohn
> >
> > Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
> > Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> >
> > ..
> > "Jim S." <JimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:8BCC5707-2E9D-4F58-81AF-AB333D21F262@microsoft.com...
> > > I have created a 45 min video for my son's baseball team but I wasn't
able
> > to save the movie file. I was unable to complete before the year end
party,
> > but the team is still waiting for the movie.
> > >
> > > I captured video from my Sony DV camera in Movie Maker 2. I have a
saved
> > project that includes titles, transition effects & music but I have been
> > unsuccessful in saving the movie file. I have tried saving movie to my
> > computer using different setting without success and also could not save
the
> > movie back to my DV camera. The project file looks great in Movie Maker,
but
> > I need to create a movie file so I can create DVD's or VHS tapes to give
to
> > the team. I am not sure if my project is too big or whether I need
better
> > software like Adobe Premiere?
> > >
> > > Here are the specs for my computer:
> > > Dell Dimension 4600, Intel Pentium 4 at 2.60GHz with
HT
> > Technology
> > > 1280 MB DDR SDRAM at 400 MHZ
> > > 80 GB 7200 RPM ATA hard drive with 36 GB available
> > > 200 GB external hard drive with 189 GB available
> > > 4x DVD+R/RW CD-RW
> > > 128MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
> > >
> > > I have spent far more time trying to save this movie than it took to
> > create the project. I am frustrated and would like to find the easiest
> > solution as I am at the end of my rope and ready to tie a noose.
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >