viewing movie made

i made a movie with windows movie maker project at home. i wanted to take it to show a friend at her house to see it. she has windows movie maker 2. it opens the file but doesnt display pictures or sound. does the computer im viewing it from have to have all the files used in the movie. thanks for any replies
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mauro barron

No, it doesn't need the files, but it needs to be connected to the internet
so it can automatically get any needed codec... which is downloaded in the
background from a Microsoft site.
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PapaJohn

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

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"mauro barron" <maurobarron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> i made a movie with windows movie maker project at home. i wanted to take
it to show a friend at her house to see it. she has windows movie maker 2.
it opens the file but doesnt display pictures or sound. does the computer
im viewing it from have to have all the files used in the movie. thanks for
any replies
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> mauro barron

i am connected to the internet. i open the file which i saved to a cd and i opened the one i emailed to myself. they both have x's where the pictures and music should be.
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mauro barron


"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> No, it doesn't need the files, but it needs to be connected to the internet
> so it can automatically get any needed codec... which is downloaded in the
> background from a Microsoft site.
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> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>
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> "mauro barron" <maurobarron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EB1F7653-10F0-4E76-A508-33CC31A4C05B@microsoft.com...
> > i made a movie with windows movie maker project at home. i wanted to take
> it to show a friend at her house to see it. she has windows movie maker 2.
> it opens the file but doesnt display pictures or sound. does the computer
> im viewing it from have to have all the files used in the movie. thanks for
> any replies
> > --
> > mauro barron
>
>
>

Sounds like you took the project file and played it in your friend's Movie
Maker.... that's not the movie. You need to save the movie using File > Save
Movie File....
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PapaJohn
Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
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"mauro barron" <maurobarron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5FC3541B-473E-4CBB-872C-52E2CF9FB55D@microsoft.com...
> i am connected to the internet. i open the file which i saved to a cd and
i opened the one i emailed to myself. they both have x's where the pictures
and music should be.
> --
> mauro barron
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > No, it doesn't need the files, but it needs to be connected to the
internet
> > so it can automatically get any needed codec... which is downloaded in
the
> > background from a Microsoft site.
> > --
> > PapaJohn
> >
> > Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
> > Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> >
> > ..
> > "mauro barron" <maurobarron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:EB1F7653-10F0-4E76-A508-33CC31A4C05B@microsoft.com...
> > > i made a movie with windows movie maker project at home. i wanted to
take
> > it to show a friend at her house to see it. she has windows movie maker
2.
> > it opens the file but doesnt display pictures or sound. does the
computer
> > im viewing it from have to have all the files used in the movie. thanks
for
> > any replies
> > > --
> > > mauro barron
> >
> >
> >

I had the same problem not being able to view a friend's movie file.
I opened movie maker but didn't see any option to File > save movie
file.... what am i missing?


> Sounds like you took the project file and played it in your friend's Movie
> Maker.... that's not the movie. You need to save the movie using File > Save
> Movie File....
> --
> PapaJohn
> Movie Maker 2: www.papajohn.org
> PhotoStory 2: www.photostory.papajohn.org
> .
> .
> "mauro barron" <maurobarron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FC3541B-473E-4CBB-872C-52E2CF9FB55D@microsoft.com...
> > i am connected to the internet. i open the file which i saved to a cd and
> i opened the one i emailed to myself. they both have x's where the pictures
> and music should be.
> > --
> > mauro barron
> >
> >
> > "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > > No, it doesn't need the files, but it needs to be connected to the
> internet
> > > so it can automatically get any needed codec... which is downloaded in
> the
> > > background from a Microsoft site.
> > > --
> > > PapaJohn
> > >
> > > Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
> > > Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> > >
> > > ..
> > > "mauro barron" <maurobarron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:EB1F7653-10F0-4E76-A508-33CC31A4C05B@microsoft.com...
> > > > i made a movie with windows movie maker project at home. i wanted to
> take
> > > it to show a friend at her house to see it. she has windows movie maker
> 2.
> > > it opens the file but doesnt display pictures or sound. does the
> computer
> > > im viewing it from have to have all the files used in the movie. thanks
> for
> > > any replies
> > > > --
> > > > mauro barron
> > >
> > >
> > >