How do I diagnose what is preventing me from saving my WMMaker pro

[KaiViti]

Hi, I have created, over 5 days, an awesome project containing video, photos
and music. I went to save it to my computer and a window popped up saying
there was a problem (either source file not found, not enough memory, not
enough disc space etc). I have heaps of disc space and heaps of memory and
there are no red X' on any of the files to show they are missing. So I split
the project in half and part 1 saved nicely but the second half refused to
save. When I tried, the same message popping up. I did some fault finding
and then ended up re-making the entire second half over 2 days. During this
period I constantly checked that the project would save and all was good.
But just now, something has gone wrong again and it wont save. I have gone
back to the last point where it did save, but it won't now. Bro, I am sooooo
gutted, all that work. Is there some sort of diagnostics I can run that will
tell me EXACTLY what is wrong so I can fix the EXACT issue. The pop up
window says that there could be a number of problems. How do I find out
EXACTLY what the problem is. PLEASE HELP. I need this project for
university. Cheers

 

[John Inzer]

Hi, I have created, over 5 days, an awesome project containing video,
photos and music. I went to save it to my computer and a window
popped up saying there was a problem (either source file not found,
not enough memory, not enough disc space etc). I have heaps of disc
space and heaps of memory and there are no red X' on any of the files
to show they are missing. So I split the project in half and part 1
saved nicely but the second half refused to save. When I tried, the
same message popping up. I did some fault finding and then ended up
re-making the entire second half over 2 days. During this period I
constantly checked that the project would save and all was good. But
just now, something has gone wrong again and it wont save. I have
gone back to the last point where it did save, but it won't now.
Bro, I am sooooo gutted, all that work. Is there some sort of
diagnostics I can run that will tell me EXACTLY what is wrong so I
can fix the EXACT issue. The pop up window says that there could be
a number of problems. How do I find out EXACTLY what the problem is.
PLEASE HELP. I need this project for university. Cheers

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You are certainly on the right track by
splitting the project. When a project gets
to large and complex...issues are bound
to arise.

I suspect the problem is one or more
incompatible or corrupted source files.

The safest formats to use are:

Video : .wmv
Audio : .wma, .wmv, .wav
Stills : .bmp

Have a look at the following articles:

Movie Maker 2 - Problem Solving -
'Can't Save A Movie'
http://tinyurl.com/yjvztz
or
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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