What's MSWMM and WMV

[George]

I'm using WinMovieMaker, wondered if someone could help with the following
newbie questions...

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( )T ( )F. When creating a movie in WinMoveMaker, it always creates two
files, like...

-JanesBirthday.MSWMM (a project file with lots of photo/mpeg/etc. LINKS),
and

-JanesBirthday.AllisVideoHello.WMV (a flat file, ready to play, even if the
links, pictures, mpgs, etc. used to create it are subsequently deleted)

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( )T ( )F. If you create a project file like BillsParty.MSWMM and link
things like jpgs, mpgs, and other files to it....then move these source jpgs
and files to new locations, or rename them... well, your movie falls
apart...you'd have to one by one "re-connect" the source files inside of
BillsPart.MSWMM

(Is there any way around this, or any way to make this easier?)

 

[John Inzer]

I'm using WinMovieMaker, wondered if someone could help
with the following newbie questions...

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False...Movie Maker only creates one saved
file at a time...it's your choice.
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-JanesBirthday.MSWMM (a project file with lots of
photo/mpeg/etc. LINKS), and

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True...The .MSWMM is the project file ...this
file is created by going to...File / Save Project As.
(The advantage to this format is that you can
re-open it and continue the editing process)
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-JanesBirthday.AllisVideoHello.WMV (a flat file, ready to
play, even if the links, pictures, mpgs, etc. used to
create it are subsequently deleted)

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True...the .wmv file is the movie file...this file
is created by going to...File / Save Movie File.
(This is the completed movie file that can
be shared)

There's also an option to save in the
DV-AVI format...

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw
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( )T ( )F. If you create a project file like
BillsParty.MSWMM and link things like jpgs, mpgs, and
other files to it....then move these source jpgs and
files to new locations, or rename them... well, your
movie falls apart...you'd have to one by one "re-connect"
the source files inside of BillsPart.MSWMM

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True...however, some users find that converting
..jpegs and .mpegs to .bmps and .wmvs can result
in a smoother process with less issues. MP3s
can cause issues also.
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(Is there any way around this, or any way to make this
easier?)

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The only way I know of is to right click the
Red Xs...and browse to the correct location.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

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