Hello Ian,
jan said:
When i want to burn a video cd he refuges to accept wmms files!
how do i convert these files or make them suitable for burning?
The files with the extension mswmm are not video files. They are the
project description that Movie Maker used when creating the "actual" video.
The video itself can be either a "WMV" files (Windows proprietary video
file) or AVI (An almost universal standard).
In order that you can burn to a CD so that it can be played on a DVD
player, you will need to save as AVI and then using some third party package
that can make a VCD disk actually create the disk.
If you want to create a DVD for playing on your DVD machine then the
procedure is exactly as above, but you need DVD authoring software instead
of VCD authoring software
If you want to play it on your computer only, you can use Movie Maker to
create a High Mat video CD. These disks are currently only playable on your
computer. There is talk of a DVD playing machine coming onto the market that
will be able to play High Mat movies...but there is no sign of them on the
horizon yet.
You can also just create either a WMV or AVI file and copy it to CD (if
it will fit) and play it on your computer at any time you like. If you have
hopes of buying a DVD writer in the future then saving short movies as
DV-AVI and then copying them to CD is the way forward. DV-AVI output will
guarantee you the best quality and is also acceptable by the large majority
of DVD authoring software available today.
I hope this brief explanation helps you out.
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org