Cannot Save To My Computer

[Justin Itzen]

TOk, so I have made a video that is 10 min, 50 seconds long, and im trying to
figure out why it won't let me save my video to ANYTHING. I want to save to
my computer, it wont let me do that so ive tried everything besides saving to
a disk. This is the steps i have taken, tell me if im wrong.
1. Save to My Computer
2. Save Video To My Videos
3.Movie Settings (Set to Large Quality) says file size may vary based on
content of the saved movie. I have 103 GB disk space, the file is a WMV
So I save to my computer, and this is what i get...
"Windows Movie Maker cannot save the movie to the specified location. Verify
that the original source files used in your movie are still available, that
the saving location is still available, and that there is enough free disk
space available, and then try again."
I have clicked Learn more about Saving Movies, but this is what i get...
"There is not enough memory available for this task. Quit one or more
programs to increase available memory, and then try again."
I click the X or OK on that note it pops up when I click learn bout saving
movies, and it closes the whole project.

PLEASE HELP IM OUT OF IDEAS!!!

 

[Graham Hughes]

This is a common problem when you use files which aren't compatible with
movie maker, see
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

 

[On Request]

Quite possibly there is a problem with your source files; have a look at
this URL to see if your problem is among those described there:

http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

 

[Tom]

Variation on this theme...Have been using version 2.1 on XP machine without
major problems. Yesterday all efforts to "Save to Computer" opened window to
save to recordable CD. Numerous re-boots did no good. Tried earlier projects
that I had successfully saved to computer, and got same slow response (trying
to save to CD instead). I , too, don't want to uninstall SP2 and go through
that re-install again. Hope someone has an idea.

 

[Graham Hughes]

What file types are you using then Tom?

 

[Tom]

I've captured from a digital (Canon) camera..same one I've been using.
Processing at 512bps for high speed internet. Saving as wmv (or trying to do
so). Just took the files and project files to another computer, and I am able
to process and "save to computer" there. I've tried defragging the first
computer, cleaned up video storage. It's very frustrating, as 2 days ago it
was working fine (other than the occasional WMM crash). Thanks

 

[John Inzer]

I've captured from a digital (Canon) camera..same one I've been using.
Processing at 512bps for high speed internet. Saving as wmv (or
trying to do so). Just took the files and project files to another
computer, and I am able to process and "save to computer" there. I've
tried defragging the first computer, cleaned up video storage. It's
very frustrating, as 2 days ago it was working fine (other than the
occasional WMM crash). Thanks

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It could help if you disconnect from the net and
close all programs...especially virus scanners
before opening Movie Maker.

Maybe it would be worth a try to increase the size
of your Virtual Memory Paging File. The following
article explains how:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

And the following maintenance tasks could
help:

Empty your Temporary Internet Files Folder.

(260897) How to Delete the Contents of the
Temporary Internet Files Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260897

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Graham Hughes]

Looking at canon cameras they record in mjpeg, which is a format that isn't
compatible with movie maker, so converting them to wmv using an app from
here would be what you need to do.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm