confused and ready to give in...

[Guest]

Alright...I have imported all my clips without trouble. I have my movie
completely made including text, transitions and credits. I simply need to
know is there anything special I need to know about my movie before I burn it
to DVD. Isn't WMM a tool to help you create a DVD movie from digital clips?

Does it matter what format my clips are in? Everything plays fine, but my
final saved project will not play in windows media player. Is this a sign of
trouble ahead?

Finally, once your movie is made...is there a general rule of thumb as to
what kind of DVD you save your project on. In other words does WMM only
create your DVD on one type of burnable DVD?

 

[John Inzer]

Alright...I have imported all my clips without trouble.
I have my movie completely made including text,
transitions and credits. I simply need to know is there
anything special I need to know about my movie before I
burn it to DVD. Isn't WMM a tool to help you create a
DVD movie from digital clips?

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WMM is a tool for 'editing' video...not
for authoring DVDs.
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Does it matter what format my clips are in? Everything
plays fine, but my final saved project will not play in
windows media player. Is this a sign of trouble ahead?

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Yes, the format matters. Your project file
would be in the .mswmm format and is
only recognized by Windows Movie Maker.

If you go to...File / Save Movie File...or type...
Ctrl / P...you can save in a video format.
That would be .wmv or .avi.

Have a look at the following article:

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw
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Finally, once your movie is made...is there a general
rule of thumb as to what kind of DVD you save your
project on. In other words does WMM only create your DVD
on one type of burnable DVD?

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Read the following articles for some ideas:

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

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[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

did you save the movie??? the player doesn't use the project file...

Movie Maker, with few exceptions, doesn't make DVDs or other discs that play
in stand-alone DVD players.... you shouldn't expect any Movie Maker issues,
but you need to use DVD authoring/creating software.
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