Movie Maker keeps freezing

[Guest]

HI

I have a few problems in Movie Maker i will list them as seperate posts,
just to keep the length down

First up my computer

ASUS F3JV Laptop
Core 2 Duo 2Ghz
1 Gig of ram
XP Pro Service pack 2
about 4 months old

Problem 2. Movie Maker keeps freezing

Movie Maker keeps freezing on me, usually during but not limited to, during
playback of the movie from the timeline.
Before i start i shut down all other applications and turn off virus
protection.
If i open the task manager to check CPU usage when this happens it is quite
often very low, so i don't think it has any thing to do with this.
Are there any other processes that i should be shuting down, or is a matter
of not enough memory i have 1 gig.

The project i am working on is using video from a mini DV camera imported at
high quality, as it may need to go to DVD later. there are a lot of clips any
where from 30sec to 2 1/2 mins in length.

This problem started early in the project when there was only a couple of
clips in the time line.
There is hardly any effects, only two clips have brightness used, other than
that there are a few titles overlayed through the project. And most of the
clips fade together. The overlap is very rarely more than half sec.

I know that some times these programs can be a bit tricky to configure.

Any help would be apreciated
Thanks

 

[Graham Hughes]

It is best to capture as dv-avi if you want best qaulity, as wmv even at
highest quality is already compressed.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/HowToCaptureDV-AVI.htm

There are no other files in your movie except the video files from your
camcorder?
No music? Stills?
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

If not, it could be a codec problem interfering, what other programmes have
you got installed? Try turning off all the filters in the compatibility tab
and see how that works.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/HowDoIOpenCompatibilityTab.htm

1gb of memory will be fine, if it is working ok.
How big a hard drive?
How empty is it?
When turing off AV do you ensure you are disconnected from the net?
Turn off firewall, screensaver, powersave modes?