Movie Maker slows down when creating

[Guest]

When I'm creating a photo show, it starts slowing down about a song and a
half into creating it. I'm running a 2.08 GHz processor and 1 gig of MB. Is
movie maker limited to the amount of photos and music that can be added? I
was able to do a 3 song long photo show but it was a very slow slow process.
Can it be longer? Thanks, Mesa AZ

 

[Kevin]

What video card and RAM are you running? What else is running in the
background? I have made movies, with a soundtrack, of over fifteen minutes
in length. Movie Maker churns through the video and audio, converting and
processing the files and constructing the movie. This can take some time.

 

[Guest]

I'm running 128 MB Radeon 9600 pro and there is nothing else running in the
background. Another example: I can selet a photo and drag it down to the
movie and it will take up to 30 to 40 sec. before I can proceed any further.
Thanks for your help.

 

[Kevin]

What is the file size of the photos you are using? A 100 kb image file, in
..jpeg file format, should only take a few seconds at the most before you can
proceed with your next selection. If the file is a huge, high resolution
file, such as those created by modern, multi-megapixel digital cameras, that
is a different matter altogether. Your ATI Radeon 9600 certainly has the
horsepower to handle the necessary image manipulation and the 2.08 GHZ
processor and 1 GB of main system memory are also adequate.

 

[Guest]

Kevin, Sorry I've not been in touch, work is busy. In answer to your
question, I checked some of my photo files and what I found was some large
files. Some photo's were as much as 894 KB for one single scanned paper
photo. All of the paper photo's was scanned on a 2110 HP all in one printer.
If this seems to be my problem, how can I resolve it? Also my digital photos
are as much as 1.17 MB Thanks again for your help.