Movie Maker very SLOW

[Robert Wolf]

IS there any way to speed up the process where Movie Maker
actually makes the movie into a WMV file? I'm working on a
30 minute slideshow video with music that's taking 2 -3
DAYS to complete the file! What's the problem??

 

[Chris Lanier]

How fast is your computer?

Check out the Minimum and Recommended Computer Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/downloads/moviemaker2.asp

 

[Jason Earll]

Well i can tell you that contrary to what the minimum
requirments say you will want at least a 1.4 Ghz processor
and at least 256 mb of ram and have all other applications
closed

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Your processor is too slow/old. You need an absolute minimum of a 1.4 GHz
P4 processor and preferably 512MB of RAM, and 2x free space on your HDD
than the final movie will be. If you don't have this, you must rendered
each frame to the in and out of the swap file, for a total of 8 clock
cycles, plus an extra cycle for refresh. Either learn to live with the
render time, or get a system that meets minimum requirements.

Bobby