Moviemaker crapping out

[Guest]

I don't have version 2.1 since I did download the XP, Service Pack 2, but it
doesn't download Moviemaker 2.1 (Like it says it does).

I imported a pretty big video file (over 300 MB) and everytime i even click
on a video in that collection, moviemaker craps out. I only need to save a
couple of minutes from this 43 minute file, but I can't get moviemaker to
stay open long enuf to make this happen.

Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

BTW--it is an avi file that I had moviemaker section into clips while it
imported. It imported okay, but if I go to that collection at all,
Moviemaker is toast.

I tried to do the windows update thing and everything updated but my windows
moviemaker did not update.

Is moviemaker just too crappy to handle an avi file of this size?

 

[John Inzer]

I don't have version 2.1 since I did download the XP, Service Pack 2,
but it doesn't download Moviemaker 2.1 (Like it says it does).

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What version do you have?
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I imported a pretty big video file (over 300 MB) and everytime i even
click on a video in that collection, moviemaker craps out. I only
need to save a couple of minutes from this 43 minute file, but I
can't get moviemaker to stay open long enuf to make this happen.

Any suggestions?

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Probably a codec issue...see my
answer to your followup question.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
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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

 

[John Inzer]

BTW--it is an avi file that I had moviemaker section into clips while
it imported. It imported okay, but if I go to that collection at all,
Moviemaker is toast.

I tried to do the windows update thing and everything updated but my
windows moviemaker did not update.

Is moviemaker just too crappy to handle an avi file of this size?

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Maybe you need a codec for the .avi file...

GSpot can tell you which codec was used
and if the codec is installed on your system.

GSpot
http://tinyurl.com/cjkta

More info:

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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]

300mb is a very very small video file.
43 minutes is a very very long video file.
I suspect it is something like divx, which won't work with MM.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

See here for converters
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm

See here for how to check which version you do have
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/VersionNumber.htm

and here to correct the problem of MM2.1 not installing properly when you
install SP2.
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/ProblemPages/MovieMakerDoesNotAppearAfterInstallingSP2.htm

 

[Guest]

So even if it is an AVI file, that doesn't mean the codecs downloaded?

When I first imported it, it played for about 2 seconds b4 crashing and now
if I load the collection at all, moviemaker crashes.

 

[Wojo]

It isn't about the codec's if it is, and I suspect Graham is 100% correct on
this, a Divx file then it will not work properly in Movie Maker. Convert the
file to WMV and import the WMV into Movie Maker and that will likely solve
the problem.

 

[Guest]

hi julie
graham is probably right, u can use windows media encoder 9 (free) from
microsoft website to convert. also make sure ur computer is powerful enough
to edit the video. i recommend a 2.6ghz Pentium 4 processor or an 2ghz AMD
processor. alternatively if u have a core 2 duo processor or AMD athlon 64 X2
they should be fine for video editing. i recommend 768mb of RAM for video
editing, 1gb if you don't have a dedicated graphics cards.

hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

I downloaded the Canopus DV File Converter from the site Graham told me about.

I chose my avi file and I got this message, "The source file can not be
converted by this application."

Any other suggestions?

 

[Guest]

I am running movie maker version 2.0.3312.0.

I have installed Service Pack 2 of Windows and it does not upgrade my movie
maker to version 2.1.

Does this mean I have to uninstall movie maker altogether before running the
sp2 upgrade?

 

[PapaJohn]

no, there isn't a way to do an uninstall first.... if the full install of
SP2 doesn't result in MM2.1, check my website's Setup MM2 in XP > MM2.1 page

 

[Graham Hughes]

You need to find out what sort of avi file it is first.

Use AVICodec
from this page
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/WebPages/UsefulProgrammes.htm

This tells you what avi file you have.

You then ned to use a converter that will convert that particular avi file
to a wmv file.

The canopus dv converter is NOT the tool you want.