saving error

[Guest]

I finished my project (it has only still pictures and about 6 clips of songs
in it) and it plays perfectly fine while it's still a "project". I tried to
save it to my computer as a movie, and the first time i tried it told me it
had saved successfully. However, when I tried to play it as a movie, it got
stuck on one of the first few pictures, while the music kept playing. I went
to the site:
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm
and it said that I probably can't save it because I used Jpeg and mp3 files
in my project. So, do I have to convert all the files (the 100 or so still
pictures and about 6 clips of songs) to Bitmap and WMV in order to save my
project as a movie? If this is the case, why doesn't the program specify
this before starting a project since projects tend to take hours and hours to
complete? Is there any way around converting all my files or do I have to
start the whole project all over again?
P.S. I have since tried to re-save the project to my computer and I get the
same error message that everyone else seems to get, according to the
newsgroup (to check for enough space and all that...which i did, and
everything checks out).
Please help!! Thanks

 

[John Inzer]

I finished my project (it has only still pictures and about 6 clips
of songs in it) and it plays perfectly fine while it's still a
"project". I tried to save it to my computer as a movie, and the
first time i tried it told me it had saved successfully. However,
when I tried to play it as a movie, it got stuck on one of the first
few pictures, while the music kept playing. I went to the site:
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm
and it said that I probably can't save it because I used Jpeg and mp3
files in my project. So, do I have to convert all the files (the 100
or so still pictures and about 6 clips of songs) to Bitmap and WMV in
order to save my project as a movie? If this is the case, why
doesn't the program specify this before starting a project since
projects tend to take hours and hours to complete? Is there any way
around converting all my files or do I have to start the whole
project all over again?
P.S. I have since tried to re-save the project to my computer and I
get the same error message that everyone else seems to get, according
to the newsgroup (to check for enough space and all that...which i
did, and everything checks out).
Please help!! Thanks

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Converting the source files .bmp and .wma
may be your answer, but the following article
may offer some ideas also:

MM2 - Problem Solving - 'Can't Save A Movie'
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html

Personally, I think PhotoStory 3 is a better
program to use when the source files are
all still images.

PhotoStory 3 For Windows
http://tinyurl.com/4f869

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John Inzer
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