When saving as a movie the minutes keep growing...

[Trauton]

Hi,

I have to wmv files one 30 min long and the 2nd one 15 min long. They both
play fine. I am trimming the last 15 min of the first one and joining it
with the second one. No other editing is done. When I try to save it as a
movie, wmm starts calculating the minutes and they keep on growing without
end. Left it running for over 10 hours with no progress. All other
applications in my computer were shut down. The project plays fine, just the
conversion to movie fails.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Trauton

 

[John Inzer]

Hi,

I have to wmv files one 30 min long and the 2nd one 15 min long.
They both play fine. I am trimming the last 15 min of the first one
and joining it with the second one. No other editing is done. When
I try to save it as a movie, wmm starts calculating the minutes and
they keep on growing without end. Left it running for over 10 hours
with no progress. All other applications in my computer were shut
down. The project plays fine, just the conversion to movie fails.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Trauton

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More than likely, you have compatibility issues
with some of your source files. Have a look at
the following articles:

Movie Maker 2 - Problem Solving -
'Can't Save A Movie'
http://tinyurl.com/yjvztz
or
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm

Which file type should I use in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/6n66g3
or...
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/WhichFileTypeInMovieMaker.htm

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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

 

[Trauton]

Thank you John. Unfortunately I didn't find an answer in those links. Both
files are wmv files (so they should be compatible, right?) and both play ok
independently. I tried making small edits to them and saving them as movies
independently to see if I could spot the one causing the issue, both of them
stay being processed for hours without the progress bar moving beyond 2 %.

Regards,

Trauton

 

[John Inzer]

Thank you John. Unfortunately I didn't find an answer in those
links. Both files are wmv files (so they should be compatible,
right?) and both play ok independently. I tried making small edits
to them and saving them as movies independently to see if I could
spot the one causing the issue, both of them stay being processed for
hours without the progress bar moving beyond 2 %.

Regards,

Trauton

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Sorry, but I think your answer is in those links.

All .wmv files are not necessarily compatible and
just because they play in Windows Media Player
does not mean they are fully compatible with Movie
Maker.

Good luck finding a solution.

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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

 

[PapaJohn]

WMV files can be compressed with a number of different codecs.... some that
work with Movie Maker and others that don't.