G
Guest
Windows Movie Maker hangs
Hardware:
Dell XPS 410
2.6 ghz
3 gig ram
871gig free disk space
Software:
Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Version 2002
sp2
Camera:
have a Sony DCR SR40
w 30gb drive
software that came with camera:
Came with PIXELA ImageMixer software
which i use to save the clips from the camera onto a folder.
They get automatically saved as .mpg
Windows Movie Maker
Version 5.1
Windows Movie Maker Version 2.1.4026.0
(so it says both version 5.1 and 2.1, i guess they are one and the same)
= = = = =
my problem:
Scenario 1, Everything works fine:
Scenario 2, WMM Hangs
= = = = =
Scenario 1, Everything works fine:
I start a new project, i am in storyboard mode
I create 4 titles
i then put transitions between the 4 boards (3 transitions)
i can change transitions, and play the thing. i can do this for hours on end.
Like i said, everything works fine.
= = = = = = = = = = =
Scenario 2, WMM Hangs
Start a new project
import into collections:
file: pozole01.mpg
size(62.7 MB)
i then drag the file and put it into the storyboard's first board.
i can play the file fine. It is 58 seconds long.
i will now put a title:
tools/add title to the beginning/done,add title to movie.
will now put a transition between title and clip.
i drag 'shatter-in' to between the 2 boxes
This is working fine. i can play and restart. everything is great
Will now add a 2nd clip:
i only have one video in my collection, so i better put another one:
i have now imported pozole02 into my collection
file: Pozole02.mpg
size(105 MB)
I have dragge pozole02 into the 3rd rectangle in the storyboard:
PREDICTION-WMM WILL FREEZE SOON! (it is now 9:33 PM)
i know it will freeze. It is just a matter of clicking to see if it is still
respoding. I click on 'clip' i get the menu. i click somewhere else, the
menu goes away.
i click on the pozole01 file sitting in the middle of the screen. nothing
happens
wait, am i frozen?? Has the app hung?? YES
Reality: As predicted WMM is now FROZEN! (It is now 9:34 PM)
i can still move the mouse, but WMM has become totally unresponsive.
It will stay like this for as long as the computer is on! Be it minutes,
hours,
days or months or years!
Should i look in the event log?
What's the point? I have looked there before, but obviously its not going to
write
anything because it has stopped working! If i were to kill the app, then
something
would get written to the log. . . . but what's the use? "oh, i think
somebody killed me"
i alt-tab back to wmm. The verty top of the window now says this:
"Untitled - Windows Movie Maker (Not Responding)
ok, i go to event viewer
it is now 9:43 pm. The last event is from 9:17 it is an info event from live
update.
(WMM froze at 9:34 pm. No event. but of course i knew this, because i have
looked before
i been at this for a few days now)
Ok, here's my question
What did i do wrong?
Wait, i know i did nothing wrong.
So, let me ask this:
Does anybody know what could be going on?
And yes, i have read papajohn and all that and it is not working for me.
Hardware:
Dell XPS 410
2.6 ghz
3 gig ram
871gig free disk space
Software:
Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Version 2002
sp2
Camera:
have a Sony DCR SR40
w 30gb drive
software that came with camera:
Came with PIXELA ImageMixer software
which i use to save the clips from the camera onto a folder.
They get automatically saved as .mpg
Windows Movie Maker
Version 5.1
Windows Movie Maker Version 2.1.4026.0
(so it says both version 5.1 and 2.1, i guess they are one and the same)
= = = = =
my problem:
Scenario 1, Everything works fine:
Scenario 2, WMM Hangs
= = = = =
Scenario 1, Everything works fine:
I start a new project, i am in storyboard mode
I create 4 titles
i then put transitions between the 4 boards (3 transitions)
i can change transitions, and play the thing. i can do this for hours on end.
Like i said, everything works fine.
= = = = = = = = = = =
Scenario 2, WMM Hangs
Start a new project
import into collections:
file: pozole01.mpg
size(62.7 MB)
i then drag the file and put it into the storyboard's first board.
i can play the file fine. It is 58 seconds long.
i will now put a title:
tools/add title to the beginning/done,add title to movie.
will now put a transition between title and clip.
i drag 'shatter-in' to between the 2 boxes
This is working fine. i can play and restart. everything is great
Will now add a 2nd clip:
i only have one video in my collection, so i better put another one:
i have now imported pozole02 into my collection
file: Pozole02.mpg
size(105 MB)
I have dragge pozole02 into the 3rd rectangle in the storyboard:
PREDICTION-WMM WILL FREEZE SOON! (it is now 9:33 PM)
i know it will freeze. It is just a matter of clicking to see if it is still
respoding. I click on 'clip' i get the menu. i click somewhere else, the
menu goes away.
i click on the pozole01 file sitting in the middle of the screen. nothing
happens
wait, am i frozen?? Has the app hung?? YES
Reality: As predicted WMM is now FROZEN! (It is now 9:34 PM)
i can still move the mouse, but WMM has become totally unresponsive.
It will stay like this for as long as the computer is on! Be it minutes,
hours,
days or months or years!
Should i look in the event log?
What's the point? I have looked there before, but obviously its not going to
write
anything because it has stopped working! If i were to kill the app, then
something
would get written to the log. . . . but what's the use? "oh, i think
somebody killed me"
i alt-tab back to wmm. The verty top of the window now says this:
"Untitled - Windows Movie Maker (Not Responding)
ok, i go to event viewer
it is now 9:43 pm. The last event is from 9:17 it is an info event from live
update.
(WMM froze at 9:34 pm. No event. but of course i knew this, because i have
looked before
i been at this for a few days now)
Ok, here's my question
What did i do wrong?
Wait, i know i did nothing wrong.
So, let me ask this:
Does anybody know what could be going on?
And yes, i have read papajohn and all that and it is not working for me.