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From: brickman on 29 Apr 2010 08:43
while on the subject, is there an advantage or disadvantage saving a movie as
a .wmm or as a .avi? Any format better than the other to play on the
computer? Any one better to play on a regular DVD player when burnt? Thank
you.

"PapaJohn" wrote:

> don't rename any of them if you're using MM2.1.... go to the Tools > Options
> > Compatibility list and uncheck all the line items.
>
> then try WMM and see if you're missing and need any of them.... no need to
> restart Movie Maker after unchecking them
>
> --
> PapaJohn
> www.papajohn.org
>
>
> "brickman" <brickman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4B79FE75-8A11-4CDA-9A78-188D90CA503E(a)microsoft.com...
> > OK, I went to your website, and I think I broke the record, although
> > divxaf.ax is not in the list. This is what I have:
> > ac3filter.ax
> > AviSplitter.ax
> > divxdec.ax
> > ffdshow.ax.manifest
> > iac25_32.ax (5 of them in different colors and slight wording variation)
> > ksproxy.ax (7 of them...)
> > 13codex.ax (5 of them)
> > NeResize.ax
> >
> > What should I do? Rename ALL and try WMM, or one at a time and try WMM?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________________
> >
> > "brickman" wrote:
> >
> >> This is a problem that I never had in the past, my daughter has a school
> >> video project and guess who the editor is... Anyway, she brought clips
> >> from 3
> >> or 4 different cameras and also in a flash drive, while putting them all
> >> together, doing the title, sub titles, closing, etc etc, WMM crashed a
> >> whole
> >> bunch of times with the message that WMM has encountered a problem and
> >> has to
> >> close. It did this while making big changes or very small changes to the
> >> project. Many times, while saving the movie file, the remaining time
> >> would go
> >> up instead of down which made me cancel the process because it kept
> >> getting
> >> longer and longer.
> >>
> >> It finally took about ten hours to compile and finish a 6 minute movie.
> >>
> >> I am running XP Home, and while I do not foresee to touch WMM very soon
> >> after this fiasco, I nevertheless would like to know what the problem is.
> >> Should I delete WMM and download it again (if that is possible)?
> >>
> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> .
>
From: PapaJohn on 29 Apr 2010 10:11
DV-AVI is usually better for regular DVDs but WMV often looks better when
playing on a computer. It often depends on the content. If using WMV files
see the Save Movies > Custom WMV profiles page of my website for higher
quality options.

--
PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

"brickman" <brickman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8FF91B7B-53DD-4F85-B0EC-0BDB951C7115(a)microsoft.com...
> while on the subject, is there an advantage or disadvantage saving a movie
> as
> a .wmm or as a .avi? Any format better than the other to play on the
> computer? Any one better to play on a regular DVD player when burnt?
> Thank
> you.
>
> "PapaJohn" wrote:
>
>> don't rename any of them if you're using MM2.1.... go to the Tools >
>> Options
>> > Compatibility list and uncheck all the line items.
>>
>> then try WMM and see if you're missing and need any of them.... no need
>> to
>> restart Movie Maker after unchecking them
>>
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>> www.papajohn.org
>>
>>
>> "brickman" <brickman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4B79FE75-8A11-4CDA-9A78-188D90CA503E(a)microsoft.com...
>> > OK, I went to your website, and I think I broke the record, although
>> > divxaf.ax is not in the list. This is what I have:
>> > ac3filter.ax
>> > AviSplitter.ax
>> > divxdec.ax
>> > ffdshow.ax.manifest
>> > iac25_32.ax (5 of them in different colors and slight wording
>> > variation)
>> > ksproxy.ax (7 of them...)
>> > 13codex.ax (5 of them)
>> > NeResize.ax
>> >
>> > What should I do? Rename ALL and try WMM, or one at a time and try WMM?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > _____________________________________________________________________
>> >
>> > "brickman" wrote:
>> >
>> >> This is a problem that I never had in the past, my daughter has a
>> >> school
>> >> video project and guess who the editor is... Anyway, she brought clips
>> >> from 3
>> >> or 4 different cameras and also in a flash drive, while putting them
>> >> all
>> >> together, doing the title, sub titles, closing, etc etc, WMM crashed a
>> >> whole
>> >> bunch of times with the message that WMM has encountered a problem and
>> >> has to
>> >> close. It did this while making big changes or very small changes to
>> >> the
>> >> project. Many times, while saving the movie file, the remaining time
>> >> would go
>> >> up instead of down which made me cancel the process because it kept
>> >> getting
>> >> longer and longer.
>> >>
>> >> It finally took about ten hours to compile and finish a 6 minute
>> >> movie.
>> >>
>> >> I am running XP Home, and while I do not foresee to touch WMM very
>> >> soon
>> >> after this fiasco, I nevertheless would like to know what the problem
>> >> is.
>> >> Should I delete WMM and download it again (if that is possible)?
>> >>
>> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> .
>>


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