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Windows Movie Maker crashes and won't puplish whole movie
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LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 25, 2008 04:38 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hey!!

I've been capturing a movie from a game and wanted to edit it in Movie Maker. But somsetimes it crashes and suddently it would'nt publish a whole movie only the whole song or else it crashes when i try to publish it.

I tried to uninstall codecs and install Vista Codec Pack and K-Lite Mega Codec Pack and Community Codec Pack i think. Of course I uninstalled all the codecs before installing other packs.

I also tried to uncheck all the .ax files in Tools > Options > Compatibility it made the video longer but still not the whole video... sick.gif

Anyone got an answer???

guns1inger
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Post Posted: May 25, 2008 04:54 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Aside from all the codec packs and using what is possibly the worst video editor ever created, you done everything right.

What did you capture with, and to what format ?
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Post Posted: May 25, 2008 05:40 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
1: Use restore to go back prior to any codec pack installation

2: Then you might try solution located at > http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=104396

3: What other products (programs) have been installed, some are known to contribute to these problems.

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Windows movie maker is NOT the worst video editor to ever see the day of light.

guns1inger
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Post Posted: May 25, 2008 06:14 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Bjs wrote:
Windows movie maker is NOT the worst video editor to ever see the day of light.


You are right - I forget every release of Pinnacle prior to version 11
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LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 25, 2008 07:59 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I recorded with Fraps and none of the suggestions in the forum seemed to work, but thnx any way. I don't really know what i could have installed...

Hope someone's got a solution for my problem because i stayed up all night just to figure it out...

LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 26, 2008 07:01 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Just found out that WMM2.6 can play my clips in the imported files. BUT! When i try to publish my movie it comes up and say can't publish movie. After that I can't watch my clips... Is that WEIRD or what!!??

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: May 26, 2008 08:23 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Not really. If WMM is famous for anything, it's for crashing for no apparent reason at all. I'd find it much weirder if it didn't crash. smile.gif

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LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 26, 2008 13:29 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Does any1 know a program that can publish movies for WMM cause that would be the best.

mats.hogberg
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LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 26, 2008 15:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
How do u add .MSWMM files to Windows Media Encoder?

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: May 26, 2008 15:06 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Isn't wmv what you want to create? What's a .mswmm file? A project file from WMM? If so, I guess only wmm will open it. What is your source file format?

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LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 26, 2008 15:10 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Oh ok... It's a WMM file, yes... sad.gif

Any program that can publish WMM files?

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 01:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
What do mean by "publish"?
Let's start over:
1) What do you start with?
2) What do you want to do with it (edits?)
3) What do you want to end up with?

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LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 01:28 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I made some in-game clips etc. and wanted to edit them to YouYube in WMM. After a day or two I finally finished editing and tried to make the movie so it would be .wmv file format instead of .MSWMM (WMM project file) file. But when the publishing is done it's only 20-30 secs video in the .wmv but in WMM when I play it then it plays the whole 4 min video...

Midzuki
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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 01:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
AFAIK Fraps uses its own lossless codec to produce AVIs. Windows Media Encoder
should open and convert these without a problem. noexpression.gif

LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 01:34 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks I'll try that. But is going to school in 15 mins.

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 01:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
No, I doubt WME opens WMM project files. And I seriously doubt anything besides wmm does.

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LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 01:58 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Just tried converting the .avi files to .wmv the quality looks like crap compared to the input file...

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 02:05 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Yes of course it does. FRAPS AVI is (as previously stated) basically uncompressed (at least lossless) while WMV is usually heavily compressed.
Use something else than wmv/wmm to edit/save your video - Keep it as uncompressed as possible. Then, when you're done, take a look at the numerous threads here on how to optimize for YouTube upload (which looks like crap to me anyway!)

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Post Posted: May 27, 2008 23:24 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
LoveMyslf wrote:

Quote:
Just tried converting the .avi files to .wmv
the quality looks like crap compared to the input file...


It seems you have not taken the time to read about
how to encode Windows-Media video properly. Keywords:
bitrate, resolution, CBR, average bitrate, 2-passes, constant quality.
And no, the ready-made wmv encoding "profiles" usually are *not* helpful. coffee.gif

LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: May 28, 2008 06:40 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
found a guide but still won't work in WMM...

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: May 28, 2008 09:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Give up on WMM. It's simply not worth struggling with, if it's so crash prone on your setup. Probably, you made things lots worse by installing the codec packs you described in your original post.
I once installed a codec pack blush.gif and really never got the system 100% back in good health until I formatted my OS drive and installed XP from scratch again.
There's now 3 days since you started this struggle. Cut your losses, delete the WMM project, move on to a better editor and start over with your YouTube edit. This time, make a quick edit and make sure the editor you choose can save out in the format you want, before endeavouring on your final cut.

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filmboss80
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Post Posted: May 28, 2008 09:44 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Regardless of the editing application you used, you crippled yourself from the very start by installing codec packs. Problems may persist until you wipe your hard drive clean and reinstall everything EXCEPT the codec packs.

LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: Jun 02, 2008 07:40 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I give up.............................. sad.gif

pcspeak
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Post Posted: Jun 02, 2008 17:35 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
No. Don't give up.
Can you upload the first few seconds of the input and the output videos. Just want to take a peek at the headers.
Even GSpot screenshots. We really want to help.

LoveMyslf
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Post Posted: Jun 05, 2008 01:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
ok

LoveMyslf
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