Windows Movie maker 2 output to Dv?

[tmh]

OK, I use another editing software so excuse my lack of knowledge on WMM2. I had used previous WMM versions but not for some time.

Anyways, my nephew was looking for my help in making a movie on his computer with WMM2. he is using miniDV footage and photos. I want to have him export the edited movie to the best quality (DV) but I don't see that option in the menus. It can go out to a camcorder as DV but not to a file. I have to assume one can still export WMM as a DV file, right? What menu do I look in?

Thanks.

[LJB]

Did you try to "save movie file" (ctrl-P) in the "file" pulldown menu, and choose the "My Computer" option? One of the options, after naming the movie, will be "Other Settings" and set to "DV-AVI".

[tmh]

Thanks - i'll check that out.

[edDV]

Thanks - i'll check that out.

It must be the 2.0 version of Movie Maker. This comes with SP2.

[tmh]

Not sure of the version, his laptop came with vista - is that different for WMM?

[redwudz]

Vista works about the same. After you have your movie edited in WMM, use 'Publish to>This computer'. Select the location you want it to go to, then on the next page, in 'More settings', you should be able to select DV-AVI'. MS probably makes it a bit convoluted as they want you to use WMV formats.

But DV is a better choice, IMO. Most any encoder will accept it. The main limitation with DV is that it needs to follow the DVD frame size of 720X480 NTSC or 720X576 PAL. And the audio is usually PCM, so for a DVD, you may want to convert that to AC3.

[edDV]

Not sure of the version, his laptop came with vista - is that different for WMM?

Your computer profile says you are using XP SP1.

[tmh]

Not my computer in this case. I have sp2 anyhow but not Vista.

[edDV]

Here is where you find DV-AVI out in WMM version 2.




This is where you find it in Vista WMM.

[tmh]

OK, thanks for the screen shots. That looks familiar to me from WMM I used a few years ago but I didn't see those menus on the version I was looking at yesterday. I'll check closer.