Can`t save in DV-AVI

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Hi there-
I was using the wizard to save my movie and it gave me the option to save in a few formats (one for playback on the computer, camera, etc.) I`ve read that people recommend saving it to the one that is best for a camera (av-dvi, correct?) so I tried to select that one. It told me to plug in my camera. I don`t have a camera.
What I`m trying to do is save the movie and burn it to a dvd +r using nero, for playback on my dvd player. Can I use another format, aside from av-dvi with nero that will playback on the dvd player once it is burned? Thanks,
 
Dre Eastwood said:
Hi there-
I was using the wizard to save my movie and it gave me the option to
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save in a few formats (one for playback on the computer, camera, etc.) I`ve
read that people recommend saving it to the one that is best for a camera
(av-dvi, correct?) so I tried to select that one. It told me to plug in my
camera. I don`t have a camera.
What I`m trying to do is save the movie and burn it to a dvd +r using
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nero, for playback on my dvd player. Can I use another format, aside from
av-dvi with nero that will playback on the dvd player once it is burned?
Thanks,

Select "File"
Then "Save Movie File"
Then "My Computer"
Enter a filename and path where you want to save the file
If you only see "Best Quality For Playback" on my computer (recommended)"
then click on "show more choices..."
select "Other Settings: DV-AVI (NTSC)

Rich
 
Awesome. Thanks. Well, I got that far. Now, I start saving in AV-DVI format, the window that tells me how many minutes left comes up and then the whole Windows MM program shuts down and closes. Happenned three times in a row. Is there an update I need? Thanks again.
 
Ok. The program stopped shutting down but now I get an error message while the file is saving. It says, "WMM cannot save to the specified location. verify the original source files used in the movie are still available, the saving location is still available and that there is enough free disk space..."
All three of those should be fine. I`m saving the file to exactly what the program sends me to, 'My Videos.' Anythign I can do about this?? Thanks.
 
Make sure the file system on your hard drive is NTFS.
If it's FAT32, you won't be able to save files larger
than 4GB (~20 minute DV-AVI movie).

If you need to convert the file system, you can find
instructions here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881

--
-Bob
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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome


Dre Eastwood said:
Ok. The program stopped shutting down but now I get an error message while the file is saving. It says, "WMM cannot save to the
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specified location. verify the original source files used in the movie are still available, the saving location is still available
and that there is enough free disk space..."
All three of those should be fine. I`m saving the file to exactly what the program sends me to, 'My Videos.' Anythign I can do about this?? Thanks.
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comes up and then the whole Windows MM program shuts down and closes. Happenned three times in a row. Is there an update I need?
Thanks again.
 
Ok. This is now officially pissing me off. The file system on my hard drive is NTFS. I think it has something to do with the destination folder. When I try to save it into 'My Videos' in this folder- C:\Documents and Settings\Jarrod\My Documents thing program shuts completely down and disappears as it starts to save. When I just try and save it here- C:\Documents and Settings\Jarrod\My Documents, the saving stops at 30% and i get an error message telling me that it cant save and to check those three things. What is the problem???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks,
JArrod
 
Hello there,

Here are a some of the things that solved these types of problems for me....

Convert all MP3 music to WAV
Convert all Mpeg to AVI
Convert all Jpeg to Bitmaps

And this is my stock reply for people who suffer from MM2 closing down
unexpectedly....

You sound as though you are suffering from a codec problem.

The one stop solution for that is a program called Rename Codecs and it is
available from my web site. Make sure you check out the FAQ, on the site, on
what it does and how to run it (That will take about one minute of your time!!)
All the info you need is on the web site.

This reassuringly safe to use program requires no knowledge on your part about
what it is doing or how it is doing it or what it is doing it too!!! neither do
you need to know where any of these files are or whether it is safe to rename
them or not.....and best of all, ITS FREE !!!

If this does not solve your problem then try the following out...it has proved
to be a successful procedure for a variety of problems.

1) Download the full version of DirectX Ver 9.0b, Media Player 9 and Movie
Maker 2.

2) Reboot you computer and Install DirectX

3) Reboot again and install Windows Media Player 9

4) Reboot yet again and install Movie Maker 2

5) Reboot one more time

Yes it sounds very tedious, but if you want to be certain all file locks are
removed so that the correct files can be installed this is the way you have to
go.

It is very important that you only download the full versions of these programs
and that you DO NOT attempt an install over the internet.

Other Notes
===========

There is in my view some very bad advice floating around that tells you to
unregister the offending codec. If you take this advise be warned that
unregistering any file and doing it wrong will more than likely stop the
program that file belongs to from working all together and may in an extreme
situation cause your entire XP system to fail. This is true whether you make a
mistake using the Registry editor or the registration program itself, one
mistake and you are potentially in deep trouble. Whatever you unregister in
this manner has to be restored and you should take note that the registration
of a codec can often involve more than one registry entry. If you are expert in
these matters you will have no problem.
 
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