crashes, freezes with movie maker

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I've been making a slide shows of pics, and it seems the more I add to movie
maker, the slower the program gets- now I'm at the point where any addition,
be it a transition, effect or even changing from timeline to storyboard,
causes delays- anywhere from 1 to 4 minutes- and - more often- a whole freeze
of the program, forcing me to shut down- ctrl,alt delete doesn't even work
sometimes. I've tried the compatability area of tools,options- and went
through them all to see if it makes a difference. The only thing that did
was to eliminate all filters- when I do that I can make changes- transitions,
music, effects etc, but can't view the end result of these changes until I
restore all filters. I'm running mm 2.1, the filters I have showing are
qedit.dll quartz.dll qdvd.dll qasf.dll mm2filt.dll and codecx.ax. The
project is about 25 minutes long. PLEASE- any suggestions would be welcome-
my hope of a christmas present for mom is fading fast!!!!
Much thanks,
Rosa
 
rosa said:
I've been making a slide shows of pics, and it seems the more I add
to movie maker, the slower the program gets- now I'm at the point
where any addition, be it a transition, effect or even changing from
timeline to storyboard, causes delays- anywhere from 1 to 4 minutes-
and - more often- a whole freeze of the program, forcing me to shut
down- ctrl,alt delete doesn't even work sometimes. I've tried the
compatability area of tools,options- and went through them all to see
if it makes a difference. The only thing that did was to eliminate
all filters- when I do that I can make changes- transitions, music,
effects etc, but can't view the end result of these changes until I
restore all filters. I'm running mm 2.1, the filters I have showing
are qedit.dll quartz.dll qdvd.dll qasf.dll mm2filt.dll and
codecx.ax. The project is about 25 minutes long. PLEASE- any
suggestions would be welcome- my hope of a christmas present for mom
is fading fast!!!!
Much thanks,
Rosa
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This sounds like a resource issue.
Maybe you could make two or more
smaller projects and after you save
them as a movie you could reimport
them and join them.

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*****Digital Image******
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*********Notice***********
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........I am a volunteer.......

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.
 
John,
Much thanks for your reply. I've eliminated all music from the project,
which took over an hour(grrrr). Tried to break it down as you suggested, but
it won't let me split the project into smaller bits- keeps freezing up. Any
suggestions? Could it have something to do with my having pictures in the
project in many different files on my computer(about 8 of them)?
Rosa
 
rosa said:
John,
Much thanks for your reply. I've eliminated all music from the
project, which took over an hour(grrrr). Tried to break it down as
you suggested, but it won't let me split the project into smaller
bits- keeps freezing up. Any suggestions? Could it have something
to do with my having pictures in the project in many different files
on my computer(about 8 of them)?
Rosa
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I'm guessing you have the complete
project saved as a .mswmm file?
You can remove anything you wish from
the timeline and try to save the remaining
section as a .wmv movie file. When you
exit the program you wll see a dialog
that asks if you wish to save the changes
to the project...choose...No.

I was thinking maybe you could remove
half or more of the project...save the
remaining section as a .wmv...then
re-open the project and remove a different
section. When you have all the sections
saved in the .wmv format...import them
into Movie Maker / drag them to the timeline
and save the final project as a .wmv.

You may be able to freeup some resources
if you disconnect from the net and close all
programs especially virus scanners before
you open Movie Maker.

Also it can help to do some maintenance:
Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

Increase the size of your Virtual Memory
Paging File may help. The following article
explains how:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

To save as a .wmv movie file...
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next / Next.
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...

To save as an .avi movie file...
(and several other options)
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Show More Choices /
Other Settings /
Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
Next /
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu

Creating Custom Profiles
for Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/cuny7

--

******John Inzer********
**MS Picture It! MVP**

*****Digital Image******
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

*********Notice***********
This is not tech support
........I am a volunteer.......

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.
 
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