J. Daniel Smith said:
I don't think "Microsoft GAVE YOU FOR FREE Movie Maker 2" is entirely
accurate: WMM is included as part of Windows XP (so "included" in fact that
it is quite difficult to remove). Windows XP is not free (it costs real
$$$), and WMM is part of XP, therefore WMM is not "free".
Your statement "I have many home made DVD's now mostly because of MM2" can
be misleading in this newsgroup as it could be taken to imply that you can
create DVD-Video (i.e., can be played in a stand-alone DVD player) disks
with WMM2. Using WMM2, you can't create *anything* that can be played on a
(currently available) stand-alone DVD player; you *always* have to
explicitly use a third-party package. Of course, you can write WMV files to
DVD (perhaps even in HighMAT format) for playback on a computer; but most
people assume "DVD" is "DVD-Video".
Windows XP is an Operating System. The program Movie Maker allows you to
perform certain functions that are ancillary to and not part of the
Operating System itself. As a Freebie, you get loads of add on tools, just
as you do with all Operating Systems, Linux, UNIX, HP etc etc etc. One of
those Freebie tools is the Media Player...it is not part of the Operating
System, therefore it is a tool. That tool was given to you for FREE....then
Microsoft decided to give us another FREE tool, its called Windows Movie
Maker. The program Windows Movie Maker and Windows Media Player CAN both be
DELETED rendering it impossible to use either program again until such time
as you replace them. Deleting either of these FREE TOOLS will have no effect
upon the Operating System...the bit you paid for!!!! Here is the definition
of an Operating System as defined by Websters....
Main Entry: operating system
Function: noun
: software that controls the operation of a computer and directs the
processing of programs (as by assigning storage space in memory and
controlling input and output functions)
From that definition together with my comments before, I think it is now
reasonable to repeat my first thoughts...Windows XP is an Operating System
that you can Buy, Windows Media Player and Movie Maker are not an Operating
System and form no part in the functionality of the Operating System called
Windows XP, Yon can not buy either of these tools either...they are FREE as
is the upgrade from MM1 to MM2. It must therefore follow that Microsoft GAVE
YOU at NO COST these tools and many others besides. And finally, if
Microsoft decided to remove these tools from XP, do you think future
customers would pay less???
Your statement "I have many home made DVD's now mostly because of MM2" can
be misleading in this newsgroup as it could be taken to imply that you can
create DVD-Video (i.e., can be played in a stand-alone DVD player) disks
with WMM2. Using WMM2, you can't create *anything* that can be played on a
(currently available) stand-alone DVD player; you *always* have to
explicitly use a third-party package. Of course, you can write WMV files to
DVD (perhaps even in HighMAT format) for playback on a computer; but most
people assume "DVD" is "DVD-Video".
You are now clutching at something in order to start a silly flaming
war...and I do mean SILLY, VERY SILLY, but yes, I suppose it could be
misleading, but what a load of unwanted waffle contributing nothing at all
to the point that Movie Maker FREE!!!
All the best.....