Seasider777 said:
I'm running WMM 2.1 on XP
I've been making a home movie using jpg's and wma files, and
everything was fine. Now, when i try to add anything to the timeline,
WMM just closes, with no error message - it just goes away !!
I've experimented by setting up a new dummy project and dragging
jpg's down to the timeline. On the 22nd one, the same thing happened.
I reopened the project i'm working on and counted the items on the
timeline, and it was
21...... so it would seem the 22nd item will always cause this to
happen !!!
Any help would be appreciated
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I do not have the exact cure but I can offer
some ideas...
Sounds like a system resource issue....
but if the 22nd picture that always causes
the crash is the "same" picture...it may be
a corrupted file...try a different one. If that's
not it...read on.....
Disconnect from the net and close all programs...
especially virus scanners before opening Movie
Maker.
Uninstall unused programs, delete files that are
no longer important. IOW...free up some space.
Increase the size of your Paging File...the
following article explains how.
(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417
Try doing some maintenance...Disk Cleanup,
Error Checking, Defrag...
Empty your Temporary Internet Files Folder.
(260897) How to Delete the Contents of the
Temporary Internet Files Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260897
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
Try converting your .jpgs to Windows Bitmaps
[.bmp} before importing them into Movie Maker.
File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee
Some users have reported problems
after installing IE7. If this applies to your
situation ...uninstalling IE7 may be worth
a try.
(927177) How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177/en-us
I've also seen a report that disabling the
ffdshow codec could be the fix. To accomplish
this...open Movie Maker and go to...Tools /
Options / Compatibility tab...Uncheck...
ffdshow / OK.
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(You can disable ffdshow with this command:
regsvr32.exe /u "C:\Program Files\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax"
After running that command, the regular
DivX/XviD codecs will be used instead of ffdshow.
You can enable ffdshow again with this command:
regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax" )
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More info:
Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx
Movie Maker always has to close
http://tinyurl.com/fw76b
or...
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker/msg/ae88267a9e023836
--
John Inzer
Digital Media MVP
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
